tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post8645848345453272932..comments2024-03-24T08:17:55.097-04:00Comments on BLOG TO COMM: Christopher Stiglianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-5563358494782555612011-09-22T23:31:47.389-04:002011-09-22T23:31:47.389-04:00Chris, thanks for the plug, and for linking to &qu...Chris, thanks for the plug, and for linking to "A HEARTFUL OF NAPALM." I certainly have kept you in my blog's blogroll since I inaugurated this version of it back in November, once the now-disintegrating MySpace proved a shitty platform for <i>anything</i>. Interesting, you plugging me in the same post as you do that Al Capp <i>Peanuts</i> parody. That guy was a brilliant satirist in his time, but for my taste, he became like Kerouac at the end of his run, turning rather bitter and veering rightward. That <i>Peanuts</i> parody just struck me as rather mean-spirited, and certainly lacking the hilarious heft of Fearless Fosdick, as you noted. Speaking of satire, have you ever seen Gerald Nachman's great study of '50s and '60s satirists, <i>Seriously Funny</i>? It really hits the nail on the head, about a strain of comedy that was so vital and healthy in the mid-century, unfortunately lost as modern comedians trend more towards "attitude." *rolls eyes* Ah, but as usual, I digress. Thanks for the plug, again. Good to know you're tuning in, pal. Get ahold of me sometime, willya? And please give Bill Shute a howdy for me. - TIM STEGALLtimnapalmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03064011814413910993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-35033015354950880892011-09-19T08:12:08.174-04:002011-09-19T08:12:08.174-04:00Yeah, but wouldn't you say that was closer to ...Yeah, but wouldn't you say that was closer to the truth???Christopher Stiglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-61012998386427751162011-09-19T07:55:57.259-04:002011-09-19T07:55:57.259-04:00a better crack than "keep up the mediocre wor...a better crack than "keep up the mediocre work"...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-63044021125696036142011-09-19T07:54:40.583-04:002011-09-19T07:54:40.583-04:00"Keep up the great work!!!"
What kind o..."Keep up the great work!!!"<br /><br />What kind of crack is <i>that?</i>Christopher Stiglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-79911604619343123102011-09-19T07:43:23.504-04:002011-09-19T07:43:23.504-04:00yeah, that I remember...oh well, I must be confusi...yeah, that I remember...oh well, I must be confusing him with someone else...it's hard to keep straight offhand remarks overheard 25+ years ago about subjects not really of much interest to me, y'know? keep up the great work!!!<br /><br />BillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-35864861526448156452011-09-18T19:10:02.316-04:002011-09-18T19:10:02.316-04:00Not too cued up on the entire Copernicus story, th...Not too cued up on the entire Copernicus story, though I do remember reading that he had been a poet for many years prior to performing and that he even did some readings on the early-sixties beatnik scene in NYC.Christopher Stiglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-77024859506714297442011-09-18T12:04:14.819-04:002011-09-18T12:04:14.819-04:00You probably dealt with this in an old blog post o...You probably dealt with this in an old blog post or in an old issue of BTC, but what was the deal about this Copernicus fellow? Didn't he have some odd or unique backstory that made his music more interesting than it seemed to be on the surface? Was he a wall street trader or a felon (those might be interchangeable), or a pediatrician or something? Don't remember...<br />Bill S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com