NP - Bobby D new nobel

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Fri Oct 14 22:45:34 CDT 2016


I want the McArthur.  More cash.

David Morris

On Friday, October 14, 2016, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kbob42 at gmail.com');>> wrote:

> I don't really care about the Nobel Prize, but I'll take the money if they
> offer.
>
> Www.innergroovemusic.com
>
> On Oct 14, 2016, at 11:18 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Touche!
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 7:00 PM, Jesse Gooch <jlgooch at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe they’ll give Pynchon a Grammy.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From: *<owner-pynchon-l at waste.org> on behalf of David Morris <
>>> fqmorris at gmail.com>
>>> *Date: *Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 6:26 PM
>>> *To: *Tyler Wilson <tbsqrd at hotmail.com>, Pynchon Mailing List <
>>> pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>> *Subject: *Re: NP - Bobby D new nobel
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.facebook.com/WhiteHouse/photos/a.158628314237.11
>>> 5142.63811549237/10154819903169238/?type=3&theater
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Obama:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "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."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 5:15 PM, Tyler Wilson <tbsqrd at hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > On Oct 13, 2016, at 2:21 PM, ish mailian <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>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> Bob Dylan? Seriously? Before Pynchon?
>>> >>
>>> >> Www.innergroovemusic.com
>>> >>
>>> >> On Oct 13, 2016, at 11:06 AM, Joe Allonby <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
>>> >
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> A bet Tom sends him a fax.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> ciao
>>> >>> mc otis
>>> >>
>>> >>
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