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Re: (TV) One of our 15 mins of fame



"...It hit me that our online avatars are more a matter of mind than
of pixels, and that the most powerful ones aren't found in Second Life
or other graphic virtual worlds but in our heads. They're the magic
mirrors we construct to keep us feeling like the fairest punks of all,
until we pass a real mirror, and the jig is up in a puff of smoke... "

"...The bitter truth is that popular music stops speaking to each of
us at a certain point, and then the standard options are acceptance,
dismissal, or blind panic... "

"...In the end, the wonder of The Wonder isn't that it stops time and
lets me relive a cultural moment... Rather, it helps me spin the CBGB
era forward while reminding me I'm not alone in my love for this
narrow piece of the past and its ritual minutia. We share the places
where the DNA of "our group" resurfaces in the current pop marketplace
- a guitar squall here, a Verlaine mention there - and swell with
we-were-here-first pride as Marquee Moon inches higher and higher on
lists of the Best Albums of All Time."

"Better is knowing the Wonder boys and girls themselves, as well and
as little as I do. It took me a while, but I realized I was keeping
young not by listening to the band I love but by listening to the
people who listen to it..."

Bravo, Ty.  That is one fine bit of writing.

-A


On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 7:17 PM, Joe Thornton <joe.thornton@gmx.net> wrote:
> Ty wrote:
>>
>> Best reader response I've received yet is the email this morning from  a
>> Catholic priest who was inspired to take out his "Marquee Moon"  vinyl and
>> listen to it as he prepared for morning mass.
>>
>> I was tempted to ask him to say a prayer for Whitey Black.
>
> Oh yes, good idea, and Verlaine's opening words on "Bomb" would also be
> appropriate:
> "Hail Mary, full of grace..."
>
> --JoeT
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