Comments on: I’m just a prole at heart

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 11:01:28 +0000

Fractal. It’s on my bucket list. Has been for a long time. BTW, I read “Children of Ash and Elm” by Price, an archaeologist. It’s a history of the Vikings and the fact that the author is an archaeologist makes an interesting difference. How things were done, what was necessary materially to do them, etc. But there is a horrid, detailed description of a funeral of a big shot. And in the movie, as we see a woman standing on a long ship about to be burned, Omar Sharif says, “It is the old way. You will not see this again.”
Given what was necessary to equip the Viking efforts, such as ships and crew–unbelievable amounts of wool (the land was a “sheepscape”) and straight oaks forty feet tall taking sixty years to grow, I wonder if some of the time and space looked like ante bellum South.
Highly recommended.

By: DNW

DNW — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 22:53:36 +0000

“I like some reality TV, I must confess.”

I suppose it has its place.

https://youtu.be/NK3U8OIAd0U?list=PL4Z-MNPbwnASYDPtEtYClXTako-Khru8J&t=912

By: F

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 19:55:02 +0000

I’m skeptical of the link between eclectic tastes and being a prole, but I certainly have eclectic tastes. Everything from baroque and classical to The Bee Gees, although I had not thought about the latter until Neo’s earlier post.

And I admit I don’t have Bee Gees playing in the background unless Neo posts a link to them.

By: Fractal Rabbit

Fractal Rabbit — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 19:52:26 +0000

Richard Aubrey,

The 13th Warrior is a very underrated movie, in my opinion.

Ever read the Crichton book its based on? I’m a fan of the book too.

By: huxley

huxley — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 19:12:20 +0000

Courage is a muscle; it must be exercised to function properly.

AesopFan:

Thanks!

Perhaps I make too big a deal of it, but when I went into poetry at the age of 20, I was also forging a new identity, as one must at that age. Poetry wasn’t something I could pick and choose, but a world I had to understand and make a place for myself within. Like any subculture you don’t just show up as a poet and everyone welcomes you.

You have to fight for it.

By: huxley

huxley — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 18:44:21 +0000

Well, 600 miles away was clear-channel WWVA, which is how I discovered Bluegrass, with instant love that has stayed with me, just as much as Mozart, Bach and Beethoven.

Cicero:

Bluegrass was how I found my way into country music!

Gillian Welch is one of my heroes too. She was a UC Santa Cruz chick playing in a psychedelic surf group, then she heard the Stanley Brothers:
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Gillian Welch, a third-time festival performer, was raised in Los Angeles on Velvet Underground and punk records, but later had an epiphany: “I was at college and had just moved in with a DJ who had an old-time-bluegrass show. One Sunday morning I was in the bathroom, on my knees, cleaning the bathtub, and he put on “The Legendary Stanley Brothers Vol. 1.” The first song came on and I just stood up and I kind of walked into the other room as if I was in a tractor beam and stood there in front of the stereo. It was just as powerful as the electric stuff, and it was songs I’d grown up singing. All of a sudden I’d found my music.”
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You might like Gillian. Start from the first album, “Revival.” Or just listen to “Orphan Girl.”

–“Orphan Girl – Gillian Welch”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dhOIc_xaSk

She was adopted by a couple who ended up doing the music for the “Carol Burnett Show.”

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 18:09:26 +0000

“Birds of a feather…” – Geoffrey
Indeed.

The best part of Neo’s Salon is that everyone brings different viewpoints and preferences, yet there is a commonality of interest that keeps the group anchored, and the discussion enriches us all.

“These experiences also gave me the confidence to flip my politics from left to right and stand my ground.” – huxley

Courage is a muscle; it must be exercised to function properly.

By: J.J.

J.J. — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:31:57 +0000

My favorite movies? The Bridges At Toko Ri, Caine Mutiny, The Mountain (Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner), The Quiet Man, and all the Sean Connery Bond movies.

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:49:04 +0000

Oh, I left out that at UC Riverside, we had a carillon in our central bell tower, and, one Sunday morning, Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring was followed by Eleanor Rigby from 160 feet high in the open square. Transcendent!

By: KyPerson

KyPerson — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:04:59 +0000

Eclectic defines me. I love music, all kinds of music. I love Bach, Mozart, Gregorian Chant. I also love The Great American Songbook and more Classic Rock than I can list (Beatles, Beach Boys, Bee Gees, Iron Maiden, Cheap Trick, Rush, Creedence Clearwater Revival to name a few). I love mysteries and with mainstream fiction getting increasingly whiny and woke, I have my favorite mystery writers who have not sold out (C.J. Box). I’ve always loved good old-fashioned monster movies and couldn’t wait to see Godzilla vs Kong. I have over 200 DVDs of mostly classic movies that keep me entertained since most TV isn’t that good anymore. As for art – I love Baroque the best but like music, too many to list.
I also love baseball and hope that they ditch that woke commissioner they have now and get someone who loves the game.