From gregory.plemmons at vumc.org Wed Feb 19 12:23:05 2020 From: gregory.plemmons at vumc.org (Plemmons, Gregory) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:23:05 +0000 Subject: [percy-l] Percy and modern media Message-ID: I don't pay attention to a lot of TV or movies, but occasionally something slips past my social media radar which sounds eerily familiar. Below is a link to a promotional clip for the upcoming second season of a Netflix series starring Ricky Gervais called After Life (which I haven't viewed yet). Gervais was the original creator of The Office in Great Britain (which was later successfully exported and adaptedhere). You may also recognize the actress Penelope Wilton, probably best known for her role as Mrs. Crawley from Downton Abbey. Link: https://twitter.com/wolfetone98/status/1228995204151234560 [https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1228995002631671808/pu/img/UQFlp4iZ8QP57WGb.jpg] Paddy O'Brien on Twitter ?After the last 24 hours, this means more than ever. And not just a mantra for today but a message that should be repeated every single day!!!? In a world where you can be anything; #BeKind "Good people do things for other people." #AfterLife #AfterLife2 @rickygervais https://t.co/NOEX9vgy0F? twitter.com I have no idea if Gervais has ever read The Moviegoer, but as Lent approaches, this clip sure seems prescient, if not derivative. From The Moviegoer: ?They all think any minute I'm going to commit suicide. What a joke. The truth of course is the exact opposite: suicide is the only thing that keeps me alive. Whenever everything else fails, all I have to do is consider suicide and in two seconds I'm as cheerful as a nitwit. But if I could not kill myself -- ah then, I would. I can do without nembutal or murder mysteries but not without suicide. ? Greg Plemmons -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marcus at loyno.edu Thu Feb 20 13:15:58 2020 From: marcus at loyno.edu (Marcus Smith) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:15:58 -0600 Subject: [percy-l] Percy-L Digest, Vol 156, Issue 1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ? But if I could not kill myself -- ah then, I would. I can do without nembutal or murder mysteries but not without suicide.? But if Binx were around today, his ?to be or not to be? question might be, ?Can I do without my iPhone?? Typed on a rainy St Charles Avenue, on my iPhone, watching dozens of folks guarding their turf, waiting already for MG parades that won?t roll for another six or seven hours. They are almost all hunkering under tarps and tents. Some are drinking beer. Most are staring into iPhones! Percy, I believe, would have been very interesting in the iPhone as an instrument of managing dread, otherwise known as acutely empty time. Happy Mardi Gras! Last night a woman was killed by the lead float in a parade. The other floats were re-routed. 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Percy and modern media (Plemmons, Gregory) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:23:05 +0000 > From: "Plemmons, Gregory" > To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" > > Subject: [percy-l] Percy and modern media > Message-ID: > < > SN1PR12MB25764025127ED7BCE67BBE93F5100 at SN1PR12MB2576.namprd12.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I don't pay attention to a lot of TV or movies, but occasionally something > slips past my social media radar which sounds eerily familiar. Below is a > link to a promotional clip for the upcoming second season of a Netflix > series starring Ricky Gervais called After Life (which I haven't viewed > yet). Gervais was the original creator of The Office in Great Britain > (which was later successfully exported and adaptedhere). You may also > recognize the actress Penelope Wilton, probably best known for her role as > Mrs. Crawley from Downton Abbey. > > Link: > https://twitter.com/wolfetone98/status/1228995204151234560 > [ > https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1228995002631671808/pu/img/UQFlp4iZ8QP57WGb.jpg > ] > Paddy O'Brien on Twitter< > https://twitter.com/wolfetone98/status/1228995204151234560> > ?After the last 24 hours, this means more than ever. And not just a mantra > for today but a message that should be repeated every single day!!!? In a > world where you can be anything; #BeKind "Good people do things for other > people." #AfterLife #AfterLife2 @rickygervais https://t.co/NOEX9vgy0F? > twitter.com > > I have no idea if Gervais has ever read The Moviegoer, but as Lent > approaches, this clip sure seems prescient, if not derivative. > > From The Moviegoer: ?They all think any minute I'm going to commit > suicide. What a joke. The truth of course is the exact opposite: suicide is > the only thing that keeps me alive. Whenever everything else fails, all I > have to do is consider suicide and in two seconds I'm as cheerful as a > nitwit. But if I could not kill myself -- ah then, I would. I can do > without nembutal or murder mysteries but not without suicide. ? > > Greg Plemmons > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/percy-l/attachments/20200219/30ca1c97/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Percy-L mailing list > Percy-L at lists.ibiblio.org > https://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/percy-l > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Percy-L Digest, Vol 156, Issue 1 > *************************************** > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marcus at loyno.edu Thu Feb 20 19:09:07 2020 From: marcus at loyno.edu (Marcus Smith) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:09:07 -0600 Subject: [percy-l] Percy-L Digest, Vol 156, Issue 1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Alert! High winds! Babylon, Chaos and Muses cancelled for 24 hours! iPhones still rolling. Dread postponed. Toddies tinkling from Garden District to Old Metairie. Alla be praised! (Krewe of Alla rolled a week ago.) On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 12:15 PM Marcus Smith wrote: > ? But if I could not kill myself -- ah then, I would. I can do without > nembutal or murder mysteries but not without suicide.? > > But if Binx were around today, his ?to be or not to be? question might be, > ?Can I do without my iPhone?? > > Typed on a rainy St Charles Avenue, on my iPhone, watching dozens of folks > guarding their turf, waiting already for MG parades that won?t roll for > another six or seven hours. They are almost all hunkering under tarps and > tents. Some are drinking beer. Most are staring into iPhones! > > Percy, I believe, would have been very interesting in the iPhone as an > instrument of managing dread, otherwise known as acutely empty time. > > Happy Mardi Gras! Last night a woman was killed by the lead float in a > parade. The other floats were re-routed. > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 11:00 AM > wrote: > >> Send Percy-L mailing list submissions to >> percy-l at lists.ibiblio.org >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/percy-l >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> percy-l-request at lists.ibiblio.org >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> percy-l-owner at lists.ibiblio.org >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Percy-L digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Percy and modern media (Plemmons, Gregory) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:23:05 +0000 >> From: "Plemmons, Gregory" >> To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" >> >> Subject: [percy-l] Percy and modern media >> Message-ID: >> < >> SN1PR12MB25764025127ED7BCE67BBE93F5100 at SN1PR12MB2576.namprd12.prod.outlook.com >> > >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> I don't pay attention to a lot of TV or movies, but occasionally >> something slips past my social media radar which sounds eerily familiar. >> Below is a link to a promotional clip for the upcoming second season of a >> Netflix series starring Ricky Gervais called After Life (which I haven't >> viewed yet). Gervais was the original creator of The Office in Great >> Britain (which was later successfully exported and adaptedhere). You may >> also recognize the actress Penelope Wilton, probably best known for her >> role as Mrs. Crawley from Downton Abbey. >> >> Link: >> https://twitter.com/wolfetone98/status/1228995204151234560 >> [ >> https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1228995002631671808/pu/img/UQFlp4iZ8QP57WGb.jpg >> ] >> Paddy O'Brien on Twitter< >> https://twitter.com/wolfetone98/status/1228995204151234560> >> ?After the last 24 hours, this means more than ever. And not just a >> mantra for today but a message that should be repeated every single day!!!? >> In a world where you can be anything; #BeKind "Good people do things for >> other people." #AfterLife #AfterLife2 @rickygervais >> https://t.co/NOEX9vgy0F? >> twitter.com >> >> I have no idea if Gervais has ever read The Moviegoer, but as Lent >> approaches, this clip sure seems prescient, if not derivative. >> >> From The Moviegoer: ?They all think any minute I'm going to commit >> suicide. What a joke. The truth of course is the exact opposite: suicide is >> the only thing that keeps me alive. Whenever everything else fails, all I >> have to do is consider suicide and in two seconds I'm as cheerful as a >> nitwit. But if I could not kill myself -- ah then, I would. 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Program Details Message-ID: Dear Percy-L: Program details and tickets for the 7th Annual Walker Percy Weekend, June 5-6, 2020, in St. Francisville, La. are now available. Below are the details. You may also visit www.walkerpercyweekend.org All best, Henry Mills Percy-L Administrator 2020 Presenters Topics, lecture schedule, and more speakers will be announced in the weeks to come. ? PAUL ELIE is an American writer, editor, and long-time contributor to the American Catholic journal Commonweal. His book The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage was awarded the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction in 2004, and received a National Book Critics Circle Award nomination. His second book, Reinventing Bach, was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award in the Criticism category. ? JOHN SHELTON REED is an American sociologist, essayist, and author or editor of twenty-two books, most dealing with the contemporary American South. He taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1969 until his retirement, helped to found the Center for the Study of the American South, and was a founding co-editor of the quarterly Southern Cultures. Among his many books is Barbecue, which traces the history of Southern barbecue from its roots in the 16th century Caribbean. ? READ MERCER SCHUCHARDT (PhD, New York University) is associate professor of communication at Wheaton College. He earned his doctorate under the invitation of the late Neil Postman at NYU?s Media Ecology program. He is also a member of the Media Ecology Association and the International Jacques Ellul Society. ? HARRISON SCOTT KEY is an American humorist and author of two books, Congratulations, Who Are You Again? (Harper Perennial), about how his modest professional ambitions nearly destroyed him and those he loves most; and The World's Largest Man, a true story about what it's like to be related to insane people from Mississippi, which won the Thurber Prize for American Humor. He returns to the Walker Percy Weekend by popular demand. Schedule Highlights ? A Friday evening Barbecue Feast and Cocktail Party hosted by John Shelton Reed and staged under majestic oaks. 7 pm to 10 pm at The Myrtles Plantation. ? A Saturday series of Lectures and Panel Discussions on themes explored in Percy's books. ? A Saturday-afternoon Progressive Front-Porch Tour and Bourbon Tasting with readings, inspired by Percy's essay on drinking Bourbon, Neat . 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Stroll with bourbon in hand between several private porches in St. Francisville's historic district. . Must be 21 or over to attend. ? Saturday evening: Crawfish Boil: Back by popular demand: The authentic Louisiana crawfish boil including cash bar with selection of local craft beers, returns. 7:30 pm?10:30 pm on Prosperity Street. Registration & Tickets Registration will begin at 3 pm Friday at the Conundrum Bookstore, located at 11917 Ferdinand Street. Come to the bookstore to register, receive tickets and wristbands, and gather information on area dining, accommodation, and attractions. Access All Areas: An all-inclusive ticket is available for $ 225.00. Social Tickets: A ticket providing access to all social events?the Friday night cocktail party and dinner, and Saturday's Bourbon Tour and Crawfish Boil events. No panels included. $ 160.00 after April 1, 2020. INDIVIDUAL TICKETS: Tickets to attend individual social events, including the Friday night Barbecue Dinner, Bourbon Tour, and Crawfish and Craft Beer events will become available after April 1 if space remains. After May 15th individual tickets to the lectures and panel discussions, will be offered ONLY if space remains. Space is limited. In the past, tickets sold out weeks in advance. Arrive early to panel discussions to secure a seat. Cancellations & Refunds * There will be a $25 (per order) cancellation fee charged on refunds issued between April 1 and May 19, 2019. No refunds will be issued after May 19th, 2019. Information To learn more and for accommodation information, please visit www.walkerpercyweekend.org or email info at walkerpercyweekend.org . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Janet Cantor On Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 05:57:04 PM EST, Plemmons, Gregory wrote: I don't pay attention to a lot of TV or movies, but occasionally something slips past my social media radar which sounds eerily familiar. Below is a link to a promotional clip for the upcoming second season of a Netflix series starring Ricky Gervais called After Life?(which I haven't viewed yet). Gervais was the original creator of ?The Office in Great Britain (which was later successfully exported and adaptedhere). You may also recognize the actress Penelope Wilton, probably best known for her role as Mrs. Crawley from Downton Abbey.? Link:https://twitter.com/wolfetone98/status/1228995204151234560 | | Paddy O'Brien on Twitter?After the last 24 hours, this means more than ever. And not just a mantra for today but a message that should be repeated every single day!!!? In a world where you can be anything; #BeKind "Good people do things for other people." #AfterLife #AfterLife2 @rickygervais https://t.co/NOEX9vgy0F?twitter.com | ?I have no idea if Gervais has ever readThe Moviegoer, but as Lent approaches, this clip sure seems prescient, if not derivative.? >From The Moviegoer: ?They all think any minute I'm going to commit suicide. What a joke. The truth of course is the exact opposite: suicide is the only thing that keeps me alive. Whenever everything else fails, all I have to do is consider suicide and in two seconds I'm as cheerful as a nitwit. But if I could not kill myself -- ah then, I would. I can do without nembutal or murder mysteries but not without suicide. ?? 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