tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post1851045951928244920..comments2023-10-10T05:17:55.737-07:00Comments on Crushed By Ingsoc: The Greatest Lost Masterpiece of All TimeCrushedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-35357273778662622212007-06-07T14:13:00.000-07:002007-06-07T14:13:00.000-07:00I had never rated the guy, until by accident I vis...I had never rated the guy, until by accident I visited one of his homes in somerset...<br><br>It was either the National Trust having bottled something, or there was energy in the air...<br><br>I was smitten... and then went to the pub to recover...<br><br>Thank you for posting this...<br><br>ShaniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-62828413158162644262007-06-07T14:43:00.000-07:002007-06-07T14:43:00.000-07:00It was double glazing right ---?? I Bet it was fu...It was double glazing right ---?? I Bet it was fucking double glazing - or telephones? This happenstome allthe time.... writing lost masterpieces I mean... not the calls obviously...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-71871782673221478672007-06-07T15:36:00.000-07:002007-06-07T15:36:00.000-07:00Coleridge sounds cool. I wonder if he's got the s...Coleridge sounds cool. I wonder if he's got the same opium dealer as me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-83349413969271645892007-06-07T17:10:00.000-07:002007-06-07T17:10:00.000-07:00Well, Rod McKuen and Leonard Nimoy never smoked op...Well, Rod McKuen and Leonard Nimoy never smoked opium, and they really sucked, so perhaps there is something to be said for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-25375414497012036232007-06-07T20:29:00.000-07:002007-06-07T20:29:00.000-07:00In Bloggersville did UbermouthA nasty little site ...In Bloggersville did Ubermouth<br>A nasty little site create<br>And from the north down to the south<br>She spread her word, vile and uncouth<br>A diary of hate….<br><br>(Oh crap…who’s that tapping, tapping, tapping ay my chamber door ??<br>Shit, it’s that creepy little Poe fucker from next door…probably looking to mooch some of my opium…)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-10904713346506743982007-06-07T20:32:00.000-07:002007-06-07T20:32:00.000-07:00Seriously Crushed...what have you done with my lit...Seriously Crushed...what have you done with my little buddy ??<br>We have to get her blog back.<br>There's a lot of my best material in there...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-71242569696165197722007-06-07T21:52:00.000-07:002007-06-07T21:52:00.000-07:00damnit citizen kane, we need to get a gate guard a...damnit citizen kane, we need to get a gate guard at xanadu. today, it's more likely to have a telemarketer to interrupt while in that deep, intense blog moment... preventing that post from being a masterpiece to persist the test of time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-22572757896295274692007-06-07T22:15:00.000-07:002007-06-07T22:15:00.000-07:00Ohhhh....! Wow, it's a good story, and a great vis...Ohhhh....! Wow, it's a good story, and a great vision lost. I enjoyed this post - you educate me..:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-47383456300090967872007-06-08T00:32:00.000-07:002007-06-08T00:32:00.000-07:00Muse- Coleridge knew how to use words to create vi...Muse- Coleridge knew how to use words to create vision. Only Keats and possibly Spenser excelled him in this.<br>Glad you feel his magic too.<br><br>Mutley- What he was selling has been lost in the mists of time, but I have a sneaking suspicion, it may not have ben double glazing...<br>Maybe it was Radioactive Howler Monkeys...<br><br>JJ- There is only one way to find out is;<br>a. Take some Opium.<br>b. See if you can write a masterpiece.<br><br>Zen Wizard- I'm not seeing you HAVE to smoke Opium to write like this.<br>But in Coleridge's case it was a factor. That's fact.<br>(May I just point out here, I'm NOT an Opium smoker myself...)<br><br>Fingers- There are some much more interesting questions regarding Poe.<br>I think Ubermouth's blog was one of the finest and often wittiest the bloggosphere had to offer, and like you, I am extremely saddened to lose it.<br>It is a shame that its satirical irony was not appreciated to the degree it should have been, or that not everybody saw behind the blog identity to the person behind, who is, dare I say it, one of the most compassionate and thoughtful people you could meet.<br><br>Raffi- The Bitter Twang of External Reality.<br>Killer of all Beautiful visions.<br><br>Eve- Glad you liked it. I really do think something beautiful was lost here.<br>Or was it only ever a tantalising dream?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-57653817093774219402007-06-08T00:49:00.000-07:002007-06-08T00:49:00.000-07:00Why Crushed...I'm beginning to suspect you might b...Why Crushed...I'm beginning to suspect you might be The Poe Toaster.<br>As for the other, all well and good, however give your fellow bloggers some credit.<br>Perhaps we already knew what really lurked behind the deranged facade over at Ubermouth ??<br>Perhaps, we did get the irony...perhaps it was your friend who didn't 'get it' ??<br>Did you ever consider that scenario, Conan Doyle...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-59933466316214044232007-06-08T08:17:00.000-07:002007-06-08T08:17:00.000-07:00There is much to be said for dreams. They're the s...There is much to be said for dreams. They're the stuff of genius, of inspiration. I lost a beautiful song like that once; wrote it while sitting on my balcony late at night, but then my palm top battery died and all the data was erased ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-25817793984717101472007-06-08T13:33:00.000-07:002007-06-08T13:33:00.000-07:00Fingers- The Poe Toaster reference is lost on me, ...Fingers- The Poe Toaster reference is lost on me, I'm afraid.<br>I'm assuming my interpretation on the other issue is corect because it IS more creditable to other bloggers.<br>I'd like to leave it there.<br><br>Eve- Next time, make sure you put it on your blog first. Then it will remain for all time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-29355617564341914262007-06-08T13:54:00.000-07:002007-06-08T13:54:00.000-07:00Coleridge is someone I have, so far, read far too ...Coleridge is someone I have, so far, read far too little of .. .must do more. Great piece.<br><br>PS// Arent you a salesman?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-2146890704144047782007-06-08T19:00:00.000-07:002007-06-08T19:00:00.000-07:00It's a shame drug use destroys the mind, it does s...It's a shame drug use destroys the mind, it does such peculiar things to one's creativity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-72970797111923614592007-06-08T23:06:00.000-07:002007-06-08T23:06:00.000-07:00David- I was just trying to sell him life insuranc...David- I was just trying to sell him life insurance. How was I to know he was writing Kubla Khan?<br><br>Ruthie- It's a fine balance I think. The world would have been a poorer place if so many great artists and poets hadn't used it to reach their muse.<br>For everything there is a price.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-51196303780184112332007-06-09T08:07:00.000-07:002007-06-09T08:07:00.000-07:00Selling Life Insurance to a poet?Not the wisest of...Selling Life Insurance to a poet?<br><br>Not the wisest of moves...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-66904412163965676622007-06-09T13:19:00.000-07:002007-06-09T13:19:00.000-07:00Beautiful post and poem.........you are quite the ...Beautiful post and poem.........you are quite the romantic aren't you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-24279612555512362872007-06-10T23:18:00.000-07:002007-06-10T23:18:00.000-07:00Why thank you, Freya.I hadn't really thought of my...Why thank you, Freya.<br>I hadn't really thought of my poem as romantic though...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com