LINES OF THE DAY

". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But nothing is inherently over there or here. In that sense, the past has no content. The past -- or more accurately, pastness -- is a position. Thus, in no way can we identify the past as past." p. 15

". . . But we may want to keep in mind that deeds and words are not as distinguishable as often we presume. History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands." p. 153

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History (1995) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

New Orleans, *Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter* & el V's Books

There was this book, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which, in the natural course of events, is now a movie-in-production.

A while back some of the people working in the flick contacted el V for musical advice.  They ordered two copies of The World That Made New Orleans, a copy of Cuba and Its Music:From the First Drums to the Mambo, and a copy of The Year Before the Flood. Though the mail person has complete access to the gate that opens to the path that leads to the mailbox, the mail person just threw the boxes across the fence.  The others are OK, but The Year Before the Flood landed in a pool of water.  It is now being dried out and hopefully can be read soon, says the e-mail report.
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K. said...

The Year Before the Flood got flooded.

February 15, 2011 at 7:27 PM

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