Borges

[rich]

not sure why but my interest in Borges has waned dramatically as I have
gotten older


On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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> >
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