<?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.post2407479540134062620..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/3738579/2407479540134062620/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/merce-cunningham-1919-2009.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>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5761593432901258751</id><published>2009-07-28T15:08:41.244-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T15:08:41.244-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There&amp;#39;s an odd fact known to few that Cunningh...</title><summary type='text'>There&amp;#39;s an odd fact known to few that Cunningham&amp;#39;s father was a lawyer in Centralia, Washington. When the famous lynching of the Wobblies happened in that town, Cunningham&amp;#39;s father was the prosecutor of the Wobblies.  That would have made a neat dance! First the Wobblies shooting up the VFW, and then the counterattack, ending with the lynching from the bridge, and the trial of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2407479540134062620/comments/default/5761593432901258751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2407479540134062620/comments/default/5761593432901258751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/merce-cunningham-1919-2009.html?showComment=1248808121244#c5761593432901258751' 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/2009/07/merce-cunningham-1919-2009.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2407479540134062620' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2407479540134062620' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 28, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3641547180142716544</id><published>2009-07-28T11:12:23.362-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T11:12:23.362-04:00</updated><title type='text'>in 1973&#xa;I went over to John Cage&amp;#39;s&#xa;(Bank Stree...</title><summary type='text'>in 1973&lt;br /&gt;I went over to John Cage&amp;#39;s&lt;br /&gt;(Bank Street) to visit John and drop off a xeroxed copy ofPOINTS/COUNTERPOINTS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I knocked on the door:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Hi, I&amp;#39;m Ed Baker. Is Mr. Cage around?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the guy who opened the door said:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Hi. I&amp;#39;m Mr.Cunningham.  &lt;br /&gt;John is in the basement. Go knock.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BOY!  had I known </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2407479540134062620/comments/default/3641547180142716544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2407479540134062620/comments/default/3641547180142716544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/merce-cunningham-1919-2009.html?showComment=1248793943362#c3641547180142716544' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/merce-cunningham-1919-2009.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2407479540134062620' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2407479540134062620' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 28, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7685102098078203602</id><published>2009-07-28T09:49:49.039-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T09:49:49.039-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The company will tour for two years and then be di...</title><summary type='text'>The company will tour for two years and then be disbanded. The foundation will then work to ensure that other dance companies produce his dances. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203609204574314512935454066.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203609204574314512935454066.html&lt;/a&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2407479540134062620/comments/default/7685102098078203602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2407479540134062620/comments/default/7685102098078203602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/merce-cunningham-1919-2009.html?showComment=1248788989039#c7685102098078203602' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/merce-cunningham-1919-2009.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2407479540134062620' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2407479540134062620' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 28, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5318036315160947543</id><published>2009-07-28T09:21:46.298-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T09:21:46.298-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I had dinner with him about 10 years ago and asked...</title><summary type='text'>I had dinner with him about 10 years ago and asked some in the company later what would happen when he died... it wasn&amp;#39;t clear.  It would be great to see a company continue to focus on Merce&amp;#39;s dances and methods or several companies.  He had managed to win over the factions that had originally been shocked by him.  The story I like is when he and his dancers piled into a van to be driven </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2407479540134062620/comments/default/5318036315160947543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2407479540134062620/comments/default/5318036315160947543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/merce-cunningham-1919-2009.html?showComment=1248787306298#c5318036315160947543' 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/2009/07/merce-cunningham-1919-2009.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2407479540134062620' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2407479540134062620' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 28, 2009"/></entry></feed>