Can you describe a "happy clam", Hal? That one always mystifies me. Might
it be Midwestern in origin - like out in the Nebraska prairies and nostalgic
for Dutch sea marshes circa 1870. Or an old fashioned "bathetic fallacy"
example of the New Critics circa 1958. Oh, yes, I can imagine oysters as
happy, growing pretty little Pearls inside. But clams? Help me.
Or send me to Google!
Stephen V
Blog: http://stephenvincent.durationpress.com
> On the other hand, some might be distressed by the general lack of
> knowledge
> of hip-hop among older poets. Yes, the center doesn't hold, etc. Things
> go flying
> off in all directions. But still the world is so full of a number of
> things I think we
> should all be as happy as clams. Dontcha think?
>
> Hal Serving the tristate area.
>
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> On May 20, 2005, at 3:09 PM, Mark Weiss wrote:
>
>> One of the things I'm distressed by is the general lack of knowledge of
>> classical music among younger poets. I think I learned a lot more about
>> form, not to speak of sound, from devouring the canon. There's simply a
>> lack of complexity to popular music, as lovely or exciting as some of
>> it is.
>>
>> Also distressed at the general lack of knowledge of folk music, and I
>> don't
>> mean the music of Bob Dylan and Donovan Leitch, profound students of
>> the
>> tradition. It used to be one of the things that held us together as
>> communities.
>>
>> My Carlos was taken to a Cailith (please, please correct my spelling)
>> by a
>> then girlfriend of the Belfast Irish variety. He was utterly amazed
>> that
>> everyone knew all the songs. In the US you'd have to go to a Protestant
>> church to find the like, and the fare would be hymns for breakfast
>> lunch
>> and supper.
>>
>> Mark
>>
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