Lou Reed . . . RIP
posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 5:34 AM
7 comments
Gypsy Scholar
Brainstorming about history, politics, literature, religion, and other topics from a 'gypsy' scholar on a wagon hitched to a star.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
About Me
- Name: Horace Jeffery Hodges
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
I am a retired professor. I last taught at Ewha Womans University, mostly composition, research writing, and cultural issues, but also the occasional graduate seminar on Gnosticism and Johannine theology and the occasional undergraduate course on European history. My doctorate is in history (U.C. Berkeley), with emphasis on religion and science. My thesis is on John's gospel and Gnosticism. I'm also an award-winning writer, and I recommend my novella, The Bottomless Bottle of Beer, to anyone interested. I'm originally from the Arkansas Ozarks, but my academic career -- funded through doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships (e.g., Fulbright, Naumann, Lady Davis) -- has taken me through Texas, California, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, and Israel and has landed me in Seoul, South Korea. I've also traveled to Mexico, visited much of Europe, including Moscow, and touched down briefly in a few East Asian countries. Hence: "Gypsy Scholar."
Previous Posts
- Channeling John Milton . . .
- Who says Islam is intolerant?
- At last, the bait gets a bite . . .
- Opening lines to Jang Jung-il's story When Adam Op...
- No Such Thing as Chinese Medicine?
- No One is Automatically Irreplaceable?
- The Pertinent Impertinence of Camille Paglia
- Our relationship always was going places . . .
- Some words on writing . . .
- Opening Lines to Yi Kwang-su's The Soil
7 Comments:
When you pass through the fire
you pass through humble
you pass through a maze of self doubt
When you pass through humble
the lights can blind you
some people never figure that out
. . .
Pass through the fire to the light
pass through the fire to the light
It's best not to wait for luck to save you
pass through the fire to the light
. . .
"Magic And Loss"
Jeffery Hodges
* * *
Amen. "Street Hassle", one of the finest pieces of music art I know of. A total pioneer. I got to see him exactly once, about 1990 I'd estimate, just Lou and his electric cello player at the time. My kid John played his stuff all afternoon over the weekend at the house, it was good to hear..."hold your head up high", indeed. --CPH
And by the way, I don't believe there's any more effective way to get a fresh handle on who one's "edgier" friends are, than to have Lou Reed die. The outpouring is more than I would have expected, and impressive. I wouldn't be surprised if RS devotes an issue to him (not seen since John Lennon, I believe, tho there may have been another or two since).
What surprised me most was to discover that he was married to Laurie Anderson . . . though that also makes sense.
Jeffery Hodges
* * *
Yes, and interestingly enough, they got married in Boulder. A local musician and concert venue guy, Nick Forster, had recently gotten "accredited" in some silly on-line church for fun, and so when Lou and Laurie came to town to do a show and noted they were wanting to find somebody to marry them, Nick volunteered. The rest was, I suppose, history!
Hmmm . . . the marriage suddenly makes more sense, in part because the dubious procedure raises questions about their marriage's legitimacy, e.g., can that online church authentically accredit someone to perform weddings?
Jeffery Hodges
* * *
Post a Comment
<< Home