"Hemingway usually kicks people like me in the crotch."
His fears were misplaced. When they were introduced in 1959 at the Floridita by Kenneth Tynan, they got on like blood brothers.
W. Kandinsky: "There are no 'musts' in art." T.S. Eliot: "There is no freedom in art." Dostoievski character, after the ancient Middle East epigram: "Everything is permitted." (R-rated weblog. Since one has been advised there is no Literature anymore, or even literature, only writing, one proceeds on the premise that this weblog qualifies as not-meaningless, since it is, or appears to be, a form of "writing." Image: Banksy.)
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Thursday, July 19, 2018
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Unauthorized Edit
Pat Benatar is an incomparable rock vocalist and Hit Me With Your Best Shot one of my all-time favorite songs. But every time she sings:
"You've a long history / of breaking little hearts / like the one in me," I wince.
The line should obviously be:
"You've a long history / of breaking lovers' hearts / like the one in me." Why didn't she have me look the lyric over before she released the tune, one of the greatest ever recorded?
Oh well . . . .
Next time, Pat. For you I'm available 24/7. Call me, any old time you can call me.
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