IVIV music

[Mark Kohut]

Fine, we disagree on Pynchon. 

My 'simply human' does not mean 'more simple'. It means only, fully, totally. 

Best,

Mark

--- On Wed, 1/13/10, Keith <keithsz at mac.com> wrote:

> From: Keith <keithsz at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: IVIV music
> To: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 9:35 PM
> On Jan 13, 2010, at 9:20 AM, Mark
> Kohut wrote:
> 
> It's not one literal time in history....as metaphor, it
> varies by books.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I wasn't commenting on whether or not TRP made the point,
> but disagreeing with the point. I see no evidence that we've
> lost the 'simply human' any more now than at previous points
> in history. There's always the same percentage of humanity
> and inhumanity applied to whatever is happening in the big
> picture whether it's technological or any other -ological.
> The humane/inhumane or simple human/non-simple human indices
> are constant. It's easy to idealize a past we weren't
> present in, to suggest that had something that has been
> lost. Things are the same blend of fucked and fabulous at
> all times. There is no progress, and there is no regress.
> Having said that, I don't think Pynchon is even making the
> point you interpret his work as making, that something 'more
> simple' has been lost. His art is much broader, more
> complex, non-preachy, and non-ideological, in my opinion.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-io-kZKl_BI
> 
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