Saiya Tre' und das Letzte Lachen

Saiya Tre'
- SpectraZone fictional character -

Das letzte Lachen

Translation: The Last Laugh (redux) 

Cassandra Landau - Gallery Coordinator

Gallery Mail Room: East Village Memoirs

Unlike other letters, this one was a bit hard to follow 

Regardless, your thoughtful reflections were sincerely appreciated

Thank you Chris 

Ron or Ron Maubidea is one of those people you could always rely on for good conversation or a few bucks if he had any to spare

We knew him as the guy with the black sports car and video camera, that had his own Cable Show. He was also alot of different things to alot of people

When we met... he was arguing with me over a torn painting that was pulled from a dumpster on East 7th Street near a construction site

Each of use dove into it looking for street treasure and recyclables. If you remember, I wanted to sell mine at Metal's 24 hour Book Stand on Ave A

When he found out that I knew Metal and had many of the same friends, he lightened up on the large canvas

From then on we stayed good friends and occasionally hung out with the "all night crew" in his apartment

In the 1990’s... the neighborhood reached its peak in scumbags, drugs and undercover cops. The E Village was known for its late night bars and chill spots 

Thinking back to that time, it was more like a movie set with outlandish costumes and characters. There were nights I stayed up in Ron’s place because the street was too cold and dangerous to fall asleep safely

I watched him cutting out pictures from magazines for hours then turn them into big collages that covered the walls from one end to the other

There was also this friendly pet rat named Simon who he played with all the time. The darn thing knew its name and would run up each time Ron called

He (Simon) was never in a cage as I recall, and just ran around like it owned the place and was never far away

Friends stopped by his studio all hours of the night. 
It was like nobody ever slept and was a cool meeting place to hang out and catch up

We all brought food but mostly coffee and snacks. For some reason, the rat always got first choice of the hot food and I mean... "Simon" was always the first to eat 

He would even help Ron open the food bags then stand there waiting to be served. Simon was also like the host of the party, and would greet the people as they walked through the door just like a dog ;)

We lost touch when the neighborhood went to the front page of the news, after the Tompkins Square riots

Those days are over now and Life in the East Village has changed much and for the better

If you don’t remember me, I played the girl sitting on Jesse Ventura’s lap in the movie Demolition Man

I’m not writing this to see it on your blog... that's not what this means, but if you want to put it out that's ok. 
I did want to say hi and send you my best... thanks for standing with me when I needed a friend :)) 

Regards, CK

Cassandra Landau – Gallery Coordinator

Rose dans le Bosquet

The casual feminine and moments to remember...

Subtitle: Miel Français Sauvage

Cassandra Landau - Gallery Coordinator