tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post4831889957117589313..comments2023-12-17T19:35:07.459-08:00Comments on Bouphonia: A Critical StandpointPhilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-2300734033655879722009-10-17T23:56:43.946-07:002009-10-17T23:56:43.946-07:00I miss the playfulness with language Perelman exem...<i>I miss the playfulness with language Perelman exemplified, which seems sadly missing in our relentlessly optics-oriented pop culture.</i><br /><br />Yeah. Which I think ties into this discussion re: "big words." <i>Krazy Kat</i> and Perelman's stuff are ludicrously verbose in a way that's self-deflating and oddly egalitarian, in addition to being a lot of fun.<br /><br />While I don't consider myself worthy to lick either man's boots, if I use some phrase like "Vesuvian wrath," I'm always aiming for that tone, rather than anything literary or academic.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-63847955345018751712009-10-17T13:33:20.063-07:002009-10-17T13:33:20.063-07:00I was basically raised on 'em.
I keep a copy ...<i>I was basically raised on 'em.</i><br /><br />I keep a copy of <i>Archy and Mehitabel</i> by my bedside.<br /><br />"<i>Toujours gai</i>, and there's a dance in the old dame yet!" is about as good a philosophy of life as I've yet come across. Marquis and Herriman made quite a combination.<br /><br />But who could ever top the opening sentence of Perelman's "Block that Kick, Captain Future!"<br /><br /><i>I guess I’m just an old mad scientist at bottom. Give me an underground laboratory, half a dozen atom-smashers, and a beautiful girl in a diaphanous veil waiting to be turned into a chimpanzee, and I care not who writes the nation’s laws.</i><br /><br />Sorry for going wildly off-topic, but I miss the playfulness with language Perelman exemplified, which seems sadly missing in our relentlessly optics-oriented pop culture.grouchomarxistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-90429401699866851212009-10-16T22:52:51.304-07:002009-10-16T22:52:51.304-07:00For me to believe that we're related to monkey...<i>For me to believe that we're related to monkeys, they would have to be both dumber and meaner.</i><br /><br />[insert laughing emoticon here]<br /><br />Chin's Calypso Sextet has a song called "Monkey's Opinion" that makes the same argument. "We monkeys are the superior race...."Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-85744793585780408702009-10-16T22:24:22.943-07:002009-10-16T22:24:22.943-07:00"[A]s the next gink"? Nice to see there ...<i>"[A]s the next gink"? Nice to see there are some Perelman fans still lurking about.</i><br /><br />I think I originally picked that one up from George Herriman, actually (<i>Baron Bean</i>, to be exact). But I certainly do know Perelman's usage...it was a quote from a thirties pulp author whose name I've forgotten (like the rest of the world).<br /><br />I'll cheerfully admit that Herriman + Perelman = 97% of my schtick. I was basically raised on 'em.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-57950547581453556152009-10-16T20:44:00.151-07:002009-10-16T20:44:00.151-07:00For what it's worth, my favorite polyvalent si...For what it's worth, my favorite polyvalent simile is, "prophylactic as permanganate."<br /><br />No extra charge (so to speak) for the purple prose.<br /><br />I never was one to eschew obfuscation.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzB the transition metal trombonist<br /><br />WV: uminineo - sounds cool, and is fun to sayJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-60576723876462863282009-10-16T20:28:01.309-07:002009-10-16T20:28:01.309-07:00For me to believe that we're related to monkey...For me to believe that we're related to monkeys, they would have to be both dumber and meaner.<br /><br />Though, to be fair, their poo flinging does support the claim.<br /><br />And evolution is clearly counter-indicated by the observable fact that American society has become measurably dumber since the 70's<br /><br /><i>I'm as committed to problematizing exclusivist metanarratives and delegitimating monologic desire as the next gink.</i><br /><br />I love this so much, I put it on MY blog. Ahhh - the lulling tintinnabulations. Or are they suserrations? <br /><br />Cheers<br />JzB the sound generating trombonist<br /><br />WV: smsnutsu - the state of having been lulled by such phrases as <i>"I'm as committed to problematizing exclusivist metanarratives and delegitimating monologic desire as the next gink." </i>Jazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-16762152627996643652009-10-16T20:22:42.667-07:002009-10-16T20:22:42.667-07:00"[A]s the next gink"? Nice to see there ..."[A]s the next gink"? Nice to see there are some Perelman fans still lurking about.<br /><br />Wow. I had no idea there was such intellectual diversity in Creation Scientism. Take that, Mr. Smarty-Pants Evolutionist!<br /><br />It's like that waitress in <i>The Blues Brothers</i>: "We got both kinds of music - Country <i>and</i> Western!"grouchomarxistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-12624405710015186822009-10-16T15:31:39.918-07:002009-10-16T15:31:39.918-07:00well there you go. big words. i like big words. a ...well there you go. big words. i like big words. a buddy and i have a game at work. one of us will use what might not even be a big word, say reiterate. we then proclaim that as word of the day. you can be sure that word will be used in every sentence for the rest of the day.<br /><br />how about monkeys, which clearly have a form of communication. if a big snake is coming they damn sure know how make sure all the other monkeys know "hey, a big snake is coming, run for the hills (or would it be trees?). anyways, i like when people use big words in a clearly wrong manner, and yet, you know exactly what they are saying.<br /><br />like the utterances of monkeys. it's hard for me to believe that people don't think were related. monkeys, "kind" of smart, and "kind" of mean. that's proof enough for me.<br /><br />tedexua: word verification for the day.charleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-64536866395839315032009-10-16T11:13:17.069-07:002009-10-16T11:13:17.069-07:00what the kid said!
Don't worry about what it ...<i>what the kid said!</i><br /><br />Don't worry about what it means. It's supposed to be lulling, like a sound generator.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-47987798565827197272009-10-16T09:24:24.552-07:002009-10-16T09:24:24.552-07:00what the kid said!what the kid said!rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910951099847351232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-47596429898024266942009-10-16T09:03:02.968-07:002009-10-16T09:03:02.968-07:00I'm as committed to problematizing exclusivist...<i> I'm as committed to problematizing exclusivist metanarratives and delegitimating monologic desire as the next gink.</i> <br /><br />Guh?The Kenosha Kidhttp://thekenoshakid.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-8881280653551419632009-10-16T04:23:49.538-07:002009-10-16T04:23:49.538-07:00This sort of thing just makes me want to cry bitte...This sort of thing just makes me want to cry bitter tears of frustration. Is that what you were aiming for?P. Drānohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412231793647016993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-32349925759237734572009-10-16T00:40:06.173-07:002009-10-16T00:40:06.173-07:00Neo-Lamarckism? At Yale? Oh, dear. Of course you k...Neo-Lamarckism? At Yale? Oh, dear. Of course you know where that will lead *cough*Lysenko*cough*<br /><br />But, all kidding aside, I'm reminded of what Joseph Campbell once said (sorry I can't track down the citation)--that the biggest mistake of Christianity is to read the Bible as prose rather than as poetry.Makarioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08392249532355639518noreply@blogger.com