tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post2061213451043150390..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Forget Reactionary NostalgiaSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-23313472392194634442007-12-02T23:29:00.000-05:002007-12-02T23:29:00.000-05:00Ruth Anne- You're right, as usual; but I wear ear ...Ruth Anne- You're right, as usual; but I wear ear muffs to avoid listening to that, too.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-52610556540875154172007-12-02T10:49:00.000-05:002007-12-02T10:49:00.000-05:00gfhandel- I love your Water Music, by the way.I'd ...gfhandel- I love your Water Music, by the way.<BR/><BR/>I'd attempt to defend my word choice, but you have self-identified as a Four Freshmen aficionado, who are known far and wide as desperadoes of the first rank. Only Ray Conniff listeners are known to be more ferocious. I say "uncle."<BR/><BR/>I do wish I had used the word "shouter" to describe Andy Stewart. It's perfect.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-30683144675614074592007-12-01T20:34:00.000-05:002007-12-01T20:34:00.000-05:00So what is wrong with The Four Freshmen, whom I th...So what is wrong with The Four Freshmen, whom I think are awesome? As for Andy Stewart, he's a good shouter. <BR/><BR/>You write so well, please skip the name calling. The guy is not your cup of tea; that doesn't make him a turd. (A Somali student told me that the moderate Muslim leaders are "shit.") BTW, Commentary called Buchanan "the reactionary propagandist"--that seems to fit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-58959826412029090062007-12-01T12:34:00.000-05:002007-12-01T12:34:00.000-05:00I detest drum machines. Technically speaking, isn'...<I> I detest drum machines. </I><BR/><BR/>Technically speaking, isn't a drum sander a drum machine?Ruth Anne Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936054116421006847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-46460883460589472492007-12-01T09:46:00.000-05:002007-12-01T09:46:00.000-05:00Hi Janet- I've enjoyed myself every decade since E...Hi Janet- I've enjoyed myself every decade since Eisenhower. My overall opinions about such things, while no doubt skewed some, are not based solely on my personal situation. I found music in the seventies to be superior generally to what came directly after, if for no other reason than I detest drum machines. <BR/><BR/>Culture and arts examined in the context of their period, or considered on their own, are both interesting ways to look at things. Decades are arbitrary constructs anyway. People refer to the 1950s as some sort of homogenized wasteland of culture, for instance. I'm listening to Kind of Blue by Miles Davis right now, and begging to differ. I suppose if all someone's got is Andy Williams records they might think differently.<BR/><BR/>Kathy- I enjoyed looking at those websites you offered.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-34317347275462593432007-11-30T13:23:00.000-05:002007-11-30T13:23:00.000-05:00Amen.Amen.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714994985332145353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-3831753510530816122007-11-30T13:13:00.000-05:002007-11-30T13:13:00.000-05:00I enjoyed the 70's, primarily because I was young ...I enjoyed the 70's, primarily because I was young and dumb and my life wasn't all that bad.<BR/><BR/>Culturally, I still think they beat the 80's cold. And probably the 90's too.<BR/><BR/>Just sayin'.<BR/><BR/>But I'm definitely with Pastor Jeff. Forget the clothes and hairstyles, for sure.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-43734268630515406102007-11-30T13:03:00.000-05:002007-11-30T13:03:00.000-05:00http://hallofrecord.blogspot.com/Check out my husb...http://hallofrecord.blogspot.com/<BR/>Check out my husband's blog today if you'd like a laugh. The term I was referring to was "emotionally flaccid". Anyone who reads your blog knows you are definitely not emotionally flaccid. I read you for posts like this where you raise us all up and take us to another place or time. You remind me of "The Marlboro Man" in http://thepioneerwoman.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-45631790862113122792007-11-30T11:08:00.000-05:002007-11-30T11:08:00.000-05:00I absolutely cannot understand the 70s nostalgia t...I absolutely cannot understand the 70s nostalgia that's been hanging around for the last several years. If ever a decade deserved to be poured into concrete and dropped in the East River, it was that one.<BR/><BR/>But while the 70s were an abomination in so many respects, it's good to remember that some positive things happened. If we could keep the music while ditching the clothes and hairstyles, for example, that'd be a start.P_Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130988618277500381noreply@blogger.com