Re: [xmca] Re: Berlin Wall "poetry"

[mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>]

Greg, David, et al.--

David "decoded you" just fine, Greg. But your post and its ambiguity are a
sobering
reminder of how difficult it is to communicate irony and like ambiguities in
email.

Thanks to you both for your sincere efforts at getting us to member (in
resistence to
re-membering). Kind of sobering that David thinks maybe 50 years more of
re-membering will bring us closer to the events in question. Betting on the
non-linearity of cultural history; it is non-linear, I believe, but whether
in its spinning around it gets closer to Eden is to hope for the best.

Lets hope.
mike

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Gregory Allan Thompson <
gathomps@uchicago.edu> wrote:

> David P, yes, this re-enactment is very sobering. And I know
> this isn't your point, but I thought I would mention that my
> last post was probably in poor taste. Not a good idea to make
> light of what was a very serious situation and a very
> important moment in history.
> It was prompted by a strange interview I heard with the Hoff
> on NPR that morning and I googled it later that day and saw
> the original video and was struck by the absurdity of the
> moment - everything from the jacket to the lyrics (which
> didn't seem to have anything to say) to the horrific singing
> to the audience reaction (which was mildly antagonistic).
> Needless to say in his interview with NPR, the Hoff painted a
> very different picture of what happened (he even suggested
> that they would probably invite him back for the 20th
> anniversary - don't think it happened).
> Anyway, apologies for the poor taste.
> Best,
> greg
>
>
>
> >
> >Message: 2
> >Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:46:30 -0300
> >From: David Preiss <ddpreiss@me.com>
> >Subject: Re: [xmca] Berlin Wall "poetry"
> >To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> >Message-ID: <7332D42B-50D2-4BB9-B578-8C996FEFDC3D@me.com>
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> >
> >Hi Greg,
> >
> >Yes. This is, indeed, laughable and a mass media inspired
> perversion
> >of a historical moment. And, surprisingly staged, for what
> supposedly
> >was, according to these days reporting, a spontaneous
> situation. Who
> >know how spontaneous it really was. Maybe we will know 50
> years from
> >now.
> >
> >Still, it does not make the DDR less oppressive of what it
> was. Check
> >this contemporary artistic re-enacment:
> >
> >http://www.stasi-live-haft.de/en/index.php
> >
> >Certainly, it makes me think of Guantanamo and their unknown
> secret
> >analogues.
> >
> >Thanks for sharing!
> >
> >David
> >
> ---------------------------------------
> Greg Thompson
> Ph.D. Candidate
> The Department of Comparative Human Development
> The University of Chicago
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