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Angelo 
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 Topic: SR XXIX: Goodbye 10% of the 21st centuryPosted: December 29 2010 at 08:22 |
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It did. And now it's locked...
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ISKC Rock Radio
I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
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A Person
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 04:33 |
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I think the Shred just borked, but I'm off to bed so whateva.
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Vompatti
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 04:30 |
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Or is this just a trick to drive me insane? I'm telling you, it's NOT WORKING!!!1
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Vompatti
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 04:28 |
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WTF?! Is it just me or are posts disappearing? Will we too be washed away like sand to depths of the internet? Is this really the end?
Edited by Vompatti - December 29 2010 at 04:29 |
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A Person
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 04:22 |
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Tip: don't start 3 hour movies at 2 AM.
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JJLehto
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 04:01 |
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Ah sh*t Joel, that was pretty cool.
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JJLehto
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 03:59 |
I dont know....it's easy to say for us, but Henry is also right that poetry is very srs bsns for those into writing w**kery and all that. I am pretty sure its a legit poem gaiz  Joel, I expect my mind to be on the walls after I click this.... |
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Vompatti
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 03:56 |
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Bump.
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A Person
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 03:47 |
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That was the first time I read that poem and I'm pretty sure Henry is right, but I'm not going to spend more than a minute thinking about it.
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 03:41 |
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I am not a serious student of poetry because people who seriously study poetry are mostly all w**kers, so I could be wrong. But he admits he wrote it in five minutes. Writing a very short poem in five minutes doesn't mean it's bad, of course, but I think he just intended for it to be like a photograph of life on the farm, but in poem form. And if you find enjoyment in that snapshot of life, great, but I don't see how you can legitimately read into it much more than that. But I am opposed to deliberate simplicity in all forms so I am not the target audience of minimalist poetry that is attempting to be profound. Which is apparently the only thing people write these days. What, you don't want to devote your life to writing Paradise Lost II?
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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progkidjoel
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 03:34 |
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JJLehto
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 03:30 |
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Well, if you are right about that....then no one else got it. Seriously.
It was taken VERY seriously by my teacher, as did a lot of the students (though some were clearly just going along with it to sound cool). And he went on and on about how it was a major poem in his college career yadda yadda.. So yes, that's what we study now. Although William Carlos Williams is a cool name. |
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 03:26 |
The point is that wheelbarrows are cool and important if you're a farmer. You're not supposed to take it too seriously, I think. I think it's sort of dumbing down poetry if that's the serious poetry we study now (instead of somebody like Milton), but it's not like he's claiming to be Milton with that. William Carlos Williams does suck, though.
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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JJLehto
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 03:22 |
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This pissed me off to no end when I read it in Jr year english class
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Wheelbarrow God damn you, Red Wheelbarrow. My analysis was this, for srs: "I'm sure this poem has a point, but I have no idea what it is." He was a cool guy and lol'd but yeah, I hated that poem. Although I assumed the colors were important symbolism, and the simplicity of the poem had something to do with it all. Edited by JJLehto - December 29 2010 at 03:26 |
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 03:10 |
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To be fair to cummings, his publishers did a lot of the attention whoring for him. he didn't even really want his name to be lower case
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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JJLehto
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 02:58 |
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Trust me Kevin, I really did get you.
He (Cummings) was one of those guys who I thought "look at this guy, look at him. Attention whore lol" |
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NecronCommander
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 02:52 |
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F*ck, I'm going to bed.
Also, been sampling some Sax Ruins stuff on Youtube, I need some of this.
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A Person
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 02:51 |
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I had to fulfill your expectations.
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KoS
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 02:50 |
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The Shred is un-cultured, who would have known?
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NecronCommander
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 02:47 |
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