A Magnificent Head of Hair - Commentshttp://www.magnificenthead.com/blog/John Ratliff wanders offen-USSquarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.594-SNAPSHOT-1 (http://www.squarespace.com)Erika Allbright comments on Something's happening but you don't know what it isErika AllbrightSat, 12 Jan 2013 00:46:21 +0000http://www.magnificenthead.com/blog/2013/1/11/somethings-happening-but-you-dont-know-what-it-is.html#comments65066:560849:comment/19460814Your final assessment is SO TRUE. As I remind someone I'm related to (young and impressionable, who digs A.J.), "If everything is NOT all screwed up, Alex Jones is out of a job, and that's a sweet job he's put together."
Read about radio during the Great Depression for perspective on drastic, worrying times, and realize anew how desperately many people crave absolutes and the over-the-top faux-authoritative personalities who propound them. People relish the Dad Knows Best voice that Limbaugh and Hannity and Jones all use. It's really sad how easily naive (or dumb or uneducated) folks can be swayed by the loudest comer.
Great piece, John. Thanks!

]]>Terry comments on Story untold (pt. 2) (edit)TerryThu, 11 Aug 2011 21:23:15 +0000http://www.magnificenthead.com/blog/2011/8/10/story-untold-pt-2-edit.html#comments65066:560849:comment/14706800This is pretty much my favorite post so far.

]]>Shannon comments on Story untold (pt. 2) (edit)ShannonThu, 11 Aug 2011 15:44:39 +0000http://www.magnificenthead.com/blog/2011/8/10/story-untold-pt-2-edit.html#comments65066:560849:comment/14687385I agree with most of this, more than you might suspect. Also, I guess I'm the voice of This Blog's Loyal Readership?

]]>Kat comments on Story untold (pt. 1)KatTue, 09 Aug 2011 18:14:33 +0000http://www.magnificenthead.com/blog/2011/8/8/story-untold-pt-1.html#comments65066:560849:comment/14673828humans have agendas. that shift and evolve, but are constant, and inescapable, whether they are 'get food', 'get laid', 'amass wealth', or 'be liked'.

how does van halen tie in to this, exactly? besides the 'get laid' flavor of agenda?

]]>John Ratliff comments on Story untold (pt. 1)John RatliffTue, 09 Aug 2011 15:39:13 +0000http://www.magnificenthead.com/blog/2011/8/8/story-untold-pt-1.html#comments65066:560849:comment/14673112I don't know. I guess a story could have a purpose that the teller isn't aware of. But I feel like usually the teller is at least trying to produce a certain effect.

]]>Terry comments on Story untold (pt. 1)TerryTue, 09 Aug 2011 13:22:28 +0000http://www.magnificenthead.com/blog/2011/8/8/story-untold-pt-1.html#comments65066:560849:comment/14672052Does that makes storytellers (writers and musicians, but folklorists, especially) active manipulators rather than passive conduits for history, messages and lessons?


Turn signals? Only in front of cops. All the time, every time.

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