http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:23:46 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/01/17/014243.php#comment-513690 Nice tribute to one of the great minds of the late 20th century. Most of America (including the media) has no idea what a wonderful treasure has been lost. I first read RAW some 30 years ago -- and he's always been one of the most powerful [literary] influences on my life. I probably go back and reread RAW once every few months, sometimes weeks; there's always an epiphany hidden somewhere in there that I had forgotten. What a rare mind he had. No wife, no horse, no mustache, Shark 513690@blogcritics.org Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:23:46 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/01/17/014243.php#comment-513247 You're welcome, Jesse. I wouldn't presume to claim to be very "close to the source" though. It was a big deal to ME to visit with him for a little while, but I don't know that he'd have remembered me at all. I particularly remember a bit in his speech there at the Harvard Club in which he was quoting Charles Manson saying something like "Back in MY day, being crazy meant something." 513247@blogcritics.org Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:40:12 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/01/17/014243.php#comment-513202 Thanks, Al. I read yours shortly after I posted mine, and appreciated hearing from someone who was so familiar with the work and so close to the source. 513202@blogcritics.org Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:11:23 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/01/17/014243.php#comment-513141 Jesse- Nice tribute to the Big Kahuna. Good work. 513141@blogcritics.org Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:08:14 EST