Word: drifters
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...deadly, soporific rhythm of their lives is suddenly disrupted by the arrival of a drifter named Val Xavier (Aaron Caughey). The young musician conjures up the spirits of a seemingly irretrievable past full of terrifying secrets. His every movement is "suggestive," in Lady's words, and his raw sensuality proves irresistible to her. In Williams' world, acts of love are both sacred and shameful. And as repressed sexual desire brings Val and Lady together, the threads of the family's ignominious past are slowly unraveled...
Orpheus Descending concludes at the moment of impending violence. Having dared to cast a final glance at the face of his beloved Lady, Val disappears into the night with the Sheriff's men in pursuit. Having condemned his lover to death, the young drifter is forced to resume the life he longed to leave behind. Though the mythical Orpheus "made Hell grant what love did seek," he could not escape the spectre of death. We are allowed the hope, however futile, that Tennessee Williams' rebel musician might...
Cometbus is a case in point. A hand-collated zine with a cult following, it recounts the travels, incidents and imaginings of Aaron, an American drifter who wanders the contemporary landscape in search of adventure, both ordinary and profound. With more than 30 issues published in 12 years, Cometbus is considered a classic in this subterranean world. Like many zines, it is filled with words. Issue No. 30, for instance, is 82 pages of pure print, sometimes crawling off the page. It contains this paean to punk love: "Punk rock love is . . . looking at her tattoos while she's asleep...
Salameh, by contrast, was a drifter, never settling into a permanent home or regular job. His grades in school were so mediocre that he could not get into the university law or science programs; his only option was to attend the University of Jordan's college of religious law, where one professor recalls that Salameh was involved in fundamentalist student activities...
...sometimes kill. In the squalid roadside camps they call home, shotguns and 9-mm pistols abound, as do the tools of their trade: roofing knives. In one case a roofer's throat was cut so deeply he was nearly decapitated. In another a roofer shot and stabbed a drifter 100 times. Soldiers who patrolled the area say they saw a roofer bite off another man's ear, then spit...