tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post2297933883479111445..comments2023-12-21T07:05:42.464-05:00Comments on Erik's Choice: Ay, Cuba! Ay, Detroit!Erik Donald Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-86746100339924166572008-07-15T02:47:00.000-05:002008-07-15T02:47:00.000-05:00It all started with the MC5 and got progressively ...It all started with the MC5 and got progressively stranger from there.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-19895072617950876092008-07-15T00:40:00.000-05:002008-07-15T00:40:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comments, dudes!Charles, Hubert Sel...Thanks for the comments, dudes!<BR/><BR/>Charles, Hubert Selby, Jr. is harrowing, to say the least. That and <I>Last Exit to Brooklyn</I>.<BR/><BR/>I aim to see the documentary <I>HUBERT SELBY JR: <BR/>It/ll Be Better Tomorrow</I> at some point. <BR/><BR/>The movie versions are harrowing, too. <BR/><BR/>Mark -- that must have been something, mid-60s Detroit. The Ferndale p.o. -- not sure if they are still in Detroit proper, too, anymore. <BR/><BR/>Cheers!Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-79819095255318841382008-07-14T03:51:00.000-05:002008-07-14T03:51:00.000-05:00http://www.corpse.org/ "...he emigrated to the Un...http://www.corpse.org/ <===Codrescu's web magazine...He chucked Detroit for the NO college profs life eh? <BR/><BR/>"...he emigrated to the United States in 1966, where he immediately sought out Allen Ginsberg and was part of the East Village art scene."(wikipedia) The poet must have only had a brief visit in Detroit before deciding that the upcoming politic had already gagged on the vomit of the revolution.<BR/><BR/>Erik I haven't even thought about the Fifth Estate in thirty years...how did it become a part of chi chi Ferndale? Strange home for anarchy.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-2376844933515706072008-07-14T00:19:00.000-05:002008-07-14T00:19:00.000-05:00I just started reading "Requium for a dream." Eve...I just started reading "Requium for a dream." Ever read it?Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com