Not P but Any Publicity for Lit is Good Publicity

Mark Kohut mark.kohut at gmail.com
Tue Dec 14 18:12:25 UTC 2021


I do want that black coat somewhere near the middle. Just sayin'. (Tell
Joseph he can get it for me for Christmas. 😂)

On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 12:02 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah, I know, liking advertising is like liking capitalism, even before
> the hope that it is "late" ; it might get me called an Empire lover since
> Empires relish propaganda BUT
>
> I am afraid I do like this.......quite clever, smartly executed; I think
> using Kerouac's scroll is NOT KITSCHY (come at me) but in the spirit of his
> prose which is why he scrolled it as he did, right, and very Male novel,
> very Men's Fashion without any fashion but the changing fashion of
> times.....
>
> Thanks, Allan.
>
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 9:13 AM Allan Balliett <allan.balliett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I think that fear of this sort of thing happening is what drove Kerouac to
>> drink 60 years ago. I have to say, regardless of the overall
>> ramifications,
>> this is the best use of the Kerouac Scroll I've seen. (What an upgrade to
>> the 'new jeans with ragged holes" fashion statement that's either in vogue
>> here in WV or people are poorer than I thought ...)
>>
>> https://youtu.be/T4RrVMWw2-U
>>
>> Allan in WV
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