<?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.post1161929512575602158..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/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.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>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7254181794969532899</id><published>2008-03-13T18:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-13T18:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Very nicely put, Gustave.  The line about what com...</title><summary type='text'>Very nicely put, Gustave.  The line about what comes out of it.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/7254181794969532899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/7254181794969532899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html?showComment=1205447040000#c7254181794969532899' 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/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1161929512575602158' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1161929512575602158' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7084123435728037457</id><published>2008-03-13T14:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-13T14:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Corso and Beats and drugs and drink...What about R...</title><summary type='text'>Corso and Beats and drugs and drink...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What about Rimbaud and Verlaine, and Hemingway and Villon and Poe..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What counts is not what poets and writers in their mouth but what comes out of it!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Gus Reininger</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/7084123435728037457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/7084123435728037457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html?showComment=1205431740000#c7084123435728037457' title=''/><author><name>Gustave</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03348097507069813291</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/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1161929512575602158' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1161929512575602158' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-750709527"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6179705838126809890</id><published>2008-03-13T14:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-13T14:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Note from filmmaker:Corso, in granting access had ...</title><summary type='text'>Note from filmmaker:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Corso, in granting access had one condition:  No family in the film, except for the mother we found.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron mentioned one of the children, and the possibility of more on his family.  But Gregory thought he didn&#39;t want them disturbed more than they had been in his life.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Gus Reininger</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/6179705838126809890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/6179705838126809890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html?showComment=1205431200000#c6179705838126809890' title=''/><author><name>Gustave</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03348097507069813291</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/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1161929512575602158' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1161929512575602158' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-750709527"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5324018396632614033</id><published>2008-03-12T20:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-12T20:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>after KADDISH Ginzap &quot;sold out&quot; became a mere Mone...</title><summary type='text'>after KADDISH Ginzap &quot;sold out&quot; became a mere Money-Maker  and the &quot;Beats&quot;:  drunks, dope addicts, and self promoting &quot;pimps&quot;.. now&lt;BR/&gt;elevated to &quot;God-status&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;and phony zen.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and , jeeze.... Random House!?!  some  credential to validate the mediocre&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;why don&#39;t you just drop out  like Oppen did and others and find your own voice?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;how come Diane and Joanne, and Anne</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/5324018396632614033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/5324018396632614033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html?showComment=1205368740000#c5324018396632614033' 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/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1161929512575602158' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1161929512575602158' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3850193451266610625</id><published>2008-03-11T20:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-11T20:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Diane is my hero...and Harvey Silver a 4 th cousin...</title><summary type='text'>Diane is my hero...&lt;BR/&gt;and Harvey Silver a 4 th cousin... &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;at a family reunion my Uncle Al Silver said &quot;that&#39;s your crazy cousin, the poet&quot;  little did I know then...&lt;BR/&gt;or now&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Bob Kaufman   didn&#39;t say a word for  a dozen years not unlike me!  didn&#39;t he invent the term &quot;beatnik&quot; ? I guess I cld find out via Wikipedia... and maybe do a thesis on this&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;get a Phd in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/3850193451266610625'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/3850193451266610625'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html?showComment=1205281860000#c3850193451266610625' 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/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1161929512575602158' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1161929512575602158' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 11, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1835095319881418223</id><published>2008-03-11T11:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-11T11:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;d like to see this film, because Corso&#39;s Gasolin...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;d like to see this film, because Corso&#39;s Gasoline was an interesting read for me when I first encountered it. Jagged and unpolished brilliance that one doesn&#39;t see often ... other-worldy kind of medieval vein of romanticism. Bob Kaufman should be at the top of the list any discussion of &quot;beat&quot; poetry, but he&#39;s rarely mentioned, which is proof of his continued outsider status. His lyric and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/1835095319881418223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/1835095319881418223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html?showComment=1205250360000#c1835095319881418223' title=''/><author><name>Larry Sawyer</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18209176066752392711</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='19' height='32' src='http://www.milkmag.org/sawyerz.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1161929512575602158' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1161929512575602158' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-633681119"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 11, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8267088198827548695</id><published>2008-03-10T16:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-10T16:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This was in Cherry Valley (the Plymell&#39;s crab fest...</title><summary type='text'>This was in Cherry Valley (the Plymell&#39;s crab fest?).  Charlie is still over there. I met him a couple of summers back.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The house where Ginsberg lived in Cherry Valley is still there but seems to belong to a younger couple with children (there was a swing, and a soccer ball, and a lot of bicycles for the smaller set in the entry way -- I peeked through a window).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have a copy </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/8267088198827548695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/8267088198827548695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html?showComment=1205180220000#c8267088198827548695' 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/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1161929512575602158' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1161929512575602158' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 10, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7083634976173676074</id><published>2008-03-10T12:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-10T12:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby,  you&#39;ve got all/many pointspinned-down  pre...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby,  you&#39;ve got all/many points&lt;BR/&gt;pinned-down  precisely&lt;BR/&gt; I met Gregory Corso at Charlie and Pam Plymel&#39;s&lt;BR/&gt;  in  (I think) 1970&lt;BR/&gt;(they had a crab-feast)&lt;BR/&gt;    then again met him in front of Larry&#39;s bookstore&lt;BR/&gt;  maybe 1972 &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;they all knew as you say &quot;market&quot; themselves..&lt;BR/&gt;and keep track of everything... now &quot;we&quot; have elevated them to god-status..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;big </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/7083634976173676074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/7083634976173676074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html?showComment=1205166480000#c7083634976173676074' 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/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1161929512575602158' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1161929512575602158' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 10, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3046130137913126124</id><published>2008-03-10T10:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-10T10:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A wider issue that you raise is the question of wh...</title><summary type='text'>A wider issue that you raise is the question of who belongs in a certain set (in this case, The Beats).  Aristotle argues that categories such as cat or dog are names that have no biological reality.  They are thoughts that help us to think about things, but they don&#39;t name something that really exists.  A species does have a biological reality (those who can mate and have children) but for some </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/3046130137913126124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/3046130137913126124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html?showComment=1205160420000#c3046130137913126124' 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/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1161929512575602158' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1161929512575602158' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 10, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2112922893134130392</id><published>2008-03-10T09:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-10T09:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>other thanonekirby&#39;s occasionalrantsin corso&#39;s reg...</title><summary type='text'>other than&lt;BR/&gt;one&lt;BR/&gt;kirby&#39;s occasional&lt;BR/&gt;rants&lt;BR/&gt;in corso&#39;s regard&lt;BR/&gt;and an odd poem&lt;BR/&gt;i knew little of &lt;BR/&gt;the narrative&lt;BR/&gt;i was pleased to get this&lt;BR/&gt;bio film critique&lt;BR/&gt;this morning&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;redemption&lt;BR/&gt;that rough&lt;BR/&gt;back alley&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;merci</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/2112922893134130392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/2112922893134130392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html?showComment=1205155380000#c2112922893134130392' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</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/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1161929512575602158' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1161929512575602158' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 10, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4095659673915523563</id><published>2008-03-10T09:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-10T09:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>One of the great mysteries of Corso is the quiet s...</title><summary type='text'>One of the great mysteries of Corso is the quiet side that was rarely seen in public.  The film touches upon this.  Ginsberg told me in 1977 that Corso used to be the greatest person he knew until he got on drugs (1963?), and then he was the worst person that he knew.  But apparently all through his life he could get himself together for six months at a time, and hole up, studying and writing.&lt;BR</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/4095659673915523563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1161929512575602158/comments/default/4095659673915523563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html?showComment=1205154480000#c4095659673915523563' 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/2008/03/warning-there-is-spoiler-below-tho-only.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1161929512575602158' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1161929512575602158' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 10, 2008"/></entry></feed>