[NewMusic] Kurt Vonnegut R.I.P.

[Phillip Greenlief]

I'll join the queue and chime in to say Breakfast of Champions and
Slaughterhouse 5 were the first two I came upon (in the early 70's, not
far behind Slusser for once) and they were truly inspiring. I was
already a reader, but those books got me even more excited about reading
and thinking. And yes David, the morality that washes over those
extremely entertaining and though-provoking books...where is it now?

I'll over look Chris' nag on Pynchon (because Against the Day, his new
book, ROCKS) - I'm sad to say I didn't even know there was a "Pynchon
list" - (but of course, everything awaits you in the online paradise).
But I think I read Crying of Lot 49 not long after Breakfast of
Champions - and both those books, along with Magister Ludi, somehow made
me very glad to be alive and able to read (in high school - a time when
many of us take a break from caring about the written word).

I'm always waxing nostalgic, so I don't even need to apologize, but
instead I'll say Goodnight Mother Night, watch your fingers in the Cat's
Cradle on the way to Tralfamadore.

Raise your glasses, mates...

Phillip Greenlief
c/o Evander Music
PO Box 22158 Oakland, CA
94623-9991
www.evandermusic.com

-----Original Message-----
From: newmusic-bounces at music.mills.edu
[mailto:newmusic-bounces at music.mills.edu] On Behalf Of Moe! Staiano
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:29 PM
To: Bay Area New Music Discussion
Subject: [NewMusic] Kurt Vonnegut R.I.P.

Sorry to see him go. Another great writer gone.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21544354-5005961,00.html

       
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