<?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.post201862942165612233..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/3738579/201862942165612233/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/coming-to-bowery-poetry-club-saturday.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>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6987128100288364315</id><published>2007-06-23T08:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-23T08:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for the info about the Tuvan throat singing...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks for the info about the Tuvan throat singing ensmble, Alash. Amazing sound(s).</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/201862942165612233/comments/default/6987128100288364315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/201862942165612233/comments/default/6987128100288364315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/coming-to-bowery-poetry-club-saturday.html?showComment=1182600120000#c6987128100288364315' title=''/><author><name>Pam Hart</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05674873440135193968</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/2007/06/coming-to-bowery-poetry-club-saturday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-201862942165612233' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/201862942165612233' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-724957500"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 23, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6803483039651480399</id><published>2007-06-20T23:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T23:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The mp3s of Ulysses linked here is definitely a ca...</title><summary type='text'>The mp3s of &lt;I&gt;Ulysses&lt;/I&gt; linked here is definitely a case of getting what you pay for. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Other complete recordings will costs a lot more than the zero the mp3s will cost, but the quality is much better. The librivox mp3s use different voices for the narration, so it doesn&#39;t have the consistent tone that other recordings of the book do.  This is obviously a labor of love, by what sounds </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/201862942165612233/comments/default/6803483039651480399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/201862942165612233/comments/default/6803483039651480399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/coming-to-bowery-poetry-club-saturday.html?showComment=1182395340000#c6803483039651480399' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</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/2007/06/coming-to-bowery-poetry-club-saturday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-201862942165612233' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/201862942165612233' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 20, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5338531510059543110</id><published>2007-06-20T20:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T20:04:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Failed States Index from Foreign Policy (last ...</title><summary type='text'>The Failed States Index from Foreign Policy (last link) offers three or four major flaws that lead to a failed state.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;1.  Predatory elites&lt;BR/&gt;2.  Rampant corruption of same&lt;BR/&gt;3.  Absence of the rule of law&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It also looks as if climate plays a role.  The better states are in milder climatological areas, to the north and to the south.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But there are exceptions to that: </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/201862942165612233/comments/default/5338531510059543110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/201862942165612233/comments/default/5338531510059543110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/coming-to-bowery-poetry-club-saturday.html?showComment=1182384240000#c5338531510059543110' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</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/2007/06/coming-to-bowery-poetry-club-saturday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-201862942165612233' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/201862942165612233' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 20, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8167173236044520696</id><published>2007-06-20T12:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T12:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Appropos of Diesel.  Diesel&#39;s selection is limited...</title><summary type='text'>Appropos of Diesel.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Diesel&#39;s selection is limited, but their stock is very sophisticated.  I&#39;ve never been a big fan of new bookstores, but Merry and I routinely browse Diesel on College Avenue anytime we&#39;re in the area.  They&#39;re particularly strong in contemporary art and photography, as well as poetry.  I wouldn&#39;t mind if they had a few more odd used volumes mixed in with the new, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/201862942165612233/comments/default/8167173236044520696'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/201862942165612233/comments/default/8167173236044520696'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/coming-to-bowery-poetry-club-saturday.html?showComment=1182357660000#c8167173236044520696' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</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/2007/06/coming-to-bowery-poetry-club-saturday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-201862942165612233' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/201862942165612233' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 20, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5357604950538166683</id><published>2007-06-20T11:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T11:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I imagine Iran is about as upset about old what&#39;s ...</title><summary type='text'>I imagine Iran is about as upset about old what&#39;s his name as they are about the threat of a US attack on their nuclear program.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You know...people like you Ron do not really oppose Bush because you support the rights and freedoms of others now do you?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;How tiresome for that dandy to eek more publicity once again out of such a dire circumstance of both the Persian and Arab peoples</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/201862942165612233/comments/default/5357604950538166683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/201862942165612233/comments/default/5357604950538166683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/coming-to-bowery-poetry-club-saturday.html?showComment=1182355140000#c5357604950538166683' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://static.flickr.com/29/98495715_9b4a202fcf_t.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/coming-to-bowery-poetry-club-saturday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-201862942165612233' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/201862942165612233' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 20, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8836191011460648649</id><published>2007-06-20T11:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T11:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Waterstone&#39;s bilking British booksellers for displ...</title><summary type='text'>Waterstone&#39;s bilking British booksellers for display &quot;shelf space&quot; (a process that has been going on in American grocery stores for years) is the equivalent of &quot;payola&quot; --the old system of kickbacks to disc jockeys to play records on the radio.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It should be outlawed.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/201862942165612233/comments/default/8836191011460648649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/201862942165612233/comments/default/8836191011460648649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/coming-to-bowery-poetry-club-saturday.html?showComment=1182355080000#c8836191011460648649' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</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/2007/06/coming-to-bowery-poetry-club-saturday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-201862942165612233' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/201862942165612233' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 20, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1479158682971918001</id><published>2007-06-20T11:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T11:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>For me, Gallagher&#39;s Portable Kisses is the greates...</title><summary type='text'>For me, Gallagher&#39;s Portable Kisses is the greatest book ever written about physical love.  The poems go &quot;inside&quot; the imaginative space of passionate interaction.  It&#39;s a tour de force.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/201862942165612233/comments/default/1479158682971918001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/201862942165612233/comments/default/1479158682971918001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/coming-to-bowery-poetry-club-saturday.html?showComment=1182354540000#c1479158682971918001' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</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/2007/06/coming-to-bowery-poetry-club-saturday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-201862942165612233' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/201862942165612233' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 20, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1911106934493219775</id><published>2007-06-20T11:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T11:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>thanks for the librivox link.  now i can go on a r...</title><summary type='text'>thanks for the librivox link.  now i can go on a really, *really* long car trip!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/201862942165612233/comments/default/1911106934493219775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/201862942165612233/comments/default/1911106934493219775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/coming-to-bowery-poetry-club-saturday.html?showComment=1182353160000#c1911106934493219775' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/464838210_bb770cb045_o.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/coming-to-bowery-poetry-club-saturday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-201862942165612233' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/201862942165612233' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 20, 2007"/></entry></feed>