I was just settling down to write the stunning conclusion to my Job paper, and I was listening to "Two Kids" by Anais Mitchell, and I started to wonder what the heck she's saying in the Arabic section. So I searched Google looking for a translation, and ended up reading Anais Mitchell's blog, which as far as I can tell does not include a translation of the Arabic lyrics in Two Kids. It made me wonder how people can be so awesome and witty and insightful in blog format. I guess Anais Mitchell inspired me to be not-witty and insightful in blog format. So here I am. The other day, I was helping out at Sunday dinner crew and we started talking about if folk singers were illegal drugs, what kind of drug they would be and why. It started when I asked if Dar Williams was for-real famous or just folk-world famous. Someone said she's a little of both, and I said, "Oh, so she's like a gateway drug. The marijuana of folk, if you will." And then Ivy said, "I guess that makes Anais Mitchell the heroin of the folk world[as well as a heroine, I might add. Ha]." I decided that Odetta was like crack cocaine: enjoyed by all sorts of people, but Black people are busted for it in disproportionate numbers.
I've been wondering lately whether or not you all will write on the blog next year after I'm gone but you're still at Oberlin. I would be interested in staying apprised of your travails. If you all are able to keep each other apprised because you live together, please transcribe your conversations onto the blog so that I may partake of their richness.
Now to that stunning conclusion.
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2 comments:
That's a really good quote from Ivy. But by including it, I think that makes you witty. And you've got insightful down pat.
I probably won't write on the blog much during the year, but that's because I've got that other blog I don't write enough on already. But I will certainly read it and encourage the rest of FTFDB to post. Perhaps we should expand it to include people like Anna and Emily? And perhaps I'll work on getting Danielle to join (I know the invitation's already been extended...) I mean, there's no size limit to a dance brigade, is there?
I do not understand these folk references. Oh dear.
Also, we shall set up live cams in all corners of the apartment for that super invasive but super accurate feel. Though I suppose we could just... you know... pay attention to what we're saying. Oh dear.
Also, it would be amazing if people Anna, Danielle, and Emily joined. Maybe heather too?
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