Slog - Comments on This Grandpa says “Fuck” http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/this_grandpa_says_fuck Posted by Sage Van Wing I went to see Robert Bly last night at the University of Washington’s annual Roethke Memorial Poetry Reading. Like a concert, a reading is a moment for the artist to communicate directly to their audience. The experience can either be transcendent (a band you never really heard of suddenly shows how quirky and wonderful they are in person) or banal (you might as well have stayed at home and hit ‘play’ on the stereo). Bly’s performance last night landed squarely in the transcendent. I’ve never been a huge fan of Bly’s work— it often struck... Copyright 2008 Fri, 11 May 2007 13:46:50 -0800 Fri, 11 May 2007 15:12:29 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Susan Faludi Um, you went because Bly is an activist-poet? You mean an activist for the men's movement? That guy is a misogynistic prick. Gotta read your Backlash, girl.

]]> Susan Faludi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/this_grandpa_says_fuck#c713281 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/this_grandpa_says_fuck#c713281 Arts Fri, 11 May 2007 13:54:47 -0800 Comment by betty poetry makes me fart.

]]> betty http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/this_grandpa_says_fuck#c713282 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/this_grandpa_says_fuck#c713282 Arts Fri, 11 May 2007 13:56:23 -0800 Comment by Miss Stereo Yawn.

]]> Miss Stereo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/this_grandpa_says_fuck#c713308 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/this_grandpa_says_fuck#c713308 Arts Fri, 11 May 2007 14:32:48 -0800 Comment by cloudchaser #1 ahh yes thanks for the reminder...

Robert Bly helped give us the mythopoetic mens touchy feely stuff; which inspired this home movies classic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQcgfteriQw&mode=related&search=

up to about 2:10 (but the whole episode rocks, and picks up on the theme in other parts)


ahhh how i miss hanging out in the woods/beating on drums/j.o. parties/getting loaded and in touch with my feelings with other men...

]]> cloudchaser http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/this_grandpa_says_fuck#c713340 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/this_grandpa_says_fuck#c713340 Arts Fri, 11 May 2007 15:12:29 -0800