Comments on: A Braille Hoax and Some Rockabilly Cancer http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/a-braille-hoax-and-some-rockabilly-cancer/ A blog from the Poetry Foundation where contemporary poets debate classic and contemporary poetry from America and around the world. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael Theune http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/a-braille-hoax-and-some-rockabilly-cancer/#comment-17049 Michael Theune Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:47:56 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4218#comment-17049 I, too, love Silver Jews. My favorite moment from their songs occurs at the end of the first song on Starlite Walker, the cheekily titled "Introduction II." Addressed to "my friends" ("Hello, my friends. Hello, my friends. Come in, have a seat...."), the song (which in fact is one minute long) concludes: "My friends... don't you know that I never want this minute to end...? [gorgeous, devastating pause] "...and then it ends..." Great stuff. But, please, don't even get me started on Guided by Voices... I, too, love Silver Jews.

My favorite moment from their songs occurs at the end of the first song on Starlite Walker, the cheekily titled “Introduction II.” Addressed to “my friends” (”Hello, my friends. Hello, my friends. Come in, have a seat….”), the song (which in fact is one minute long) concludes:

“My friends…

don’t you know that I never
want this minute to end…?

[gorgeous, devastating pause]

“…and then it ends…”

Great stuff. But, please, don’t even get me started on Guided by Voices…

]]> By: Travis Nichols http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/a-braille-hoax-and-some-rockabilly-cancer/#comment-16991 Travis Nichols Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:23:23 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4218#comment-16991 But what do you think of the drawings? But what do you think of the drawings?

]]> By: michael robbins http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/a-braille-hoax-and-some-rockabilly-cancer/#comment-16989 michael robbins Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:18:57 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4218#comment-16989 Also, the New Pornographers quote Wittgenstein, but Berman alludes to both Heidegger & Kant in a song that, nevertheless, doesn't suck, which contains one of my favorite of his verses: Do you believe in MGM endings? Everybody's coming back to Christmas for Texas. Folks who watch their mother killing animals know Their home is surrounded by places to go. Also, the New Pornographers quote Wittgenstein, but Berman alludes to both Heidegger & Kant in a song that, nevertheless, doesn’t suck, which contains one of my favorite of his verses:

Do you believe in MGM endings?
Everybody’s coming back to Christmas for Texas.
Folks who watch their mother killing animals know
Their home is surrounded by places to go.

]]> By: michael robbins http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/a-braille-hoax-and-some-rockabilly-cancer/#comment-16946 michael robbins Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:18:14 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4218#comment-16946 Apparently an Olson fan, too: "The Moon Is the Number 18" (what the hell does that mean anyway?). I think of the National: "You've been humming in a daze forever / Praying for Pavement to get back together." Oh, my twenties. Where are they! I assume you know Dan Bejar's work? & John Darnielle's (who has been kind enough, I cannot resist pointing out, to praise my poems)? Apparently an Olson fan, too: “The Moon Is the Number 18″ (what the hell does that mean anyway?).

I think of the National: “You’ve been humming in a daze forever / Praying for Pavement to get back together.”

Oh, my twenties. Where are they!

I assume you know Dan Bejar’s work? & John Darnielle’s (who has been kind enough, I cannot resist pointing out, to praise my poems)?

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