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Donald Brown

Donald Brown
Location
New Haven, Connecticut,
Birthday
August 17
Title
Ph.D.
Bio
Still at it, for what it's worth. In same location since 1999, 40 years after it all started. Blogocentrism on blogspot since 2006. Music, books, movies, this and that. "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest"--Ecclesiastes

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October 01, 2010 04:30PM
“MJ, not bad, though this is familiar terrain to anyone following Dylan, and you left off his self-selected Greatest Hits II ('71), including him "…”
About: Dylan Files #4: Basement Tapes and Billy the Kid ('67-'73)
October 01, 2010 04:06PM
“except in my case the Rilke went with Patti Smith and Television, and Tim Buckley's Blue Afternoon, and Van Morrison's Astral Weeks. But that's anothe…”
About: WHATCHA READIN?, 6
October 31, 2009 08:50PM
“Ah, I only wish I could take credit for those sodas. Personally, my favorite was the black cherry.”
About: To be trite and programmed..."Hello world"
October 06, 2009 07:58PM
“Hi, thanks for your comment on my post. I'm glad someone else sees thematic parallels between Hesse and Bellow (both Nobel Prize winners, too). On my…”
About: To be trite and programmed..."Hello world"
June 30, 2009 09:56AM
“Lyle, I just want to point out that you aren't describing Keats, who died of tuberculosis, and who nursed his dying brother, to link his behavior in a…”
About: Michael Jackson: The Divine In Everyone
June 04, 2009 09:11AM
“The comment about vocabulary was a joke within comments; the reason the book stayed with me was explained in the post, I thought. To suggest that I cl…”
About: WHATCHA READIN?
June 03, 2009 12:24AM
“dolores: I know King has his champions, but I can't get through that prose, there's simply nothing to make me keep reading. I won't champion McEwan th…”
About: WHATCHA READIN?
June 02, 2009 05:55PM
“Actually if there was a 19th century Stephen King he was writing for the Penny Dreadfuls and you wouldn't have heard of him; I hope 22nd century reader…”
About: WHATCHA READIN?
May 27, 2009 09:36AM
“Great review, we need a new genre: trailers of films that don't exist; reviews of albums never released. I love the quote from him about God at the en…”
About: the best album you haven't heard yet--a preview
May 27, 2009 09:31AM
“Thanks Lea, I'm envious of visiting Cezanne environs; and glad I could give you a taste of a great show, Cartouche.”
About: SEIZED BY CÉZANNE
May 13, 2009 01:00PM
“Thanks. I can only claim Calvino: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler could also make my favorite book list. There are still some of his I haven't read…”
About: BOOK TALK: READ 'EM AND WEEP
May 13, 2009 12:30PM
“Lots of good stuff here, I'll come back when I've gotten through the whole Quartet. Rated.”
About: Deighton Vs. Durrell, Round Two: Character is Destiny
May 07, 2009 12:38PM
“good list. My mother actually used "holy mackerel" quite a bit. "Yikes" in one I use in IMs more than in actual speech. Maybe I…”
About: bad words
May 07, 2009 12:30PM
“Good comments, good setting the context. But I don't take the "It's All Good" song in the same vein, and wouldn't want to. At no point have…”
About: Dylan says it's all good: "Together Through Life"
May 07, 2009 12:15PM
“Drove me and my daughter nuts, and we barely listened to the radio in those days. In fact "Breakfast at Tiffany's" became code for something…”
About: "Breakfast at Tiffany's"(song): She Reconsiders
May 07, 2009 12:03PM
“I like the way people keep trying to balance their pragmatism with their romanticism. Not easy to do. It seems to me 'love at first sight' means prag…”
About: Does anyone believe in love at first sight? (An OS poll)
May 02, 2009 04:15PM
“you might be right MJ, as time goes on I might find myself listening to this more than to Modern Times, but I think "Ain't Talkin'" on the la…”
About: DYLANIN’
May 02, 2009 03:54PM
“yeah that Dancing in the Streets thing was throwaway fluff -- it aired for the first time during the Live Aid broadcast, so, it was for a good cause, e…”
About: When Rock n Roll Goes Bad (part 1)
May 01, 2009 12:00PM
“ha! I can't remember if I ever watched it...but it was about the earliest thing on TV at the time and the name always stuck in my head.”
About: WHAN THAT APRILLE...
April 28, 2009 10:18PM
“Thanks for the input. I'm always struck, whenver I read in the history of our country, how distrustful the FFs were about the government. They seemed…”
About: TORTUROUS THOUGHT
April 27, 2009 03:23PM
“Saying it don't make it so. This 'review' reads like trailer puff: "All of the characters are dimensional [sic] and complex. The plot is intrica…”
About: The Dark Knight - unsurpassed, unmatched, unadulterated...
April 26, 2009 08:47PM
“"The modern state appeals to morality, to religion, and to natural law as the ideological foundation of its existence. At the same time it is pre…”
About: Tugging on the Torture Thread
April 23, 2009 03:22PM
“OS: Are We There Yet?”
About: What is Open Salon's "SLOGAN"?
April 23, 2009 02:47PM
“interesting, but rather exacting for the casual glance -- wait, what are bonbons as opposed to roses and how many neurons does it take to remember? --…”
About: Rating Films: Beyonds Thumbs, Stars, Cats and Crows: REVISED
April 23, 2009 02:35PM
“reminds me of the Python skit in which a magician puts up a block of flats that stays up only so long as the tenants don't question how it stays up.”
About: what if?
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