<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post114822237740100343..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>49</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114956587062985439</id><published>2006-06-05T23:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-05T23:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>and of course, i meant &quot;ron&quot;. pete</title><summary type='text'>and of course, i meant &quot;ron&quot;. &lt;BR/&gt;pete</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114956587062985439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114956587062985439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1149565860000#c114956587062985439' title=''/><author><name>pete</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12090504038148839586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' 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forgive.&lt;BR</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114956580220254278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114956580220254278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1149565800000#c114956580220254278' title=''/><author><name>pete</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12090504038148839586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' 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rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1177153369"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114955608225920003</id><published>2006-06-05T21:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-05T21:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Jeez, man, why all the wallowing?Why can&#39;t we have...</title><summary type='text'>Jeez, man, why all the wallowing?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Why can&#39;t we have simple, direct conversations without all the anger and defensiveness?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I mean, anyone can get drawn into that.  I never meant to start a fight.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I must be a really difficult person to talk with, but when I go back and read my own posts, I can&#39;t see why.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Mea culpa.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There are so many tender subjects </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114955608225920003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114955608225920003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1149556080000#c114955608225920003' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114954764638352825</id><published>2006-06-05T18:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-05T18:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>god curtis,what do i even say.....i mean you spend...</title><summary type='text'>god curtis,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;what do i even say.....&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i mean you spend half your last post analyzing me (and you&#39;re good curtis, like you&#39;ve climbed inside me head good...) telling me i&#39;m dense, unable to understand you, telling me the nature of how discussions should go (thanks, i mean all these years i&#39;ve wondered how converstations work), taking me under your wing, so to speak, and explaining </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114954764638352825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114954764638352825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1149547620000#c114954764638352825' title=''/><author><name>pete</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12090504038148839586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1177153369"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114954311042285574</id><published>2006-06-05T17:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-05T17:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Pete:&quot;er....&quot;  You&#39;re trying to make points h...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Pete:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;er....&quot;  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You&#39;re trying to make points here.  Not at all what either one of us should be doing.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You&#39;ve assumed your pugilist&#39;s stance to defend your heroes--of whom Dylan seems to be one--because you think a broadside critique of &quot;popular musical forms&quot; is being levelled against your ikons.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;I&#39;ll fix that old foggy Faville--I&#39;ll post some quotes and</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114954311042285574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114954311042285574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1149543060000#c114954311042285574' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114948467352359522</id><published>2006-06-05T01:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-05T01:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114948467352359522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114948467352359522'/><author><name>Big2Heart</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08881471362195898761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1138120600"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114947589234504074</id><published>2006-06-04T22:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-04T22:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis: you said:&quot;Why would you think I&#39;m putting ...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis: you said:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Why would you think I&#39;m putting down Popular music? Does that follow from what I said? Hardly.&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i might have thought you were putting down pop music from some of the following quotes:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Out popped daytime TV, Billy Collins and Oprah. As much as we like Dylan and Young, they&#39;re squirted out of the same paint gun. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;His lyrics are simplistic and</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114947589234504074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114947589234504074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1149475860000#c114947589234504074' title=''/><author><name>pete</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12090504038148839586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1177153369"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114946558227402421</id><published>2006-06-04T19:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-04T19:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Think of it this way:If we put the greatest musica...</title><summary type='text'>Think of it this way:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If we put the greatest musical geniuses of the last 500 years in a box together, and try to decide how each dealt with the limitations of his/her respective times, we get some idea of the actual musical content.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You keep focusing in on taste, as if it were somehow the issue at hand.  I&#39;m not talking about taste.  It may be that Duke Ellington is the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114946558227402421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114946558227402421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1149465540000#c114946558227402421' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114945784389984982</id><published>2006-06-04T17:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-04T17:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>no, curtis, it&#39;s not a revolutionary idea. but you...</title><summary type='text'>no, curtis, it&#39;s not a revolutionary idea. but you&#39;re not just saying that dylan&#39;s medium limits and determines the way his genius goes, you&#39;re saying that his medium is somehow less adequate than other artistic mediums--that his medium is OVERLY limiting in comparison to other medium. i think  this is just seeing the glass half empty. there ARE advantages to his medium too. &lt;BR/&gt;that&#39;s why i say</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114945784389984982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114945784389984982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1149457800000#c114945784389984982' title=''/><author><name>pete</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12090504038148839586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1177153369"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114943528438133003</id><published>2006-06-04T11:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-04T11:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>pete:I&#39;m not trying to lay down the law about anyt...</title><summary type='text'>pete:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m not trying to lay down the law about anything.  I don&#39;t expect anyone to believe what I say.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My original post was in the way of a query.  Does the rapid growth and expansion and continuous technical elaboration of &quot;electronic&quot; means of music generation in the media world since Edison, likely to limit the means with which the creative genies of the 20th Century will be </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114943528438133003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114943528438133003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1149435240000#c114943528438133003' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114937138719712967</id><published>2006-06-03T17:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-03T17:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>that&#39;s just mr. bob dylan callin&#39;...callin&#39; for so...</title><summary type='text'>that&#39;s just mr. bob dylan callin&#39;...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;callin&#39; for some live hot one on one talk!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114937138719712967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114937138719712967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1149371340000#c114937138719712967' title=''/><author><name>john marc</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10784349020317214829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-977070008"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114927456356518702</id><published>2006-06-02T14:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-02T14:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>curtis,i just looked down here again and saw that ...</title><summary type='text'>curtis,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i just looked down here again and saw that this was still going on.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i&#39;m not going to try to convince you that dylan isn&#39;t pop music or is somehow different from others--let&#39;s skip the dylan thing for a moment. am i right to say that your argument is something like: the built-in limitations of pop culture (pop music, etc) make it very hard to imagine that it can have any </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114927456356518702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114927456356518702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1149274560000#c114927456356518702' title=''/><author><name>pete</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12090504038148839586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1177153369"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 02, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114920755356414694</id><published>2006-06-01T20:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-01T20:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>OK.  Dylan&#39;s a genius.  The 11 minute take.  Bravo...</title><summary type='text'>OK.  Dylan&#39;s a genius.  The 11 minute take.  Bravo.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;We can&#39;t communicate, so I&#39;ll let it go.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks for playing anyway.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114920755356414694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114920755356414694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1149207540000#c114920755356414694' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 01, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114919820969317875</id><published>2006-06-01T17:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-01T17:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis wrote:The formality--the form--Maybe this i...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis wrote:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;The formality--the form--&lt;BR/&gt;Maybe this is just too abstract a concept for you--&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Or maybe I just completely disagree with your concept.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m giving you concrete examples of stuff that refutes your abstraction.&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;What &quot;specific and rigid formal limitations&quot; were in play when Bob Dylan wrote &quot;It&#39;s Alright, Ma (I&#39;m Only Bleeding)&quot;?  None.  Dylan </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114919820969317875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114919820969317875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1149198180000#c114919820969317875' title=''/><author><name>speterme</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15418310802340579561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-326822307"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 01, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114909238423793645</id><published>2006-05-31T12:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-31T12:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Steve, you&#39;re getting off point again.  You can ta...</title><summary type='text'>Steve, you&#39;re getting off point again.  You can take the argument about pop &quot;underground&quot;, to locate the &quot;genuine&quot; but that&#39;s not my point.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The formality--the form--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Maybe this is just too abstract a concept for you--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;When you have a hugely expanded media apparatus which presents specific and rigid formal limitations, it determines to a large extent the nature and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114909238423793645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114909238423793645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1149092340000#c114909238423793645' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 31, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114905387769856258</id><published>2006-05-31T01:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-31T01:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis wrote:I would ask you what is genuine, when...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis wrote:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;I would ask you what is genuine, when the glitz and packaging and branding and noisome adverts have died down. What&#39;s left, what&#39;s there that wasn&#39;t just designed to sell?&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There are so many genuine places to start that I don&#39;t know where you should begin.  But, one place for you would be:  Fugazi  (follow the life of Ian MacKaye from the Teen Idles to Minor </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114905387769856258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114905387769856258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1149053820000#c114905387769856258' title=''/><author><name>speterme</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15418310802340579561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-326822307"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 31, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114896992698086550</id><published>2006-05-30T02:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-30T02:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;The music industry has simply appropriated hip-ho...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;The music industry has simply appropriated hip-hop innovations in order to sell records.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;It has nothing to do with selling records until later&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Brevity? I guess you haven&#39;t read Harry Potter.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;the impetuses for Bob Dylan&#39;s songs and for hip-hop are completely independent of the commercial enterprises that have propagated and profited from the work.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114896992698086550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114896992698086550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1148969880000#c114896992698086550' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 30, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114892235352620888</id><published>2006-05-29T13:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-29T13:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis wrote:Personally, I wish there was a noise ...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis wrote:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;Personally, I wish there was a noise abatement for that stuff. But it&#39;s a child of the electronic age. Without the media, Rap would disappear from public consciousness within 6 weeks. It&#39;s a totally synthetic form with no life outside of its own abusive provocation.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m no expert, but my understanding of hip-hop is that it is completely organic.  I just put on &quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114892235352620888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114892235352620888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1148922300000#c114892235352620888' title=''/><author><name>speterme</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15418310802340579561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-326822307"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114891526687932134</id><published>2006-05-29T11:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-29T11:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I agree with everything you say.  But there&#39;s stil...</title><summary type='text'>I agree with everything you say.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But there&#39;s still the issue of &quot;Pop&quot; which is where we started.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think the limitation(s) of the Pop medium in effect restricted the value of work in that form.  As technology moves forward and provides us with ever-expanding means of &quot;performance&quot; and access, the vinyl and digital and amplifications of this last century will come to be </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114891526687932134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114891526687932134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1148915220000#c114891526687932134' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114886291230146707</id><published>2006-05-28T20:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-28T20:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, first of all there&#39;s nothing to the &quot;three...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, first of all there&#39;s nothing to the &quot;three minute take&quot; formula in regards to Dylan since he, after all, broke it again and again and invented the new form.  I think you may be getting him confused with someone else.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Secondly, he didn&#39;t sell the Woody Guthrie folk social consciousnes etc to anybody.  That was already there and that was what he reacted against and pissed off </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114886291230146707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114886291230146707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1148862900000#c114886291230146707' title=''/><author><name>joe green</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12257285616529795340</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 28, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114874618756497450</id><published>2006-05-27T12:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-27T12:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Pete:No offense taken.  Actually, this whole ...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Pete:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;No offense taken.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Actually, this whole business of comparing Dylan (a pop music composer and performer) to great (or not so great) literary poets of the past and present is neither a rewarding nor useful effort.  Dylan himself has pointed out that he wasn&#39;t trying for &quot;social protest&quot; or &quot;political change&quot; with those Sixties songs--he was just &quot;makin&#39; music&quot; as he </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114874618756497450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114874618756497450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1148746140000#c114874618756497450' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114874315731878754</id><published>2006-05-27T11:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-27T11:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>hey curtis,just so you know, if i knew how delete ...</title><summary type='text'>hey curtis,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;just so you know, if i knew how delete my last post, i would. i did it last night and now i regret it cause i don&#39;t wanna fight with no one. it won&#39;t be my mission to point out any of your flaws. okay? just couldn&#39;t help myself last night for some reason. &lt;BR/&gt;pete</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114874315731878754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114874315731878754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1148743140000#c114874315731878754' title=''/><author><name>pete</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12090504038148839586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1177153369"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114870177806324784</id><published>2006-05-26T23:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-26T23:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>curtis, i don&#39;t know why i should bother arguing w...</title><summary type='text'>curtis,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt; i don&#39;t know why i should bother arguing with you since you clearly know everything about dylan and history and etc, but here goes...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Dylan may be a great genius (in whatever medium), but the form(s) that he mined may limit his durance to, say, 25 years.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;for all we know the form dylan has mined may EXTEND is durnace for let&#39;s say, (to just pull a number out of my </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114870177806324784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114870177806324784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1148701740000#c114870177806324784' title=''/><author><name>pete</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12090504038148839586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1177153369"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114869095226755860</id><published>2006-05-26T20:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-26T20:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Joe, I agree with every single word of your post.M...</title><summary type='text'>Joe, I agree with every single word of your post.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My point is NOT that the talent and energy that makes Pop work is somehow suspect, but that it adheres, follows a specific form, that limits its effects.   &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m not just playing the time machine game--what if?--I&#39;m saying the FORM of art in the 20th Century probably limited (or was exploited by) certain talents which may be </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114869095226755860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114822237740100343/comments/default/114869095226755860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html?showComment=1148690940000#c114869095226755860' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/latest-book-from-jawat-haidar-lebanese.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114822237740100343' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114822237740100343' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 26, 2006"/></entry></feed>