Borges

[Mark Thibodeau]

Wow! A Carter Family member! Very cool!

Just last night I was watching a talk given by Christopher Hitchens
and he remarked how, when he hung out with Borges in 77, "the Master"
was very much enamored of Pinochet (a stylish gentleman) and hated
Peron (a canfinflero, or pimp), and how, despite being totally blind,
knew exactly where to direct Hitchens in his library to find a copy of
the Kipling book from which he had Hitchens read him a selection of
poetry (in Hitchens' wonderful voice, Kipling must sound awesome).

Anyway, just sharing.

MT/YOPJ

On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> This morning, and actually during the whole holiday break, I've been reading
> Borges, including a wonderful book by Norman Thomas Di Giovanni, "The Lesson
> of the Master", about his time working with Borges as translator and
> collaborator. As I was finishing a chapter on Borges' ideas of "Self and
> selves", my friend, who is a great drummer (he has worked with George Benson
> and Carmen McRae, to name just two) and who actually introduced me to Borges
> work many years ago, called, and we had a long conversation, during which he
> told me this story.
> He has a friend from Argentina, also a drummer, who actually knew Borges,
> and used to take him for walks. During these walks Borges would tell him
> stories. Borges asked him what he did, and he said he was a drummer, playing
> mostly with society bands in Buenos Aires. Borges reportedly said, "Well,
> society music is fine, but I prefer the blues", and proceeded to sing a
> blues for him!
> My friend has a book autographed by Borges when Borges gave a lecture at the
> 92nd Street Y in New York City.
> If you're feeling adventurous, here is my friend's website:
> http://ultrarhythms.com/.
> On another note, I was out at my local Irish Pub on New Year's Eve, enjoying
> some Stone IPA and admiring the waitress, how young and pretty and, most
> likely, far removed from my experience as a musician, etc., when I heard
> some Johnny Cash coming from the jukebox, and turned around to find her
> standing at the magic box. When she came by, I asked her if she had played
> the Johnny Cash song, and she said she had indeed. I remarked on how much I
> liked his music, my father being a huge country music fan as I was growing
> up. She said that she was also a fan of "real country music, like Hank, and
> after all, I'm a Carter". I asked what she meant, and she said June Carter
> was her grandmother, and Roseanne Cash her aunt! Small world indeed.
> Happy New Year!
>
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