tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20990868.post5351337673002659416..comments2024-01-29T10:50:15.619-08:00Comments on Modern Americans: Vatic Urbanismrodney khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10515711262628729312noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20990868.post-60816109737410440372008-12-20T09:40:00.000-08:002008-12-20T09:40:00.000-08:00Hi Nada,I'm with you that there are better ways to...Hi Nada,<BR/><BR/>I'm with you that there are better ways to the urban than the vatic. I'm tickled by the idea that the vatics, despite their mythic scope, sort of have to be urban for the gesture to work.rodney khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10515711262628729312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20990868.post-47421454322404309992008-12-19T15:47:00.000-08:002008-12-19T15:47:00.000-08:00The problem with being vatic here and now is that ...The problem with being vatic here and now is that one runs the risk of sounding like an evangelical fundamentalist, or worse, like a hippie stoner. I'm down with Cassandra, but a lot of what gets included in "the vatic" is not those crucial wails of warning.<BR/><BR/>There are so many interesting ways to be urban that are *not* vatic. O'Hara is not vatic. Rodefer is not vatic. Acker is not vatic. They are all ineluctably urban, though. Y'know?Nada Gordon: 2 ludic 4 Uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448534316756256503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20990868.post-87345158122074352322008-12-19T12:54:00.000-08:002008-12-19T12:54:00.000-08:00Konrad,That's phat!Konrad,<BR/><BR/>That's phat!rodney khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10515711262628729312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20990868.post-56347445183250540372008-12-19T12:30:00.000-08:002008-12-19T12:30:00.000-08:00For a happy hour drink, i'll argue with you that w...For a happy hour drink, i'll argue with you that we're all phatic urbans.konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406820959535775135noreply@blogger.com