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Entries from July 2008

Purton Hupp

July 13, 2008 · 2 Comments

Purton Hupp doesn’t like to talk much, and even less about himself. Now, singing is another thing altogether. I’ve spent enough time with the man to know that his music is like waves noisily crashing against the shore. It’s easy to forget there’s a whole ocean behind it.

Still, I’ve learned a bit from the man. I hope he doesn’t mind my sharing some of it here:

  • Crickets don’t tweak their songs. The leaves don’t tweak their rustling.
  • If it weren’t for bosses, no one would sing about trains.
  • Love is like a hurricane in the desert.
  • If you’re proud of feeling zen, then you might be ashamed of feeling pain.
  • Jokers are wild by nature. Most people prefer to play without them and don’t miss them when they aren’t in the deck.

Now you can listen to Purton break – sometimes against a cliff, sometimes on the rocks, and too seldom across the sand: http://phupp.wordpress.com.

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Statute of limitations on horror?

July 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Because I teach anthropology and history, I frequently describe horrific events. I’ve noticed that my teaching and students’ reaction to it change depending on the distance in time of the events in question. It makes me wonder whether, someday, enough time will have passed for even many sensitive people to treat the Holocaust cavalierly.

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