Borges

[Mark Kohut]

Nice vignettes, Keith. 

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On 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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