Borges

[Rich]

Shit that's a keeper Keith. 

Rich

> On Jan 6, 2014, at 6:44 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Nice vignettes, Keith. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> www.innergroovemusic.com
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