Comments on: Wouldn’t it be nice… http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2009/12/02/wouldnt-it-be-nice/ Bryan O'Sullivan's blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: solrize http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2009/12/02/wouldnt-it-be-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-251064 solrize Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:25:37 +0000 http://www.serpentine.com/blog/?p=496#comment-251064 No idea about Cornel West but the topic of Go seems pretty much mined out. There was a pretty good piece comparing it to (spoiler) algol-68: http://www.cowlark.com/2009-11-15-go/ Not too terribly much more needs to be added. No idea about Cornel West but the topic of Go seems pretty much mined out. There was a pretty good piece comparing it to (spoiler) algol-68:

http://www.cowlark.com/2009-11-15-go/

Not too terribly much more needs to be added.

]]> By: sclv http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2009/12/02/wouldnt-it-be-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-251054 sclv Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:23:50 +0000 http://www.serpentine.com/blog/?p=496#comment-251054 Scott: surprised to see you stop by, but I do find this shock, shock at the term gossip somewhat a put-on from someone whose corpus of work contains, among other choice morsels, "Zizek Watch". I'll just leave it at that, and apologize to bos for turning a post on generosity of criticism into something of a snark-fest. Scott: surprised to see you stop by, but I do find this shock, shock at the term gossip somewhat a put-on from someone whose corpus of work contains, among other choice morsels, “Zizek Watch”.

I’ll just leave it at that, and apologize to bos for turning a post on generosity of criticism into something of a snark-fest.

]]> By: Scott McLemee http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2009/12/02/wouldnt-it-be-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-251001 Scott McLemee Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:04:39 +0000 http://www.serpentine.com/blog/?p=496#comment-251001 My thanks to Bryan for this post. The expression of hope that West will move on to do better work is sincere. The piece did not engage with West's early work because it was not *about* West's early work. I do intend (and in fact need) to write about the problems with his approach to Marxism, given that West's blindspot regarding C.L.R. James is significant. But that would probably be in a conference presentation or a paper, not my column. The reference to gossip is amusing, since I don't know any and so can't write about it. The remark about my "miles of style" is an unwitting compliment from someone whose finest attribute is, obviously, courage. My thanks to Bryan for this post. The expression of hope that West will move on to do better work is sincere.

The piece did not engage with West’s early work because it was not *about* West’s early work. I do intend (and in fact need) to write about the problems with his approach to Marxism, given that West’s blindspot regarding C.L.R. James is significant. But that would probably be in a conference presentation or a paper, not my column.

The reference to gossip is amusing, since I don’t know any and so can’t write about it. The remark about my “miles of style” is an unwitting compliment from someone whose finest attribute is, obviously, courage.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2009/12/02/wouldnt-it-be-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-250994 Mitch Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:33:42 +0000 http://www.serpentine.com/blog/?p=496#comment-250994 LOL at the implied comparison between West and Go. "You used to be <i>so cool</i>, man..." "blogging software" hung me up for a moment, thinking that you meant things like wordpress. "software blogging" would have been easier to read, I think. LOL at the implied comparison between West and Go. “You used to be so cool, man…”

“blogging software” hung me up for a moment, thinking that you meant things like wordpress. “software blogging” would have been easier to read, I think.

]]> By: sclv http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2009/12/02/wouldnt-it-be-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-250985 sclv Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:43:14 +0000 http://www.serpentine.com/blog/?p=496#comment-250985 Personally I've always found McLemee to be a gossip columnist for the tweed jacket set, and while he cites West's earlier work he doesn't seem to show any engagement with it. That said, its still preferable to the blog culture you're discussing. Generosity in criticism (genuine, not McLemee's which I take to be all flourish -- he's got miles of style because that's what he's selling) is sort of hard to come by when lots of discussion is born in anger. For people that don't consider themselves first and foremost, if at all, writers, angry and sensationalist styles are some of the easiest poses to adopt. Which maybe explains a little as well. Personally I’ve always found McLemee to be a gossip columnist for the tweed jacket set, and while he cites West’s earlier work he doesn’t seem to show any engagement with it. That said, its still preferable to the blog culture you’re discussing. Generosity in criticism (genuine, not McLemee’s which I take to be all flourish — he’s got miles of style because that’s what he’s selling) is sort of hard to come by when lots of discussion is born in anger.

For people that don’t consider themselves first and foremost, if at all, writers, angry and sensationalist styles are some of the easiest poses to adopt. Which maybe explains a little as well.

]]> By: Simon Michael http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2009/12/02/wouldnt-it-be-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-250979 Simon Michael Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:04:59 +0000 http://www.serpentine.com/blog/?p=496#comment-250979 Yes please! Yes please!

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