Comments on: House of the Rising Sun http://www.spinozablue.com/2008/12/1464/ An Eclectic Journal of the Arts Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:16:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cuchulain http://www.spinozablue.com/2008/12/1464/#comment-333 Cuchulain Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:44:49 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=1464#comment-333 Sounds like a very interesting book by Anthony. I may review later this year . . . or do another kind of following on this post, etc. <div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('333','Cuchulain'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('333','Cuchulain','Sounds like a very interesting book by Anthony. I may review later this year . . . or do another kind of following on this post, etc. '); return false;">Quote</a></div> Sounds like a very interesting book by Anthony. I may review later this year … or do another kind of following on this post, etc.
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]]> By: Cuchulain http://www.spinozablue.com/2008/12/1464/#comment-332 Cuchulain Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:39:26 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=1464#comment-332 You should click on the NPR link. Fairly long interview and call in show from the researcher.

From their website:


NPR On Point


Listen to this show
Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at 11:00 AM EST
The House of the Rising Sun

Originally broadcast: June 20, 2007

For a ballad of ruin and loss, there is none in the American songbook with more dark power than “House of the Rising Sun.” Everybody’s sung it. Everybody knows it.

The Animals made it a big hit in the 1960s, but its roots go way back. Alan Lomax first heard it from the lips of a dirt-poor 16-year-old girl in Middlesboro, Kentucky in 1937. And she wasn’t the first to sing it.

This hour, in an archive edition of On Point: chasing the remarkable history of a remarkable song of ruin — House of the Rising Sun.

–Tom Ashbrook

Guests:

Ted Anthony, author of the new book “Chasing the Rising Sun: The Journey of an American Song.” He has worked for the Associated Press since 1992, where he was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.

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]]> By: Lori http://www.spinozablue.com/2008/12/1464/#comment-331 Lori Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:31:02 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=1464#comment-331 THOTRS was one of the first songs I learned to play on the guitar... way back when.... It's a song that I always thought meant different things to different people. I heard it as a song from a man who lost a good woman, love, committed a crime, wound up in New Orleans, and thinks himself only worthy of physical affections from women in the local bordello.... Would love to see some of the ideas from the man who researched the song.... Thanks for the post.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('331','Lori'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('331','Lori','THOTRS was one of the first songs I learned to play on the guitar... way back when.... It\'s a song that I always thought meant different things to different people. I heard it as a song from a man who lost a good woman, love, committed a crime, wound up in New Orleans, and thinks himself only worthy of physical affections from women in the local bordello....\n\nWould love to see some of the ideas from the man who researched the song.... \n\nThanks for the post.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> THOTRS was one of the first songs I learned to play on the guitar… way back when.… It’s a song that I always thought meant different things to different people. I heard it as a song from a man who lost a good woman, love, committed a crime, wound up in New Orleans, and thinks himself only worthy of physical affections from women in the local bordello.…

Would love to see some of the ideas from the man who researched the song.…

Thanks for the post.

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]]> By: Cuchulain http://www.spinozablue.com/2008/12/1464/#comment-330 Cuchulain Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:19:41 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=1464#comment-330 The quilt pattern things can be changed. They're really just placeholders for personal gravatars. I haven't uploaded any for meself, or really looked into signing up with gravatar. But, at least theoretically, anyone should be able to attach them. Might need further research. :>) Anyway, will be trying some new things in 2009 for the site. We'll see how it goes.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('330','Cuchulain'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('330','Cuchulain','The quilt pattern things can be changed. They\'re really just placeholders for personal gravatars. I haven\'t uploaded any for meself, or really looked into signing up with gravatar. But, at least theoretically, anyone should be able to attach them. Might need further research. \n\n:>)\n\nAnyway, will be trying some new things in 2009 for the site. We\'ll see how it goes.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The quilt pattern things can be changed. They’re really just placeholders for personal gravatars. I haven’t uploaded any for meself, or really looked into signing up with gravatar. But, at least theoretically, anyone should be able to attach them. Might need further research.

:>)

Anyway, will be trying some new things in 2009 for the site. We’ll see how it goes.

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]]> By: John A. Abel http://www.spinozablue.com/2008/12/1464/#comment-329 John A. Abel Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:42:02 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=1464#comment-329 Now I see what you were doing.Here I thought it was the cute little quilt like pattern things to the left of the posters name.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('329','John A. Abel'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('329','John A. Abel','Now I see what you were doing.Here I thought it was the cute little quilt like pattern things to the left of the posters name.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Now I see what you were doing.Here I thought it was the cute little quilt like pattern things to the left of the posters name.
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]]> By: Cuchulain http://www.spinozablue.com/2008/12/1464/#comment-328 Cuchulain Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:18:28 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=1464#comment-328 Hey, John. Can you test out the new preview, plus bells and whistle feature? <strong>Italics</strong> and <em>bold</em>, etc. Or is it <em>bold</em> and <strong>italics</strong>? Oh, well. I give up. :>) Will be reviewing a movie tomorrow, after I go see one. What a concept, right? Hope all is well --<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('328','Cuchulain'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('328','Cuchulain','Hey, John. Can you test out the new preview, plus bells and whistle feature? <strong>Italics<\/strong> and <em>bold<\/em>, etc. Or is it <em>bold<\/em> and <strong>italics<\/strong>?\r\n\r\nOh, well. I give up. :>)\r\n\r\nWill be reviewing a movie tomorrow, after I go see one. What a concept, right? \r\n\r\nHope all is well --'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hey, John. Can you test out the new preview, plus bells and whistle feature? Italics and bold, etc. Or is it bold and italics?

Oh, well. I give up. :>)

Will be reviewing a movie tomorrow, after I go see one. What a concept, right?

Hope all is well –

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]]> By: John A. Abel http://www.spinozablue.com/2008/12/1464/#comment-327 John A. Abel Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:22:03 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=1464#comment-327 Dave's not here man<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('327','John A. Abel'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('327','John A. Abel','Dave\'s not here man'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Dave’s not here man
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]]> By: Cuchulain http://www.spinozablue.com/2008/12/1464/#comment-326 Cuchulain Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:28:01 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=1464#comment-326 <strong>And</strong>, last but <em>not</em> least, yet <strong>another </strong>test.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('326','Cuchulain'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('326','Cuchulain','<strong>And<\/strong>, last but <em>not<\/em> least, yet <strong>another <\/strong>test.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> And, last but not least, yet another test.
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]]> By: Cuchulain http://www.spinozablue.com/2008/12/1464/#comment-325 Cuchulain Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:27:14 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=1464#comment-325 Another test for new feature.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('325','Cuchulain'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('325','Cuchulain','Another test for new feature.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Another test for new feature.
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]]> By: Cuchulain http://www.spinozablue.com/2008/12/1464/#comment-324 Cuchulain Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:16:20 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=1464#comment-324 Second test of new feature.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('324','Cuchulain'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('324','Cuchulain','Second test of new feature.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Second test of new feature.
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