From: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org (jangle-poets-digest) To: jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Subject: jangle-poets-digest V5 #22 Reply-To: jangle-poets@smoe.org Sender: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jangle-poets-digest Wednesday, March 12 2003 Volume 05 : Number 022 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [JP] Thoreau Boudreau Bateau ["Rebecca Derry" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 18:06:03 -0500 From: "Rebecca Derry" Subject: [JP] Thoreau Boudreau Bateau I'm taking an English elective which is primarily centered around Thoreau and Walden, and I keep on running into references to Boudreau. Every time I saw the name, I would think, "Hey, that's Maura Kennedy's maiden name!" A few days ago I realized that wait, Maura's father is a Thoreauvian scholar. I cross-referenced the "Angel Fire" liner notes with the "Further Reading" section of Walden, and sure enough, it's the same guy! Which just goes to show that TK are EVERYWHERE. Tangentially, I've also convinced myself that "Angel Fire" is subconsiously all about Walden. "Just Like Henry David" is obvious, but beyond that: "Common Bond": One important belief in Transcendentalism is that we're all deeply connected (so that it's powerful to just tell your story, because it will strike a chord in others, too). "The Coo Coo": Thoreau constantly mentions various birds -- in fact, a whole lots of "Sounds" is dedicated to their different warbles -- and even mentions the cuckoo a couple of time. Okay, so it's tenuous. "Bells & Loaves & Letters": Morning is one of Thoreau's most crucial ideas; he equates being awake with being alive, and says that ideally we should live in eternal morning. Furthermore, loaves are simple food, of which T approved, and after the basic human needs, he believed that reading (like letters) was the most important. He was also an avid letter-writer. I could go on through the album, but I'm too hungry. Peace, ~Rebecca "Cause there's a poet in your soul / So let the mystic take control" (The Kennedys) Check out the Kennedys' Official Home Page: http://www.KennedysMusic.com/ Fab photos, the Official tour diary, dashboard Buddha haiku, groovy merchandise...what more could you ask for? ------------------------------ End of jangle-poets-digest V5 #22 *********************************