Comments on: ‘Well, Wake Up, Rip Van Torn!’

By: Robert EG

Robert EG — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:32:07 +0000

Wow, Carl, I didn’t know you were such a sloppy reader.
Your closing insinuation that I’m a tool of the Patriot Act is vile.
I’m at least as disappointed as you were.

By: john

john — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 05:23:29 +0000

Just got my New Yorker in the mail and opened up to SFJ’s write-up of the Arcade Fire, and . . . the diss of the blogger has a MAJOR TYPO!!! He puts the quote in parens, but there’s no close paren.

Beware, dear SFJ, beware the Curse of the New Yorker; beware going in search of the drolleries of the proles, BEWARE.

By: Robin Hall

Robin Hall — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:52:28 +0000

I had the same reaction you did about SF Jones’ dig at the blogger. It just seems so old and lame now, like a comedian making jokes about Michael Jackson. And, considering that Jones has his own blog, a little hypocritical.

By: Dixon

Dixon — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:21:54 +0000

I found it telling that E-G quotes Rick Groen’s Globe review of the movie, which struck me when I read it as patronizing on an eye-rolling level. Today’s article takes that quality and deepens the dismissiveness, if that’s even possible. One wonders what either of these guys would have done, in their shoes.

The review of ‘Shut Up & Sing’ I would most like to read would be by Salman Rushdie. Of course I could be wrong, but I imagine he would be sympathetic to their dilemma, - even if it wasn’t life-threatening - and, more importantly, respectful of the evolution in their views.

That Times piece is a beautiful piece of writing. And yours is sharp too, and great to see.