<?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.post4197247450384057665..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/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.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>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7129915673676938125</id><published>2007-09-11T22:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-11T22:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron:The point about your promotional activities is...</title><summary type='text'>Ron:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The point about your promotional activities is:  They should flow from direct interest, with a wink or a nod to the movements or friends you&#39;ve been associated with through the years.  An organized program of historical documentation by the participants--structured as loosely and egoistically as Grand Piano--strikes me as shameless onanism--and every bit as repulsive as Jim Behrle </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/7129915673676938125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/7129915673676938125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html?showComment=1189564440000#c7129915673676938125' 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/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4197247450384057665' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4197247450384057665' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 11, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-956264570909827193</id><published>2007-09-07T19:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-07T19:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>On the other hand, self-marketing is often require...</title><summary type='text'>On the other hand, self-marketing is often required and necessary, if one is any kind of artist, esepcially if one is an artist who wants to have an audience. So one shouldn&#39;t judge it too harshly lest one find oneself looking into a mirror. We all do it, really, every time we send a poem out, or post it on our own websites or blogs. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Is there shame in self-promotion? No. If there is any</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/956264570909827193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/956264570909827193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html?showComment=1189209480000#c956264570909827193' title=''/><author><name>Art Durkee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='20' height='32' src='http://www.arthurdurkee.net/images/ADSTICK1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4197247450384057665' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4197247450384057665' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1315265054"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7277317319902158479</id><published>2007-09-07T15:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-07T15:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey Curtis -- is L available online? If so, we&#39;d l...</title><summary type='text'>Hey Curtis -- is L available online? If so, we&#39;d like to link to it. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If not, it would be great to scan it and make it available.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/7277317319902158479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/7277317319902158479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html?showComment=1189191960000#c7277317319902158479' title=''/><author><name>Tom Mandel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10763025165272538833</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://www.tommandel.com/images/tmnew2.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4197247450384057665' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4197247450384057665' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1987910661"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1869327391273518653</id><published>2007-09-07T00:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-07T00:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>froghamodiogenessieamoebahausuteverybody;s is ever...</title><summary type='text'>froghamodiogenessieamoebahausut&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;everybody;s is everybodys:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;po-l&#39;arcity&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;vidi (viddle)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/1869327391273518653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/1869327391273518653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html?showComment=1189141020000#c1869327391273518653' 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='32' height='32' src='http://www.hevanet.com/solipsis/images/phanero.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4197247450384057665' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4197247450384057665' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2934880439736801138</id><published>2007-09-06T14:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-06T14:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>THIS IS JUST TO SAYI have takenthe cakethat was on...</title><summary type='text'>THIS IS JUST TO SAY&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have taken&lt;BR/&gt;the cake&lt;BR/&gt;that was on top of&lt;BR/&gt;the piano&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and which&lt;BR/&gt;you were probably&lt;BR/&gt;saving&lt;BR/&gt;for Pearl Harbor Day&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Forgive me&lt;BR/&gt;it was infamous&lt;BR/&gt;so sour&lt;BR/&gt;and so half-baked</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/2934880439736801138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/2934880439736801138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html?showComment=1189103640000#c2934880439736801138' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12714098498354846094</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/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4197247450384057665' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4197247450384057665' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-458221395"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8550809100566696501</id><published>2007-09-06T14:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-06T14:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You guys are a model for all bullshit poetry movem...</title><summary type='text'>You guys are a model for all bullshit poetry movements and sycophantic poetic communities on How to Practice One&#39;s Groupiness. My fantasy football team salutes you!!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;*I&#39;m Jim Behrle and I approve this message*</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/8550809100566696501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/8550809100566696501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html?showComment=1189102740000#c8550809100566696501' title=''/><author><name>Behrle!! For the People!!</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08581472923510160635</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t307/jbehrle/-42.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4197247450384057665' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4197247450384057665' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-108210959"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7536681031778198076</id><published>2007-09-06T12:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-06T12:15:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I understand the self-promotion.  There&#39;s hardly a...</title><summary type='text'>I understand the self-promotion.  There&#39;s hardly a poet blog anywhere that doesn&#39;t do that. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m more curious about what I see as a change in Ron&#39;s blogging habits. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In August 2006, there were 15 posts -- solid posts -- about particular poets, books of poems, or writers. Ron wrote about B. Boyd, Lethem, DuPlessis, Zukofsky, Berge, C.A.Conrad, Pynchon, J. Smith, an anonymous </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/7536681031778198076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/7536681031778198076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html?showComment=1189095300000#c7536681031778198076' 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/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4197247450384057665' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4197247450384057665' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6269420797878448954</id><published>2007-09-06T11:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-06T11:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, I hope you noticed your name on the Presse...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, I hope you noticed your name on the Presses and Magazines page, under Resources.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/6269420797878448954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/6269420797878448954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html?showComment=1189091760000#c6269420797878448954' 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/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4197247450384057665' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4197247450384057665' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6073259898534233265</id><published>2007-09-06T09:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-06T09:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>People used to complain about the confessionalists...</title><summary type='text'>People used to complain about the confessionalists, but this really takes the cake.  An organized program of self-promotion disguised as interpersonal joint autobiography.  I think it will live in infamy....</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/6073259898534233265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4197247450384057665/comments/default/6073259898534233265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html?showComment=1189086120000#c6073259898534233265' 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/2007/09/grand-piano-website-is-live.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4197247450384057665' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4197247450384057665' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2007"/></entry></feed>