<?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.post4788579540119401672..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/3738579/4788579540119401672/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/ali-akbar-khan-1922-2009.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-2490892194934929276</id><published>2009-06-21T09:38:43.797-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T09:38:43.797-04:00</updated><title type='text'>nothing &amp;quot;similar in poetry&amp;quot;&#xa;&#xa;because poe...</title><summary type='text'>nothing &amp;quot;similar in poetry&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;because poetry is an invented  construct constricted by words that are fabrications/inventions/phantasies via cult-sures or civallizations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;plus  &amp;quot;we&amp;quot; in this poe-dunk &amp;quot;kultcher now yet beyond that original sound:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      The Phart!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4788579540119401672/comments/default/2490892194934929276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4788579540119401672/comments/default/2490892194934929276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/ali-akbar-khan-1922-2009.html?showComment=1245591523797#c2490892194934929276' 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/2009/06/ali-akbar-khan-1922-2009.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4788579540119401672' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4788579540119401672' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 21, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1538366193279999516</id><published>2009-06-20T23:19:41.649-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-20T23:19:41.649-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Ed, &#xa;&#xa;Ravi Shankar was Khan&amp;#39;s brother-in-la...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Ed, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ravi Shankar was Khan&amp;#39;s brother-in-law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for &amp;quot;the mantle,&amp;quot; Kahn had 11 children; per &lt;i&gt;The NY Times&lt;/i&gt; obituary, one of his sons, Aashish, is himself a reknowned sarod player. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not-so-random and fun-to-remember detail, also from &lt;i&gt;The NY Times&lt;/i&gt;: the sarod is &amp;quot;an instrument with 25 strings, 10 plucked with a piece of coconut shell</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4788579540119401672/comments/default/1538366193279999516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4788579540119401672/comments/default/1538366193279999516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/ali-akbar-khan-1922-2009.html?showComment=1245554381649#c1538366193279999516' 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/2009/06/ali-akbar-khan-1922-2009.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4788579540119401672' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4788579540119401672' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 20, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6321324525448378747</id><published>2009-06-20T19:39:47.700-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-20T19:39:47.700-04:00</updated><title type='text'>mid sixties he and Ravi Shankar were playing a con...</title><summary type='text'>mid sixties he and Ravi Shankar were playing a concert at The Carter Barron Amphitheater here in D.C.&lt;br /&gt;         during the day they came out to U of Md to do a concert...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;seems to me that he and Ravi Shankar were very close..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;now, as tradition has it, I suppose that the mantle passes to Anoushka&lt;br /&gt;Shankar?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4788579540119401672/comments/default/6321324525448378747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4788579540119401672/comments/default/6321324525448378747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/ali-akbar-khan-1922-2009.html?showComment=1245541187700#c6321324525448378747' 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/2009/06/ali-akbar-khan-1922-2009.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4788579540119401672' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4788579540119401672' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 20, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5384828165866365286</id><published>2009-06-20T14:11:44.467-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-20T14:11:44.467-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I listened to one of his first recordings this mor...</title><summary type='text'>I listened to one of his first recordings this morning on the way to work: so much depth; and remember seeing him perform in London many years ago.  A truly great musician.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4788579540119401672/comments/default/5384828165866365286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4788579540119401672/comments/default/5384828165866365286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/ali-akbar-khan-1922-2009.html?showComment=1245521504467#c5384828165866365286' title=''/><author><name>Steven Moore</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04595359310693222976</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_p6hGTDW2rVY/Rqun1t_PFKI/AAAAAAAAAI0/2qDqVcp2vOM/s400/swm26.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/ali-akbar-khan-1922-2009.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4788579540119401672' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4788579540119401672' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-596668773"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 20, 2009"/></entry></feed>