18 Dec
2013
18 Dec
'13
1:54 a.m.
On Dec 17, 2013, at 7:10 PM, John Wilson <wilson at dbit.com> wrote:
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 11:39:11PM +0000, Liam Proven
wrote:
I agree.
My wife worked for a while as a classical music announcer at a local radio station (PBS in
New Hampshire). She played Alice?s Restaurant on Thanksgiving Day (since it?s about that
day). The manager gave her a lot of grief for that (not classical music after all, and
besides PBS managers usually are seriously uptight people). But there was such an
outpouring of appreciation from listeners that she changed around, and the next year my
wife was in fact encouraged to ?continue the tradition?. Which she did.
paul
Question: I am vaguely aware of an epic American
folk song called
/Alice's Restaurant/ or something like that. Possibly Guthrie /pere ou
fils/?
Fils -- Arlo.
I don't know the song, though, as I am
violently averse to folk music.
Is Alice's PDP-10 a homage/parody/something of the (?) Arlo Guthrie
piece?
Exactly. And I despise folk music too but I *love* Alice's Restaurant.
It's mostly a political shaggy-dog story with only one verse of singing
along with the git-tar. Might be an exception to your rule too.