<?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.post134043060137601781..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/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.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-1849776837772404142</id><published>2007-05-21T19:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-21T19:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>By chance, I saw your blog on Mongolian Films and ...</title><summary type='text'>By chance, I saw your blog on Mongolian Films and found them very informative and interesting.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You seemed to be puzzled why the boys in Lü cao di / Mongolian Ping Pong decided to return the &quot;national bal&quot; to Beijing, given that Mongolia is a sovereign nation. There are two Mongolias. China has an autonomous zone Inner Mongolia. The film is a Chinese Mogolian film directed by a directot </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/1849776837772404142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/1849776837772404142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html?showComment=1179788700000#c1849776837772404142' title=''/><author><name>Weihong</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01716780955959834218</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/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-134043060137601781' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/134043060137601781' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-184994153"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 21, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8548707484467009008</id><published>2007-02-22T13:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-22T13:01:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I used to have a coin bank/globe that I got at a S...</title><summary type='text'>I used to have a coin bank/globe that I got at a Sprouse-Reitz. I love globes &amp; this one did the job; collecting pennies &amp; cost maybe 88 cents. Metal, about 5 inches &#39;round. It sat on a dresser for years.&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;d heard Tuvan throat singing &amp; yes it IS deep music. I was listening to some being presented on KPFK sometime in the early &#39;80s &amp; the presenter was talking a bit about Tuva &amp; it&#39;s history </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/8548707484467009008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/8548707484467009008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html?showComment=1172167260000#c8548707484467009008' title=''/><author><name>Dan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01390053646668652290</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='27' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2014/1270/1600/Dan11.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-134043060137601781' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/134043060137601781' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-857295758"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-106396899792415399</id><published>2007-02-22T10:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-22T10:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Joshua - to extend the point a bit further, Tuva i...</title><summary type='text'>Joshua - to extend the point a bit further, Tuva is not Mongolia either. They are a separate people who consider themselves as such, currently a part of the Russian Federation. That said, the lifestyles of the plains-dwelling peoples featured in these films are certainly  similar in many ways.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/106396899792415399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/106396899792415399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html?showComment=1172158500000#c106396899792415399' title=''/><author><name>Robert</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02726837703994713567</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://www.robertpeake.com/uploads/rpeake.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-134043060137601781' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/134043060137601781' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-13477318"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1001899417746357896</id><published>2007-02-21T00:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-21T00:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This is useful; thanks.</title><summary type='text'>This is useful; thanks.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/1001899417746357896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/1001899417746357896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html?showComment=1172036760000#c1001899417746357896' title=''/><author><name>Jonathan Penton</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10063708017183673227</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/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-134043060137601781' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/134043060137601781' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1329336818"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 21, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7869733646431220580</id><published>2007-02-20T20:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T20:22:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The majority of movies you mentioned are about Inn...</title><summary type='text'>The majority of movies you mentioned are about Inner Mongolia,a part of China,a completely different nation than outer Mongolia which is its own country. Lumping them together would be like saying the U.S. and Mexico are the same nation. Since Mongolians once fought and conquered China this offends outer Mongolians very much. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Weeping Camel along with the recently released Cave of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/7869733646431220580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/7869733646431220580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html?showComment=1172020920000#c7869733646431220580' title=''/><author><name>Joshua</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16464742915595928759</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/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-134043060137601781' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/134043060137601781' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-248538576"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 20, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6864285345562969394</id><published>2007-02-20T13:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T13:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ian - I love how their mode of music emulates the ...</title><summary type='text'>Ian - I love how their mode of music emulates the sounds of the plains they inhabit. It is remarkably foreign to an ear taught that tempered scales are most important due to their mathematical significance, etc. But even pop these days relies so much more on timbre and color - strange noises, not unique chord progressions. To the ear unaccustomed to listening to overtones, it sounds alien. But </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/6864285345562969394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/6864285345562969394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html?showComment=1171995840000#c6864285345562969394' title=''/><author><name>Robert</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02726837703994713567</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://www.robertpeake.com/uploads/rpeake.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-134043060137601781' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/134043060137601781' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-13477318"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 20, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7137554458653095846</id><published>2007-02-20T10:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T10:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I like how Mongolian throat singing serves a pract...</title><summary type='text'>I like how Mongolian throat singing serves a practical function, and how it evokes a particular place and the singer’s ties to it.  I listen to it with some frequency and people kid me about it.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/7137554458653095846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/7137554458653095846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html?showComment=1171985700000#c7137554458653095846' 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/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-134043060137601781' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/134043060137601781' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 20, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-377055961282061591</id><published>2007-02-19T22:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-19T22:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Imagine growing up in this landscape.  Imagine car...</title><summary type='text'>Imagine growing up in this landscape.  Imagine carrying your home &quot;on your back&quot;--in the 21st Century!  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Imagine riding a horse across the plains with the wind blowing your hair.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Imagine living on another planet!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s the stuff of poetry.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/377055961282061591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/377055961282061591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html?showComment=1171941840000#c377055961282061591' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-134043060137601781' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/134043060137601781' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 19, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-431838692551969781</id><published>2007-02-19T20:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-19T20:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Spooky coincidence that I happened to write about ...</title><summary type='text'>Spooky coincidence that I happened to write about Genghis Blues - almost on a whim - just yesterday. Must be the ghost of Feynman.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Weeping Camel was also a wonderful film. In some ways, it reminded me of Nanook of The North in that it seemed to have elements of both attempting to render unobtrusive documentary and also clearly admitting scenes that seemed staged or, at least, to have the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/431838692551969781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/431838692551969781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html?showComment=1171934580000#c431838692551969781' title=''/><author><name>Robert</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02726837703994713567</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://www.robertpeake.com/uploads/rpeake.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-134043060137601781' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/134043060137601781' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-13477318"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 19, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2375285310069016043</id><published>2007-02-19T13:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-19T13:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Interestingly, given that Mongolia is a sovereign...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Interestingly, given that Mongolia is a sovereign nation, the boys decide that “the capital” to which they must return the ball is Beijing.&quot; -- _Lü cao di_ is most likely set in the Inner Mongolia, a province/autonomous region of China now.  That may explain the questions about ping pong, Beijing, etc? -:) anyways, thanks for the intro to this work by Ning Hao, who is better known in China for </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/2375285310069016043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/2375285310069016043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html?showComment=1171909860000#c2375285310069016043' title=''/><author><name>Xiwen Mai</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11366221054303310509</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/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-134043060137601781' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/134043060137601781' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1489337610"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 19, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7966261621945787288</id><published>2007-02-19T09:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-19T09:54:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Weeping Camel was absorbing. Mongolian Ping Po...</title><summary type='text'>The Weeping Camel was absorbing. Mongolian Ping Pong sounds fascinating. I&#39;ll have to watch for it. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;pearlformance.livejournal.com</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/7966261621945787288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/134043060137601781/comments/default/7966261621945787288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html?showComment=1171896840000#c7966261621945787288' title=''/><author><name>Pearl</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05251168248457758117</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/2007/02/im-obviously-sucker-for-mongolian.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-134043060137601781' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/134043060137601781' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-412068994"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 19, 2007"/></entry></feed>