Our Man in Antigua

RIP, Freddy Fender…an abbreviated ‘ unindicted co-consppissarated ‘ grouping…town full of Guatemaltecos, marimba music(great)in front of the recently painted Cap Generales Palacio…da mayor and assorted grease wigs..the exceedingly gorgeous Claudia and friend at Ishcot…’love the new gold leaf on the rocks..nelson…Jeffrey Lassman/Cassman goin’ to court on the 21st, supposedly copping a guilty plea…Piano Mike and daughter starting at Pangea on Monday nights, 7pm-ish…perfect ‘supper club’ music..peter the g’s place rockin”’chef rico crankin’ out souvlakis…mario of johnny’s place in attendence…el muro with head banging music, the crew shakin’ their noggins…the red bull girls due in, i left…F2 slow….reillys 2 forging ahead…new wintershaw mural of St pauls on the wall, place smells of fresh sawdust…need beer, cigarette smoke and piss to make it smell like home..sangre’s advertised ‘vino y bocas’…no one home…many unopened bottles of wine, few takers*swillers….question…ricardo’s tobacos y vinos on 5th…moves across the street and triples his business…WTF? explain this…he can’t, i can’t..i pulled the plug on goin’ to the picnic with the green berets and the kaibiles..be like going to the beach with my  grandson…except for guns, knives, choppers and warm beer…i’d rather stay home and do ‘le club’ or something with scantily clad women..and the fact that i’m too fucking old to be getting on huey’s..which i hate anyway….someone sent me a note about 2012…explaining that the calendar(gregorian) is screwed by two years and that actually this year is the big bendover and so on…full lunar eclipse on the 21st, lining up with the sun and the galactic center, just as the mayans predicted..and i actually bought a calendar for next year..so, if we’re still here next week, its all just a galactic odometer rollover or the earth tilts on its ass/axis and the mastodons(us) will be found with grass in our mouths..o boy…just in time for the grand reopening of reilly’s..it’ll either be mayan or urine, one way or the other…and another gripe/piss/moan and bitch…how much more dust do we need before the city brings out the municipal water truck and hoses down the streets? are they waiting for the rainy season?