tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post1037455929192099230..comments2024-03-27T06:25:29.002-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `This Is a Browsing Book'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-79928987856521509992012-08-15T11:26:53.966-05:002012-08-15T11:26:53.966-05:00Ubuweb hosts an astonishing (well, I was astonishe...Ubuweb hosts an astonishing (well, I was astonished) 4 minute performance by Slonimsky, then over 90. a piano solo, followed by two songs from his cycle of advertising songs (“In 1924, Slonimsky, mostly to amuse his friends at the Eastman School of Music, set to music the text of several Saturday Evening Post advertisements...”). “Children Cry for Castoria” is gold. It’s located <a href="http://www.ubu.com/outsiders/365/2003/070.shtml%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow"> here</a>, along with one of the old laxative ads. (I couldn’t get their ‘listen’ button to function with either Internet Explorer or Firefox, but if you click the song hyperlink itself, it will play on your computer’s default music player. Or you can download it).Jeff Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02556922556611887235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-55634899494369843762012-08-14T21:21:55.064-05:002012-08-14T21:21:55.064-05:00PK.
This made me laugh out loud: "Today it ca...PK.<br />This made me laugh out loud: "Today it can even refer to Kenny G."<br />I think wicked-droll is the poetic term for this. <br />Peace,<br />B.R.B.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09073468276343663348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-64656833009401580762012-08-14T05:00:02.768-05:002012-08-14T05:00:02.768-05:00One detects an ideological bias in there somewhere...One detects an ideological bias in there somewhere, though why "plump"? An overstuffed English teacher, perhaps, didn't make it very far into <i>Ulysses</i>Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com