tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post6355926700625203604..comments2023-11-03T02:47:54.900-05:00Comments on The Cumberland Post: No Place to Fall - Townes Van Zandt Part 2Dapper Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-67876957290554873322012-03-10T06:34:34.814-06:002012-03-10T06:34:34.814-06:00Dan, Pam and I watched "Be Here To Love Me&qu...Dan, Pam and I watched "Be Here To Love Me" last night on DVD from Netflix.<br /><br />Outstanding documentary! Very well done...sympathetic, yet objective (if that makes any sense). We both came away with a sad, yet entertained feeling. We concurred that Van Zandt was not a good performer at all...but a fabulous songwriter, and an interesting study of humanity. <br /><br />The mind is such a complex thing. As a Christian, I believe in regeneration (bein' born again). And, I believe that Jesus, though the power of The Holy Ghost could have saved Townes from himself. I've seen it a bunch of times.<br /><br />Regardless...just wanted to thank you for the heads up on Van Zandt. I'm passing the DVD to #3 son before I mail it back. He's a huge fan of the genre...has a Steve Earle channel on Pandora.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-44927006560233082862012-03-02T16:20:19.824-06:002012-03-02T16:20:19.824-06:00Dan, I know of what you speak. I haven't look...Dan, I know of what you speak. I haven't looked in to that Stevens guy, but I'm pretty sure that he's a nut.<br /><br />We all are.<br /><br />Reminds me of that line from "Arsenic and Old Lace."<br /><br />"Everybody's pixelated...except us." (Or something like that)Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-89099195263570978942012-03-02T16:15:08.711-06:002012-03-02T16:15:08.711-06:00Andy, sane could be one of those things that's...Andy, sane could be one of those things that's in the eye of the beholder...only. Look at anyone closely, really get in there the way a therapist does and we all are pretty crazy. <br /><br />In other words, like you say, none of us make the grade. That Stevens guy I mentioned in my response to Ed may have been a VP at a big company, but read some of his poetry and you begin to wonder what his interior life was like. <br /><br />I thought of one other thing related to this. Joyce told me about a famous psychiatrist named R. D. Laing (not k.d. lang, the lez country singer, heh) who theorized that all the people we consider sane are really crazy because they've adapted to this insane world; whereas all the people in institutions are the sane ones because the only sane reaction to an insane world is to go crazy; if you don't you're not "normal." That's a paraphrase but fairly close to the idea.Dapper Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-3190646663897507262012-03-02T15:28:58.791-06:002012-03-02T15:28:58.791-06:00Dan, I have known many artists/poets/whatevers.
T...Dan, I have known many artists/poets/whatevers.<br /><br />They are ALL CRAZY! Sure, they may make a big living in finance/insurance/whatever...but they are ALL CRAZY!<br /><br />Aren't we all? I swear, Dan...the older I get the more I realize that we all are. Seriously. As I've aged, my definitions of "sane," and "crazy" have changed.<br /><br />Now, at 52 years of age, I'm looking for that picture to put beside "sane" in my dickshunary. <br /><br />I really don't believe that any of us truly are.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-43839946580705201912012-03-02T15:24:40.956-06:002012-03-02T15:24:40.956-06:00Andy, Ed, Buck, thanks for the comments on the new...Andy, Ed, Buck, thanks for the comments on the new look for the Post. I think I'm staying with this one.Dapper Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-84030261347200586592012-03-02T15:23:33.582-06:002012-03-02T15:23:33.582-06:00Buck, "So much music, so little time." A...Buck, "So much music, so little time." Amen to that. And thanks for the input on the new "look." I think I'm staying with this one.Dapper Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-90147093493161291062012-03-02T15:21:32.071-06:002012-03-02T15:21:32.071-06:00Ed, complicated is right. Sometimes students used ...Ed, complicated is right. Sometimes students used to ask me if you needed to be crazy to be an artist, a poet, etc. I always gave them the standard flippant answer: No, but it helps. However, there seems to be quite a few who were quite "normal," whatever that is. American poet Wallace Stevens was a VP of the Hartford Insurance Company, for example.Dapper Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-34381782122683047112012-03-02T15:16:07.535-06:002012-03-02T15:16:07.535-06:00Andy, thanks for letting me know about the Netflix...Andy, thanks for letting me know about the Netflix dvd. I'll check it out.Dapper Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-73730899766344122512012-03-02T14:56:34.885-06:002012-03-02T14:56:34.885-06:00Oh yeah... the layout. It looks REAL good!Oh yeah... the layout. It looks REAL good!Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-86996537980988408662012-03-02T14:56:08.144-06:002012-03-02T14:56:08.144-06:00Van Zandt was always on the periphery of my musica...Van Zandt was always on the periphery of my musical solar system... somewhere out there near Jupiter or Saturn. I don't think you can be into music seriously and NOT have heard of him, at the very least... if only for him being cited as a major influence by a stupendous number of artists.<br /><br />So. Yet <i>another</i> guy whose work I need to become better acquainted with. So much music... so little time.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-43084037546014650032012-03-02T12:00:53.068-06:002012-03-02T12:00:53.068-06:00A very complicated individual.
Agree with Andy, th...A very complicated individual.<br />Agree with Andy, the new layout is looking good.Scooney Adrifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09014731857174355364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-85019396086605776362012-03-02T06:01:09.421-06:002012-03-02T06:01:09.421-06:00Dan, this was an interesting post. In fact, it le...Dan, this was an interesting post. In fact, it lead me to read Van Zandt's entire Wiki bio.<br /><br />I checked, and "Be Here To Love Me" is available on Netflix by DVD. I'm putting it in my queue for next up.<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />BTW...the new layout is bitchin'. Mucho likeo!Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.com