Call for Recordings for Kerouac project

Fred Hall wrote:
 > On 27 Mar 2005 22:06:45 -0800, "Will Dockery" wrote:
   > >> >> >> >> >the messenjah wrote:
   > >> >> >> >> >> > > > Marcthor97.TakeThisOut@aol.com wrote:
   > >> >> >> >> >> > > > > Call for sound recordings.
   > >> >>
   > >> >> [...]
   > >> >>
   > >> >> >> >> Floated all the way from Phenix City?
   > >> >> >> >
   > >> >> >> >Before the dams were built, there was riverboat traffic all
  > >the
   > >> >way
   > >> >> >> >from Phenix City to the Gulf.
   > >> >> >>
   > >> >> >> Ah, so you really meant way, way back in the day.
   > >> >> >
   > >> >> >Oh, yeah. Way back.
   > >> >> >
   > >> >> >> >In the Civil War, gunboats were built in the area where
Phenix
   > >> >City
   > >> >> >is
   > >> >> >> >now.
   > >> >> >>
   > >> >> >> Indeed they were, until Sherman (not JR) came through.
   > >> >> >
   > >> >> >Actually General Wilson handled this area, and it was the last
  > >land
   > >> >> >battle of the Civil War... something like two days after the
war
  > >was
   > >> >> >declared over, in fact. Nobody left to fight but some old men
and
   > >> >young
   > >> >> >boys.
   > >> >>
   > >> >> There are some folks in Texas who would disagree.
   > >> >
   > >> >I wasn't there, I'm going by what I've read.
   > >>
   > >> Yeah, me too.
  > >
  > >This would have been a good place for details, you know?
 >
 > Well, I'll give you a link. This battle in Texas came nearly a month
 > after the action in Columbus in April 1865.
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://americancivilwar.com/texas/palm.html</font" target="_blank">http://americancivilwar.com/texas/palm.html</font</a>>

Thanks. Shadowville always crows about being the last to fall, there
are even historical marker signs in the area where the battle took
place, and whatnot.

The Texans are some fighters, I'll grant them.

   > >> >> >> >> Why did you make the move across the state line?
   > >> >> >>
   > >> >> >> No answer, no comment?
   > >> >> >
   > >> >> >Which time? I've been back and forth so many times.
   > >> >>
   > >> >> For what purpose?
   > >> >
   > >> >It's a three minute walk over the bridge.
   > >>
   > >> Ever thought about the analogy of that walk across the bridge, in
   > >> relation to Yeats and Blake?
  > >
  > >Again, why not expound?
 >
 > Specifically, I'm referring to Blake. Are you unaware of Phenix
 > City's reputation from the, say, pre mid 70's?

You probably mean the "Sin City" days? Very aware.

Or perhaps something else..? Del Ranch and Jacopa Club were pretty much
the last of that era by the 1970s... tell me more, man!

  > >I'll insert one of my "bridge poems" though:
  > >
  > >Looking Over The Bridge (Built In 1936)
  > >
  > > Freefloating ashes
  > > down slowly to the creek
  > > to the gunky dirty sewer creek.
  > > On a cigarette pack
  > > I write these words
  > > with an ancient pencil
  > > maybe sent down from God
  > > because my pen is lost.
  > > The sky's a murky pea soup
  > > but it will not rain
  > > there is no rain in this town
  > > those were different times.
  > > The city is overcast
  > > by bright grey transluscent shadows
  > > as I ride Brother Dave's bike
  > > stop on this bridge for a smoke.
  > > I don't nessesarily want to go
  > > I have to go.
  > > Cigarette butt falls down quickly
  > > with a blur
  > > a swirling flourish
  > > then slowly moves downstream.
  > > What year was this bridge built?
  > > Seems so ancient
  > > I must remember to check the date on it
  > > when I leave it.
  > >
  > > -Will Dockery 5-5-99
 >
 > I'm sure you will agree with me that this is not a great poem, but I
 > have to ask, what did you mean by the line " I don't nessesarily want
 > to go I have to go?"

To leave the bridge... move on.

   > >> >> >> ...right now I have the Tet Offensive of Usenet to
   > >> >> >> finish. -- Will sees the light at the end of the tunnel
   > >> >> >>
   > >> >> >> And the Tet Offensive rages... try Cambodia next, Buzz.
   > >> >> >> -Dockery Sees more Light at the end of the tunnel.
   > >> >> >
   > >> >> >Nice quotes. Possible "keepers".
   > >> >>
   > >> >> I thought so.
   > >> >
   > >> >Yeah, could be more added if there were time to explore the
   > >> >possibilities.
   > >>
   > >> Are you running out of posting time?
  > >
  > >Two things: the actual fight isn't ended, and why give the spoiler
so
  > >early, fucken ey?
 >
 > I suppose. Although, like the war in Viet Nam, I don't know what it
 > is you hope to win in your battle with virtual enemies. Sounds
rather
 > kooky to me.

Did anyone *ever* expect to *win* in Viet Nam?

In the months before the Tet, hauntingly similar to the present
situation, I listened to adults playing poker with my father who talked
like they did, but, again, like now, it rang like American bravado...
as it could have very possibly sounded in Alabama and Texas in
1860-something.

I see light.

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