WilberCuntLicker wrote:

don't mention those two in the same breath

Shit fire man; the same except for the year.

Sometimes excess rules [for a while].

George Orr wrote:

WilberCuntLicker wrote:

Rimbaud had genius.

I should probably leave this alone; but I can't.  Rimbaud, while interesting and flamboyant and worth reading and all, was hardly more of a poet than Morrison--who was indeed, as you say, a wanker.  (I have enjoyed the work of both.)

It's a worthy parallell:  both were overprivileged boys who embraced excess and selfishness while imagining (or pretending to imagine) it was some kind of heroic rebellion.

I disagree that it's a worthy parallel. Rimbaud was a poet, not a songwriter. His work was important and productive in the history of literature. It's very difficult to appreciate poets in translation, and those who don't read French will never really be able to access Rimbaud, but he had a real ear for language. Morrison didn't have a particularly good ear. Let's do a quick comparison - obviously Rimbaud gets points added to compensate for translation:

RIMBAUD (a poet)
The Sleeper in the Valley

(Le Dormeur du Val)

It’s a green hollow where a river sings
Madly catching white tatters in the grass.
Where the sun on the proud mountain rings:
It’s a little valley, foaming like light in a glass.

A conscript, open-mouthed, his bare head
And bare neck bathed in the cool blue cress,
Sleeps: stretched out, under the sky, on grass,
Pale where the light rains down on his green bed.

Feet in the yellow flags, he sleeps. Smiling
As a sick child might smile, he’s dozing.
Nature, rock him warmly: he is cold.

The scents no longer make his nostrils twitch:
He sleeps in the sunlight, one hand on his chest,
Tranquil. In his right side, there are two red holes.

MORRISON (a song writer)
Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out on loan
Riders on the storm

There's a killer on the road
His brain is squirmin' like a toad
Take a long holiday
Let your children play
If ya give this man a ride
Sweet family will die
Killer on the road, yeah

Girl ya gotta love your man
Girl ya gotta love your man
Take him by the hand
Make him understand
The world on you depends
Our life will never end
Gotta love your man, yeah

Wow!

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out on loan
Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm

Anyone who thinks they're in the same league needs their ears cleaned.

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MSG Tripps wrote:

You share drugs with this guy or something?

That ain't "hot shit".

As I said, it takes an ear.

This is the result of divorcing yourself from the continent. It's left you unable to ascertain the difference between an important poet and a over-hyped 2nd-rate song writer.

WilberCuntLicker wrote:

This is the result of divorcing yourself from the continent. It's left you unable to ascertain the difference between an important poet and a over-hyped 2nd-rate song writer.

When it comes to poetry/song lyrics it's such a matter of subjective taste that opinions become irrelevant.

Regardless of what you think of Morrison's writing, you have to admit his prowess as a performer.

WilberCuntLicker wrote:

making a living from

That does not make you shit.

a little ditty re Mr. Molière

Tisonnant, tisonnant son coeur amoureux sous
Sa chaste robe noire, heureux, la main gantée,
Un jour qu'il s'en allait, effroyablement doux,
Jaune, bavant la foi de sa bouche édentée,

Un jour qu'il s'en allait, "Oremus", - un Méchant
Le prit rudement par son oreille benoite
Et lui jeta des mots affreux, en arrachant
Sa chaste robe noire autour de sa peau moite !

Châtiment !... Ses habits étaient déboutonnés,
Et le long chapelet des péchés pardonnés
S'égrenant dans son coeur, Saint Tartufe était pâle !...

Donc, il se confessait, priait, avec un râle !
L'homme se contenta d'emporter ses rabats...
- Peuh ! Tartufe était nu du haut jusques en bas !

Arthur Rimbaud
______________

There are some decent writings by Morrison, but  on the whole.. I hates to say it but I am with Wilbur. (at least for my taste in Poesy)

Yet, I love Morrison.  I still have his book, and his best work I think was 'American Prayer'.  Often, the best stuff doesn't surface until the artist is dead...

I knew the surviving members of the band for several years.  Lots of genius to go around in that group, Jim wasn't the only one.

D

MSG Tripps wrote:

WilberCuntLicker wrote:

making a living from

That does not make you shit.

I didn't say it made me shit.
I said it rendered me capable of making educated distinctions.
And while we're at it, own your own perceptions. It's not my problem that
you perceive me as self-important.

Renowned sexologist Dan Savage recently wrote about and mocked fart fetishism in a witty and derisive way in his newspaper, Seattle-based The Stranger

http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/you … n_and_porn

Taint wrote:

Schiff, are you a hit-whore or do you actually plan on contributing to High Street in a meaningful and/or at least entertaining manner? Just curious.

I don't hold out much hope for meaningful or entertaining input, since to date every one of his posts have been all about various confections getting pooted on by sexy women (he keeps stressing how sexy the women are).  While this subject was certainly worth a post, it is hardly a theme on which to base one's entire life.

However, we should be grateful to Schiff for providing us (via Wilber) with a new word for excrement.

You're all idiots. There was no farting involved. It was merely ass-to-cake, which has sadly been done far too often. If you think there was real farting in that video, search for "preacher farts" on youtube.

billybobthwarnton wrote:

You're all idiots. There was no farting involved. It was merely ass-to-cake, which has sadly been done far too often. If you think there was real farting in that video, search for "preacher farts" on youtube.

I see we're dealing with a connoisseur.

WilberCuntLicker wrote:

jesusluvspegging wrote:

billybobthwarnton wrote:

You're all idiots. There was no farting involved. It was merely ass-to-cake, which has sadly been done far too often. If you think there was real farting in that video, search for "preacher farts" on youtube.

I see we're dealing with a connoisseur.

A connoisewer?

Connais Sewer.

whosasailorthen wrote:

WilberCuntLicker wrote:

jesusluvspegging wrote:

I see we're dealing with a connoisseur.

A connoisewer?

Connais Sewer.

cannabis ewer?

sofaking wrote:

WilberCuntLicker wrote:

billybobthwarnton wrote:

You're all idiots. There was no farting involved. It was merely ass-to-cake, which has sadly been done far too often. If you think there was real farting in that video, search for "preacher farts" on youtube.

A relative paucity is not a nullity, you malapert witling.
For example: you are as thick as old blood in stool, but to call you brainless would be inaccurate. You apparently have just enough intellectual ability to make a public anus of yourself, which you have done most admirably.

Wilber, your command of the English language is a beautiful thing to behold.

Thank you Sophie. I blush. That's very kind of you to say.

Sic, this thread has been cakefarted so damned long it's not even funny.

This thread got stickied? Jesus H. Cakefart.

sigmoid freud wrote:

This thread got stickied? Jesus H. Cakefart.

Those were my sentiments. The perpetrator failed to factor for High-Street's ritual sacrifice. For every new sticky entry, one survivor gets voted off the island. Drumroll, please....

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Fled wrote:

Pale - for some reason, for some reason I found watching that guy laugh is funnier than the source clip.

Indeed.

choad wrote:

sigmoid freud wrote:

This thread got stickied? Jesus H. Cakefart.

Those were my sentiments. The perpetrator failed to factor for High-Street's ritual sacrifice. For every new sticky entry, one survivor gets voted off the island. Drumroll, please....

What, you're saying five pages and a "new verbiage phenomenon" wasn't worth it? I didn't see anybody (you) UN-stick it. Fine by me. Unplug the fucker and let it die.

orangeplus wrote:

I have sent it to it's rightful oblivion

Thank you.

pALEPHx wrote:

Even Cat Recipes is slowing.

pALEPHx wrote:

What, you're saying five pages and a "new verbiage phenomenon" wasn't worth it?

It's only showing two pages on my screen...My gorgeous, gorgeous twenty-inch flaaaaaaaaat screeeeee--um.  Sorry.

Will there be a vote on "Teacher's Pets" and the Music Thread? Even Cat Recipes is slowing.

They're not going to be red-hot every minute of every day.  Pics, kitties and ridiculously esoteric music will always get contributions; plus, they're fun and newcomers will like seeing them, so they should stay up top.  (Personally, I think "Bad High Street Cinema" should be sticky for the same reasons, but judging from the lack of attention it's getting, I've concluded that I'm alone on that.)  Pervy teachers are constantly making the news; it makes sense to have a sticky thread instead of 100+ separate threads showcasing every one singly.

The cakefart thing, on the other hand, is more ephemeral.  Maybe the word will catch on (if we can ever get a consensus on the definition, that is) and maybe it won't.  Either way, a thread with exampes of cakefarts (assuming we ever get a consensus on the definition) might warrant a sticky; but the discussion of its meaning and/or lack of same does not.

The closest I can figure it "cakefart = threadjack." I don't particularly care to see it catch on either, as it becomes one more thing for the two old Muppets up in the balcony to shout.