Richard Brautigan Speaks

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I hope the OT warning is sufficient to get me by posting this. If not, Kit please just delete it and my feelings won't be hurt.

Some of you former hippies may remember Richard Brautigan, the poet/novelist from SF in the 60s-70s. He was a big influence for me, even made me think, briefly, I might write poetry too. :o (I was wrong.)

Anyway, I found a Brautigan website yesterday that has MP3s of him reading some of his stuff. A lot of MP3s, actually.

The kick for me was, his voice is nothing like I'd have thought from photographs of him. :D He had an almost childish voice with incredible diction (for a hippie - who'd ever think a hippie would have good diction?).

So we finally get to what this might have in connection to our extended family here. We see photos of each other fairly regularly but it's always a surprize to talk to each other on the phone for the first time and hear our friend's voice. At least, for me it is. It's one of those things I always look forward to with a mixture of trepidation and expectation. And hearing the other speak always completes a picture for me.

If you were a fan of Brautigan like I've always been, you might enjoy the site. It's without question the most complete one I've ever seen.

Regards,
 
You are so right Dave. Mark is a good example. To look at his picture you would expect a really strong southern accent. I was shocked the first time I spoke to him. He is too well spoken to be a knife maker.

Now Bruce B OTOH, sounds to me just like you would expect.
 
"Trout Fishing in America"! Been a long time since I thought of that. Thanks, Dave!
 
peter nap said:
You are so right Dave. Mark is a good example. To look at his picture you would expect a really strong southern accent. I was shocked the first time I spoke to him. He is too well spoken to be a knife maker.

Now Bruce B OTOH, sounds to me just like you would expect.
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Once in a while I get to laugh out loud - thanks Don!

I've never spoken to Mark so I can imagine the shock. :D I might call him up just for the kicks. :D On the other hand, Bruce Evans is exactly what you'd expect too and a true pleasure to talk to to boot. Somehow I got on a really long call with him one day and I still seem to remember every word - even more than speaking to him in person, which is weird in its own way isn't it? Maybe I was just in awe, the two Bruces at once and all... :D
 
fitzo said:
"Trout Fishing in America"! Been a long time since I thought of that. Thanks, Dave!
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Me too! You can hear the actual stream he wrote about on some of the recordings. And a reading from Trout Fishing, naturally.
 
I expected Bruce Evans to sound like more of a playboy that he did.....he was Normal...and as you said, a pleasure to talk to. My problem with any of them is I tend to gab. For some reason the conversations go on and on and on and you can hear the other fellow shuffling his feet and thinking to himself..."I hear my mother calling". :o

Both Bruce's are interesting. For some unknown, I always expect a booming voice from atop the mountain. :D
 
Dang, "Trout Fishing..." seemed to make a lot more sense back when I was doing neuro-pharmacology field work! ;)

And you're right, Dave, not the voice I expected at all. :)
 
You knew it was off topic, why did you post it here? :confused:

No matter, I'll move this to Community Center for you, but next time how about if you post it there in the first place? There are a lot of different forums here at Bladeforums; we have a forum for just about anything you might want to talk about.... :cool:
 
THE NECESSITY OF APPEARING IN YOUR OWN FACE
There are days when that is the last place in the world where you want to be but you have to be there, like a movie, because it features you.

IMPASSE
I talked a good hello but she talked an even better good-bye.

Both from Brautigan's "Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork"

Thanks for link.
 
Btw, KV doesn't sound anything like you'd expect from his avatar. :D
 
peter nap said:
You are so right Dave. Mark is a good example. To look at his picture you would expect a really strong southern accent. I was shocked the first time I spoke to him. He is too well spoken to be a knife maker.

Now Bruce B OTOH, sounds to me just like you would expect.
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Being in the Navy with oh .....a million accents, tends to turn down the twang :)

Get me around a bunch of good'ol boys. And a sip'er two and I'm back talkin' chicken feet. :D

Not being able to talk off topic kinda stinks. I think if that rule was inforced in all the forums, it would be a drag. For example ; if the H.I. forums was restricted to H.I. posts only , you could hear the tumbleweeds a blowin on by.
I understand the need but it seems unfriendly. Oh well , I guess it just means we get to talk with more people with common interests other than knifemakers.
 
In Watermelon Sugar; The Abortion: A Historical Romance; The Revenge of the Lawn....

Wonderful books.

Thanks for the link.

--Mike
 
Cougar Allen said:
You knew it was off topic, why did you post it here? :confused:
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Well, because Shop Talk is the only forum I visit and it's my extended family.

But it looks like it got a lot of exposure over here, and that's a good thing. It's nice to see all these folks that have read the same stuff I have.

"Impasse" has got to be my favorite poem of all time!
 
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