<?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.post1554210786699569468..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/3738579/1554210786699569468/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/if-you-look-at-sax-reeds-in-this.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><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>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3475061595959363467</id><published>2008-04-04T18:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-04T18:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s always more or less impossible to be avant-ga...</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s always more or less impossible to be avant-garde until it&#39;s proved possible.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554210786699569468/comments/default/3475061595959363467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554210786699569468/comments/default/3475061595959363467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/if-you-look-at-sax-reeds-in-this.html?showComment=1207347720000#c3475061595959363467' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</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/2008/04/if-you-look-at-sax-reeds-in-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1554210786699569468' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1554210786699569468' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 04, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7214793398535743676</id><published>2008-04-02T14:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-02T14:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>they got a plastic carddown at the used record sto...</title><summary type='text'>they got a plastic card&lt;BR/&gt;down at the used record store&lt;BR/&gt;that says avant-garde&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the manson followers&lt;BR/&gt;put x&#39;s on their foreheads&lt;BR/&gt;which made a fairly&lt;BR/&gt;provocative puncta&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;but that idea was lifted&lt;BR/&gt;from the followers&lt;BR/&gt;of Mithras&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Myself, I always liked that&lt;BR/&gt;picture of Patty Hearst&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Patty_Hearst.jpg&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554210786699569468/comments/default/7214793398535743676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554210786699569468/comments/default/7214793398535743676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/if-you-look-at-sax-reeds-in-this.html?showComment=1207159500000#c7214793398535743676' title=''/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_hLJ2N7ZOgD8/R6EJKLnXPdI/AAAAAAAAAS4/2kJ0hAZuqOs/S220/Ozilanniman.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/if-you-look-at-sax-reeds-in-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1554210786699569468' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1554210786699569468' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 02, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7643457983989114192</id><published>2008-04-01T23:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T23:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi again, Ron-By coincidence, I happened to add Ka...</title><summary type='text'>Hi again, Ron-&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;By coincidence, I happened to add Kasey&#39;s blog to my RSS-feed (just starting to appreciate this way of reading).  In any case, in the process, I caught up with his recent posts, including one that led me to the Reginald-Shepard &quot;post avant&quot; blog fire.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wanted to make it clear that my question didn&#39;t emerge from that sequence.  Reading those posts since has made</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554210786699569468/comments/default/7643457983989114192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554210786699569468/comments/default/7643457983989114192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/if-you-look-at-sax-reeds-in-this.html?showComment=1207105560000#c7643457983989114192' title=''/><author><name>Aaron McCollough</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08488196133587526152</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/293/5426/640/mccollough.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/if-you-look-at-sax-reeds-in-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1554210786699569468' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1554210786699569468' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-621791679"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 01, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6204307395845178492</id><published>2008-04-01T13:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T13:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What a surprise, to see the work of James Fei bein...</title><summary type='text'>What a surprise, to see the work of James Fei being discussed here! I´ve had the pleasure of meeting him and hearing a couple of wonderful works of his here in Amsterdam - I remember he wrote one of the very few memorable orchestral pieces I´ve heard in many years of Gaudeamus Music Week.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Talking of media translation, I think it would be interesting one day to study how Ron´s </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554210786699569468/comments/default/6204307395845178492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554210786699569468/comments/default/6204307395845178492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/if-you-look-at-sax-reeds-in-this.html?showComment=1207070340000#c6204307395845178492' title=''/><author><name>Samuel Vriezen</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16229066450439148225</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/2008/04/if-you-look-at-sax-reeds-in-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1554210786699569468' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1554210786699569468' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1125742735"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 01, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2330364800897021479</id><published>2008-04-01T12:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T12:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Ron-In your footnote you mention that you belie...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Ron-&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In your footnote you mention that you believe it &quot;impossible to be avant-garde with a straight face in the 21st century,&quot; which I follow in a basic sense.  At the same time, when it comes to your broader participation in the poetry conversation, it makes me wonder how you would quantify the virtues of your &quot;post-avant&quot; category as distinguished (on the one hand) from &quot;the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554210786699569468/comments/default/2330364800897021479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554210786699569468/comments/default/2330364800897021479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/if-you-look-at-sax-reeds-in-this.html?showComment=1207067880000#c2330364800897021479' title=''/><author><name>Aaron McCollough</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08488196133587526152</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/293/5426/640/mccollough.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/if-you-look-at-sax-reeds-in-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1554210786699569468' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1554210786699569468' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-621791679"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 01, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5073479311578439225</id><published>2008-04-01T11:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T11:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Speaking as a former jazz saxophone player, that p...</title><summary type='text'>Speaking as a former jazz saxophone player, that picture makes for a great visual summation of my music-major nightmares.  It&#39;s too early in the morning for me to listen to what those sound like, but I hope it&#39;s not as physically painful as playing those reeds would be.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554210786699569468/comments/default/5073479311578439225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554210786699569468/comments/default/5073479311578439225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/if-you-look-at-sax-reeds-in-this.html?showComment=1207062720000#c5073479311578439225' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00791420971869885860</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/2008/04/if-you-look-at-sax-reeds-in-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1554210786699569468' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1554210786699569468' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1864187319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 01, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2125413000006717991</id><published>2008-04-01T07:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T07:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Oooh -- loved those mp3 samples (thanks--I&#39;ve neve...</title><summary type='text'>Oooh -- loved those mp3 samples (thanks--I&#39;ve never heard of Fei before) and your next to last paragraph in this blog entry. 4/25 sounds like a great event.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554210786699569468/comments/default/2125413000006717991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554210786699569468/comments/default/2125413000006717991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/if-you-look-at-sax-reeds-in-this.html?showComment=1207050180000#c2125413000006717991' title=''/><author><name>Annandale Dream Gazette</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08155953951163636760</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/2008/04/if-you-look-at-sax-reeds-in-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1554210786699569468' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1554210786699569468' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1293329833"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 01, 2008"/></entry></feed>