tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post116682316791534382..comments2024-03-17T12:16:42.048-07:00Comments on Civic Center: Gore VidalCivic Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1167452774613674172006-12-29T20:26:00.000-08:002006-12-29T20:26:00.000-08:00thanks sfmike for this.... I just finished the boo...thanks sfmike for this.... I just finished the book and it's wonderful... vintage Vidal... god when he goes it's really going to be "apres moi le deluge" ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1167437561091303762006-12-29T16:12:00.000-08:002006-12-29T16:12:00.000-08:00sf mike , you luck bitch, yes he's a snob and arro...sf mike , you luck bitch, <BR/>yes he's a snob and arrogant, he's one of my faves!! I hope he hangs around for manny years to come.<BR/>happy new year<BR/>txau<BR/>pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1167368896626367282006-12-28T21:08:00.000-08:002006-12-28T21:08:00.000-08:00So he has it in for Randy. Will have to look, in a...So he has it in for Randy. Will have to look, in a bookstore. :-) Great man.janinsanfranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1167103011785827302006-12-25T19:16:00.000-08:002006-12-25T19:16:00.000-08:00Dear Willie: Of course he's a snob and of course y...Dear Willie: Of course he's a snob and of course you're are a bitch, though not really, in either case.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1167094090825420272006-12-25T16:48:00.000-08:002006-12-25T16:48:00.000-08:00Call me a bitch, but...Mr Vidal delivered consider...Call me a bitch, but...<BR/><BR/>Mr Vidal delivered considerable shtick about not remembering, or caring to, the names of all his relatives.<BR/><BR/>Then, moments later, he recites a litany of his famous relatives' names. Clearly he considers some relatives' names more worth remembering.<BR/><BR/>I'm not calling him a snob. Yes I am.<BR/><BR/>I think maybe some liberals take a little guilty pleasure from have a snotty snob on their side.sfwilliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1166986356016781172006-12-24T10:52:00.000-08:002006-12-24T10:52:00.000-08:00given the length of the nights, the pagan rights a...given the length of the nights, the pagan rights are of the nights. or.. something. oh you know, all the lighting candles in the dark of the year, rebirth of the sun-son in the secret sleeping darkness, beautiful trees with lights, snuggly warmth and improbable generosity, magical smells and luscious food, joy and delight and love, in spite of.... everything. like that.<BR/><BR/>i'm in agreement with finding the essays the most satisfying. his loathing of bobby kennedy was sort of fascinating, in the p book. <BR/><BR/>more x's and lots of appreciation, eAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1166943882064056582006-12-23T23:04:00.000-08:002006-12-23T23:04:00.000-08:00MichaelI love the homage to George Segal! Or perha...Michael<BR/><BR/>I love the homage to George Segal! Or perhaps it's a still from some long-forgotten 50's zombie movie. In any case, it's a very powerful image.<BR/><BR/>I never used night shot when I owned such a camera as yours and now I wish I had experimented with it. I look forward to more surprises like this from you.<BR/><BR/>Have a lovely Christmas in the desert.<BR/><BR/>MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1166832709049908212006-12-22T16:11:00.000-08:002006-12-22T16:11:00.000-08:00Dear Ellen: The audience at this event was also to...Dear Ellen: The audience at this event was also too fawning which Vidal neither wanted nor needed. As for any "bitterness," I don't see it. Envy of others' gifts, possibly, but at this point in his life there is no bitterness at all. I've read "Palimpsest" and found it interesting, but the essays are what I like best. They're only going to improve with age.<BR/><BR/>And do you mean "pagan nights of the season" or "pagan rites of the season?" Enquiring minds want to know.<BR/><BR/>And yeah, that first picture is spooky. It's because I used "Nightshot" on my camera because there wasn't enough light and I hate using a flash.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1166827045243800192006-12-22T14:37:00.000-08:002006-12-22T14:37:00.000-08:00oooo that first pic looks like a george segal scul...oooo that first pic looks like a george segal sculpture. "aging grey-green people at bar"<BR/><BR/>mr. vidal is brilliant -- an original thinker, an interesting writer. he "gets" some stuff that folks in positions of privilege, especially (forgive me) men, rarely get, about power dynamics. i heard him speak in berkeley about 12 years ago. the audience was so fawning it got in the way of hearing the guy. lovely, his responses in the interview, about the family stuff!<BR/><BR/>bitterness, though, i do see. didn't we talk about this once? and what a publisher of his sex writings said to me?<BR/><BR/>i'll loan you my copy of palimpsest -- or however you spell that. thanks for the charming account.<BR/><BR/>more greetings. off to the pagan rights of the season.<BR/>eAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com