tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post114076991178085475..comments2024-03-07T12:57:35.296-05:00Comments on Varieties of Unreligious Experience: Long poem: Frere and CanningConrad H. Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-1148028391047016972006-05-19T04:46:00.000-04:002006-05-19T04:46:00.000-04:00I do.I do.Sir Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953581535133000686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-1148016910889753252006-05-19T01:35:00.000-04:002006-05-19T01:35:00.000-04:00Thank you. I dislike academic lit crit too, as par...Thank you. I dislike academic lit crit too, as parasitic and largely pointless. I did not mean anything technical by 'internal'/'external', just that the first post on Muhammad Ali analysed the meaning of two words on their own terms, whereas the post on Frere/Canning largely looks at its relation to an external intellectual context.<BR/><BR/>Gamelan: I don't know where one can read about it. It is quite popular, here at Arizona State it is popular with undergrads who want an easy A, but more generally gamelan is surprisingly popular, and there are small ensembles throughout the UK and the USA (I don't know about other Western countries). Both the groups I played for have used genuine Indonesian instruments (fine looking things), and we play simple pieces like 'Ricik Ricik', 'Ladrang Pangkur', 'Eling Eling' and other pieces I don't remember. I'll write more on another occasion. I'm glad you like what you see, anyway.Conrad H. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-1147999247462557952006-05-18T20:40:00.000-04:002006-05-18T20:40:00.000-04:00Hello Conrad:I am not "academic type" -- meaning t...Hello Conrad:<BR/><BR/>I am not "academic type" -- meaning that my interest in literature is not moulded by academia (there is something extaordinarily dull and pedantic about all the discussion of "theory" and everything else the academics seem to discuss; in fact, i think, dullness and ant-f*ing (as they call it in dutch, meaning intense interest in completely irrelevant stuff)) is what the academia tries to induce: boring writing is supposed to be a measure of "scientific" purpose), so i dont know what "internal" and "external" analysis are. but i like the post: it does three things i like: a. it provides an antiquarian interest b. it is well written and c. it stimulates thought. thank you. you have earned a link and i am giving you one right now. and i will be back for more. i can imagine worse ways of starting the day than reading your "effusions". <BR/><BR/>Do tell me more about Gamelan playing in the west -- or where i can read about it. i was completely unaware white people beat gongs. <BR/><BR/>Check this out:<BR/><BR/>http://www.baliartsfestival.com<BR/><BR/>They play the gamelan ALL day (from 10 am) for a whole damn month. And dance. i cant wait.Sir Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953581535133000686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-1147963902760337822006-05-18T10:51:00.000-04:002006-05-18T10:51:00.000-04:00Hello Gawain; thanks for your interest. I was only...Hello Gawain; thanks for your interest. I was only kidding: 'wet', ie. profusive, florid.<BR/><BR/>Gamelan: I played very casually with a couple of amateur groups in York, UK, and Tempe, USA (the former with the great Neil Sorrell); I enjoyed playing the Javanese, though I prefer listening to the explosive Balinese--that would be much too complex for me to play, having no proper musical training, despite being pretty good at hand-drumming, purely from tapping on tables my whole life.Conrad H. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-1147963077943000742006-05-18T10:37:00.000-04:002006-05-18T10:37:00.000-04:00Ps Gamelan? You hang in Indo? I'm off to the Ba...Ps Gamelan? You hang in Indo? I'm off to the Bali festival in june -- lots of gamelan there -- all day in fact, though the Baliense play it a little differently, its more dense if anythingSir Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953581535133000686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-1147962948548256752006-05-18T10:35:00.000-04:002006-05-18T10:35:00.000-04:00hey, hey, glad you posted yourself to valve -- so ...hey, hey, glad you posted yourself to valve -- so that I can read you for one. btw, what is "wet"?Sir Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953581535133000686noreply@blogger.com