Poetry & Writing

07.19.06

Those Dying Generations (and their song)

I will commend, all summer long, Michael Bérubé’s brilliant and heartfelt exegesis of Yeats’ “Sailing to Byzantium,” the poem from which this blog takes its name.

Michael guesses that I might have something to say about the poem, and he’s right, but he catches me as I’m working against a dissertation-related deadline (don’t worry — I assure you that the dissertation is in its last throes).

Until I’m better able to address his post, I offer you the following take on The Big Lebowski. It’s not quite as eloquent as Yeats’ commentary on the human condition, but it shares a vaguely similar leitmotif. I like to think of it as a gloss on the lines “Caught in that sensual music all neglect / Monuments of unageing intellect.”

The Big Lebowski - F_cking Short Version
(caution: this video contains more profanity than a G8 Summit Meeting, so put on some headphones if you’re at work, and cover the ears of your children if you’re at home)

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Tipsy

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A Punch To The Gut


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