NP - Bobby D new nobel

[David Morris]

Only fanboys care so much.  Nobel isn't noble.  The academy probably hasn't
read GR. Too much work.  Stop trying to please them. It is demeaning.

David Morris


On Friday, October 14, 2016, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Or just continue to ignore him...
>
> Www.innergroovemusic.com
>
> On Oct 14, 2016, at 7:22 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
> Touche!
>
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 7:00 PM, Jesse Gooch <jlgooch at hotmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jlgooch at hotmail.com');>> wrote:
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>> Maybe they’ll give Pynchon a Grammy.
>>
>>
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>> *From: *<owner-pynchon-l at waste.org
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','owner-pynchon-l at waste.org');>> on behalf
>> of David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','fqmorris at gmail.com');>>
>> *Date: *Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 6:26 PM
>> *To: *Tyler Wilson <tbsqrd at hotmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tbsqrd at hotmail.com');>>, Pynchon Mailing
>> List <pynchon-l at waste.org
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','pynchon-l at waste.org');>>
>> *Subject: *Re: NP - Bobby D new nobel
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>> https://www.facebook.com/WhiteHouse/photos/a.158628314237.
>> 115142.63811549237/10154819903169238/?type=3&theater
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>> Obama:
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>>
>> "Here’s what I love about Dylan: He was exactly as you’d expect he would
>> be… He came in and played ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’.’ A beautiful
>> rendition. The guy is so steeped in this stuff that he can just come up
>> with some new arrangement, and the song sounds completely different.
>> Finishes the song, steps off the stage—I’m sitting right in the front
>> row—comes up, shakes my hand, sort of tips his head, gives me just a little
>> grin, and then leaves. And that was it—then he left. That was our only
>> interaction with him. And I thought: That’s how you want Bob Dylan, right?
>> You don’t want him to be all cheesin’ and grinnin’ with you. You want him
>> to be a little skeptical about the whole enterprise. So that was a real
>> treat."
>>
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>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 5:15 PM, Tyler Wilson <tbsqrd at hotmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tbsqrd at hotmail.com');>> wrote:
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>> ish & David, and everyone else ―
>>
>> As always: both/and . . .
>>
>> In awarding the prize to Bob Dylan, the Swedish Academy is no longer
>> ignoring America as the media has gone on about forever AND they are giving
>> a big Fuck You! to American writers and their whining champions AND they
>> have given the award to someone who absolutely deserves it and *has*
>> impacted the world (ish is correct: Pynchon, DeLillo, Roth, etc. have not
>> [enough]) AND they show they are not rigid, but open in defining
>> "literature" (you can disagree with their definition, but you will have a
>> hard time defending one that *is* rigid and delineated) AND they can
>> continue to show the ridiculousness of Ladbrokes, etc. book-watching for
>> determining the winner―that they are their own, independent decision-making
>> body AND they can move forward without having to debate American names
>> again for the next twenty years (by which time all the usual suspects will
>> be off the table) AND they are giving a big Fuck You! to American writers
>> AND they have given the award to someone who absolutely deserves it . . .
>>
>> ―
>> T
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>> > On Oct 13, 2016, at 2:21 PM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ishmailian at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Dylan's impact is so much greater than Pynchon's. He has, seriously,
>> > changed the world. Pynchon and Roth have not.
>> >
>> >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kbob42 at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>> >> Bob Dylan? Seriously? Before Pynchon?
>> >>
>> >> Www.innergroovemusic.com
>> >>
>> >> On Oct 13, 2016, at 11:06 AM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','joeallonby at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> They're probably laughing about it over dinner and drinks.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 7:03 AM, matthew cissell <mccissell at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mccissell at gmail.com');>>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> A bet Tom sends him a fax.
>> >>>
>> >>> ciao
>> >>> mc otis
>> >>
>> >>
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