tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post8755777381800941906..comments2024-03-27T06:25:29.002-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `His Own Utopian Country'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-86058069727127609372012-06-06T00:03:15.763-05:002012-06-06T00:03:15.763-05:00Patrick,
Don Colacho always gets it just right, d...Patrick,<br /><br />Don Colacho always gets it just right, doesn't he?Helen Pinkertonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-80303908113725859662012-06-05T09:00:08.645-05:002012-06-05T09:00:08.645-05:00Oh, and I should say: I took a class from Joseph E...Oh, and I should say: I took a class from Joseph Epstein when I was an undergraduate, and he was kind, attentive, engaged, and even pleasantly courtly in his manner. I really enjoyed his company.Levi Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-17816310917311675652012-06-05T08:59:26.271-05:002012-06-05T08:59:26.271-05:00I fully agree with your, and Epstein's, broad ...I fully agree with your, and Epstein's, broad themes, here, Patrick. What comes to mind most quickly when I think of my friends and family is shared laughter; it's hard to imagine a successful friendship that doesn't include that.<br /><br />I do have to quibble with your dismissal of Michael Jackson, however. (I hope that doesn't automatically exclude me from the utopian country of your friendship?) He was often a ridiculous figure, certainly, but his dancing and singing--and the deep sense of rhythm (and the endlessly multiplying possibilities thereof) they reveal--still take my breath away sometimes. To hear how well he already understood the art of working with and against the beat as a pre-teen in the Jackson 5 songs still amazes me, and, when set against the weird mess that his life became, makes me sad.Levi Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-33283929846319989752012-06-05T08:31:58.047-05:002012-06-05T08:31:58.047-05:00Thanks for the tip re Epstein.Thanks for the tip re Epstein.Chuck Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13071028509093276285noreply@blogger.com