not really's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=not really2002-11-29T08:01:50ZPnin (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/not+really/writeups/Pninnot reallyhttp://m.everything2.com/user/not+really2002-11-29T08:01:50Z2002-11-29T08:01:50Z<h2>For those of you who acknowledge the existence of <a href="/title/spoiler">spoiler</a>s, be advised that they may exist below.</h2><br>
Short <a href="/title/novel">novel</a> by <a href="/title/Vladimir+Nabokov">Vladimir Nabokov</a>, published in 1957, between--chronologically speaking--<i><a href="/title/Lolita">Lolita</a></i> and <i><a href="/title/Pale+Fire">Pale Fire</a></i>, his most comercially successful and most critically acclaimed novels, <a href="/title/respectively">respectively</a>. Though not perhaps as <a href="/title/ambitious">ambitious</a>, nor as momentous a <a href="/title/literary">literary</a> achievement, as either of those <a href="/title/work">work</a>s, it is, like all of Nabokov's works, a masterpiece in its own right, serving just as well as his more famous books to induce what Nabokov called (in, <a href="/title/incidentally">incidentally</a>, his afterword to <i>Lolita</i>) "<a href="/title/aesthetic">aesthetic</a> bliss," the induction of which is (<a href="/title/sez">sez</a> Nabokov) <a href="/title/literature">literature</a>'s true purpose.<br><br>
Originally conceived as a collection of short stories, <i>Pnin</i> consits of a series of <a href="/title/vignette">vignette</a>s--<a href="/title/anectode">anectode</a>s, of sorts--concerning Timofey Pnin, Russian <a href="/title/expatriate">expatriate</a> and <a href="/title/professor">professor</a> at Waindell College. Pnin is, at first glance, a <a href="/title/comic">comic</a> character, something of a <a href="/title/buffoon">buffoon</a>,…What is punk rock? What is the blues? (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/not+really/writeups/What+is+punk+rock%253F+What+is+the+blues%253Fnot reallyhttp://m.everything2.com/user/not+really2002-11-13T01:44:46Z2002-11-13T01:44:46Z<small>Altered 12/14/02</small><br><br>
I <a href="/title/dig">dig</a> this (the above) node / have been in possession of what you might call an <a href="/title/interest">interest</a> in <a href="/title/this">this</a> (<a href="/title/these">these</a> sorts of) question(s) ever since I began to familiarize myself with both concerned <a href="/title/musics">musics</a>, which wasn't, probably, long ago, but seems like it was. Here, accordingly, are some of my own observations, the (<a href="/title/specific">specific</a>) topics of which I will choose as they enter my <a href="/title/mind">mind</a>. All of the <a href="/title/caveat">caveat</a>s cited, by <a href="/title/kareneliot">kareneliot</a>, above, necessarily apply to the following observations as well, as will, <a href="/title/perhaps">perhaps</a>, become obvious shortly.<br><br>
<b>Is <a href="/title/punk+rock">punk rock</a> <a href="/title/the+blues">the blues</a>?</b><br>
I start with this <a href="/title/topic">topic</a> both because it's an interesting <a href="/title/question">question</a> and <a href="/title/because">because</a> the answer is taken, above, <a href="/title/for+granted">for granted</a>. It seems, to me, to <a href="/title/boil+down">boil down</a> to the question of <a href="/title/whether">whether</a> <a href="/title/art+movement">art movement</a>s (in this case, <a href="/title/punk+rock">punk rock</a> and <a href="/title/the+blues">the blues</a>) have definitive "beginnings" and "endings," or if they can be said to live on thorugh their <a href="/title/influence">influence</a> on later movements (as, in this…Dream Log: July 10, 2002 (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/not+really/writeups/Dream+Log%253A+July+10%252C+2002not reallyhttp://m.everything2.com/user/not+really2002-07-11T00:29:00Z2002-07-11T00:29:00ZI was on my way to <a href="/title/English+class">English class</a>, following close at the <a href="/title/heel">heel</a>s of one of my <a href="/title/classmate">classmate</a>s. Together, we <a href="/title/zig">zig</a>'d and <a href="/title/zag">zag</a>'d through the hall, and at one point I noticed the <a href="/title/teacher">teacher</a> of said class walking in the opposite <a href="/title/direction">direction</a>. Also, just before entering the <a href="/title/room">room</a> which was our destination, we encountered a friend of mine, who said something--<a href="/title/I+don%2527t+remember">I don't remember</a> what--to me, provoking the following response from my <a href="/title/classmate">classmate</a>:<br><br>
"<a href="/title/Jew">Jew</a>!" she said, or perhaps, "<a href="/title/Jew+off">Jew off</a>!" It was, in any event, meant in the spirit of, "<a href="/title/Shoo">Shoo</a>!" or, "<a href="/title/Bug+off">Bug off</a>!" This wasn't, <a href="/title/in+retrospect">in retrospect</a>, clear at the time, but I understood. <a href="/title/Anyhow">Anyhow</a>, my friend responded by smiling, I by saying something like, "Hey! He <i>is</i> a Jew!" It was true--this particular friend was (is) <a href="/title/Jewish">Jewish</a>.<br><br>
She said, in an amused manner, "Yeah, well, go away, you <a href="/title/fanatical">fanatical</a> Jew!"<br><br>
My response was <a href="/title/cartoonish">cartoonish</a>ly <a href="/title/horrified">horrified</a> and, in all, not very well thought-out. After this exchange, we both entered the classroom,…La Batea (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/not+really/writeups/La+Bateanot reallyhttp://m.everything2.com/user/not+really2002-01-11T23:16:30Z2002-01-11T23:16:30ZThis is a <a href="/title/political">political</a> song from <a href="/title/Chile">Chile</a> concerning the <a href="/title/revolution">revolution</a> (that is, <a href="/title/military">military</a> <a href="/title/coup">coup</a>) that took place in 1973, through which <a href="/title/Augusto">Augusto</a> <a href="/title/Pinochet">Pinochet</a> was placed in power, replacing the ousted <a href="/title/Salvador+Allende">Salvador Allende</a>. <i>Los cuatro pinganillas</i> refers to Pinochet and his men (also including "el merino," "Mendozo," and "Gustavo:" not sure who they're supposed to be, exactly), who are ridiculed throughout.
"La batea," in this case, refers to a <a href="/title/ship">ship</a>, to which Chile is being compared; it's said to "shake" (<i>Como se manea</i>): a reference, clearly, to the political <a href="/title/turmoil">turmoil</a> present during the time which is being described.<br><br>
I'm unsure who wrote the song, or when. <a href="/title/%252FMsg">/Msg</a> me if you know, I guess. Also, I'll leave the task of translating the <a href="/title/lyric">lyric</a> to someone with more knowledge (what with the <a href="/title/slang">slang</a> and such), or to no one at all.<br><br>
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<i><a href="/title/Chorus">Estribillo</a>:<br>
Mira la batea,<br>
como se manea,<br>
como se manea,<br>
el agua en la batea<br><br>
Mira la batea,<!-- close unclosed tag --></i><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Dream Log: December 7, 2001 (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/not+really/writeups/Dream+Log%253A+December+7%252C+2001not reallyhttp://m.everything2.com/user/not+really2001-12-08T00:45:44Z2001-12-08T00:45:44ZI was near the intersection on <a href="/title/Barbur">Barbur</a> & <a href="/title/Hamilton">Hamilton</a>. I don't specifically remember seeing any of the familiar landmarks--<a href="/title/Swan+Mart">Swan Mart</a>, <a href="/title/the+Church">the Church</a>, etc.--but I had a distinct impression of where I was; maybe it had to do with the <a href="/title/lay+of+the+land">lay of the land</a>. Anyway...<br><br>
It seemed to be on the way home from <a href="/title/school">school</a>; I was, in any case, wearing a backpack. Approaching the <a href="/title/intersection">intersection</a>, I noticed a <a href="/title/sizable">sizable</a> crowd of people. In the center was a man brandishing a <a href="/title/shotgun">shotgun</a>, apparently holding hostage another man. The general <a href="/title/hubbub">hubbub</a> surrounding the <a href="/title/event">event</a> was accentuated by swerving cars, shouting pedestrians, and general <a href="/title/chaos">chaos</a>. I can't remember any of what was said, but at some point the man with the <a href="/title/gun">gun</a> shoved his <a href="/title/hostage">hostage</a> into the <a href="/title/fray">fray</a>. The crowd seemed to <a href="/title/disperse">disperse</a>, and the man turned to me, pointed his gun, and fired.<br><br>
<a href="/title/Darkness">Darkness</a>. I got the impression that I was in that <a href="/title/dreamlike">dreamlike</a> <a href="/title/post-death">post-death</a> state I'd heard about, where my body was dead while my <a href="/title/psyche">psyche</a> lived on. My sense of <a href="/title/wonder">wonder</a> at this was quickly diminished, however, and I woke up.Doo Rag (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/not+really/writeups/Doo+Ragnot reallyhttp://m.everything2.com/user/not+really2000-11-20T02:33:40Z2000-11-20T02:33:40ZGreat now-<a href="/title/defunct">defunct</a> two-piece from <a href="/title/Arizona">Arizona</a> that played <a href="/title/delta+blues">delta blues</a> at its most <a href="/title/primitive">primitive</a>, <a href="/title/raw">raw</a>est, and (in my own opinion, of course) <a href="/title/best">best</a>. Its members were <a href="/title/percussionist">percussionist</a> <a href="/title/Thermos+Malling">Thermos Malling</a>, who used all sorts of <a href="/title/found">found</a> materials as percussion instruments, and <a href="/title/Bob+Log">Bob Log</a> (who has released two solo albums under the name <a href="/title/Bob+Log+III">Bob Log III</a>), who played <a href="/title/guitar">guitar</a> and sang, often through <a href="/title/telephone">telephone</a> speakers and <a href="/title/microphones">microphones</a> <a href="/title/affix">affix</a>ed to the end of <a href="/title/vacuum+cleaner">vacuum cleaner</a> attachments, and was also famous for wearing a large <a href="/title/helmet">helmet</a> during shows. They have played and/or <a href="/title/tour">tour</a>ed with the likes of <a href="/title/Jon+Spencer+Blues+Explosion">Jon Spencer Blues Explosion</a>, <a href="/title/Beck">Beck</a>, <a href="/title/Ween">Ween</a>, and <a href="/title/Sonic+Youth">Sonic Youth</a>, and they've performed songs by <a href="/title/Mississippi+Fred+McDowell">Mississippi Fred McDowell</a>, <a href="/title/Sleepy+John+Estes">Sleepy John Estes</a>, <a href="/title/Muddy+Waters">Muddy Waters</a>, and various <a href="/title/traditional">traditional</a> <a href="/title/folk">folk</a>/<a href="/title/blues">blues</a> songs. If you haven't heard them, you really should.<p>
<a href="/title/Discography">Discography</a>:<p>
<b>Singles</b><p>
Hussy Bowler 7" (<a href="/title/Westworld">Westworld</a>, 1993)<br>
Trudge 7" (<a href="/title/In+The+Red">In The Red</a>, 1994)<br>
Swampwater Mop Down 7" (<a href="/title/Drunken+Fish">Drunken Fish</a>,<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…