RDTRN Archive - RDT Right Now #1978

RDT Right Now #1978

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Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:31:19 -0800
Subject: RDT Right Now #1978
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Do not hit reply to unsubscribe. To unsub, send a message to: <rdtrn-request@torithoughts.org> with "unsubscribe" in the subject and body. o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o Really Deep Thoughts Right Now Volume 05 : Issue #1978 . o - O - O - O - O - O - O - O - o . o o . o o O "Thoughts right now... O o What will become of me, o o Become of her, become of we?" o . o o . O O O - o - o - o - o - o - o - o - O o . o o o Tori Amos, "Thoughts" In this issue: o-o-o-o-o-o-o aero plane gloo [ "John Bragazzi" <utown@worldnet.att ] meet the new boss [ "John Bragazzi" <utown@worldnet.att ] Missed a digest? Pick up a copy at the RDTRN archives: http://www.torithoughts.org/rdtrn/archives -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 10:29:27 -0500 From: "John Bragazzi" <utown@worldnet.att.net> To: "RDT Right Now" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: aero plane gloo (this is in response to something Cyndi posted on her LJ a while back after seeing Penn & Teller's "Bullshit!", which I have to see, about how come drugs are illegal anyway and if I want to fuck myself up, "ain't nobody's business if I do.") Back in the 1960s, I remember wondering why some drugs were illegal and some weren't. The nature of the drugs themselves was obviously not the answer. But, looking around, it was pretty clear who was doing which drugs, and who was making the laws. (when politicians got together to make deals and laws, the old cliche description was a "smoke-filled room," and it didn't have to be specified that it was tobacco, not pot, that was making the smoke.) In the 1970s, for example, cocaine was illegal but certainly not in hiding. I had a friend who worked for a record company briefly (temp receptionist job), and she said she got a chart in the morning, listing which deliveries went to which conference rooms and meetings. It was right down in black and white: pizza at 11:45am goes to Conference Room A, catered lunch at 12:30pm goes to Conference Room B, coke delivery at 1:00PM goes to Conference Room C. But then, when cocaine became crack, and moved into the poor neighborhoods, well, we've seen what happened. And I'm not saying that these aren't serious drugs, but so is alcohol. And, as with alcohol during Prohibition, making something illegal doesn't accomplish anything other than get a lot of people arrested. Read any novel written during Prohibition, people were drinking more then than they do now (certainly more hard liquor). Pot on the other hand, I don't think of as a really serious drug. But it's good when you're young, since it helps you to be relaxed and goofy in situations where you might otherwise be uptight. So, if it's not that dangerous (compared to liquor or cigarettes, for example), why is it illegal? Well, who were the original users? Black jazz musicians, and then filthy hippies. On the other hand, when Nixon was careening around the White House in his final days, talking to the paintings, he was drinking, not toking. After all, if the government really cared whether we lived or died, they'd close all the McDonald's (among other things). As B/4, John -- http://waldo.u-town.com (a writing blog) where you can meet a sane woman, and visit a strange new town. -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 11:02:43 -0500 From: "John Bragazzi" <utown@worldnet.att.net> To: "RDT Right Now" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: meet the new boss Reed quoted Tori: > For any particular song, I can't tell you the books that > were on the floor, the photographs . . . . I don't let > anybody keep a record of that. Those are the secret > ingredients." Interesting that she has some sources which she reveals and some which she doesn't. It's pretty common to want to conceal where you get your ideas (as if they spring from some other dimension or something). Hemingway got a lot of ideas from other writers, but he seldom admitted it. Usually he would say that he was much more inspired by the paintings in the Louvre than by literature (especially literature by anybody who was still alive). Everybody is part of a global and historical process of creativity, why pretend otherwise? Me, I like to say where things come from. I always remember a review that Pete Townsend wrote for Rolling Stone of the Who's album "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy." He detailed where he stole the riffs (one was from a blindfold test he took for some magazine, the single wasn't a hit, so he stole the riff), collaborators who weren't given credit, and so on. It was hilarious, and it certainly didn't diminish the album in any way. So, my novels include an ongoing series called "The Ten Pillars of Modern Literature," which is little reviews of the books which have influenced me in my writing. So, my sources are built right into my books. Here's a quote from one of my characters, which was inspired by seeing Penn & Tellar (conveniently tying this to my other message): http://www.u-town.com/text/utown/curse.htm#quote (The only problem is, I've already done ten, and there are more to add, so I think that, like the Hitchhiker's Guide "Trilogy," it will have to go beyond the original number.) > Now I know that she was keeping it under > wraps until getting free from the clutches of Atlantic. Getting free of the clutches of Atlantic in order to be in the clutches of Sony, the company which is working overtime to put viruses into your computers. Maybe she was better off with Atlantic. Megan C.A. said: > 7. Joined Netflix. Fell in love with netflix. LOVE LOVE LOVE netflix. I really have to investigate Netflix. People are always amazed that I'm not a member, since I like movies. I'll write more about the boots at some point, but they continue to be great. Best Tori albums since Pele. So there. 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