tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post2612470883534332980..comments2024-03-22T05:48:33.690-07:00Comments on Uncensored John Simon: PASSION AND OBSESSIONJohn Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00876490457067235124noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-87463633431941035562014-02-16T18:34:50.927-08:002014-02-16T18:34:50.927-08:00As a longtime reader of The New York Times, I'...As a longtime reader of The New York Times, I'm convinced they have a standing editorial policy on this matter. If a subject collects fine art, precious jewelry or wine, it is a passion; if they collect anything else, it is an obsession. pwlsaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301642133484044429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-16657943440615226242013-08-04T09:29:12.874-07:002013-08-04T09:29:12.874-07:00While I can't pinpoint any examples, it's ...While I can't pinpoint any examples, it's my impression that the term "obsession" for quite some many years has acquired a currency in the parlance of romance -- pop-culturally, at least. The gist of its use is something along the lines of admiring, and confessing to, a sexual slash romantic passion that precisely goes beyond the bounds apparently set by "passion", even unto unhinged territory, thus to demonstrate that much more fervor. "On the edge" of going too far; "flirting with danger"; etc.. (Hence the famously synonymous parfum, which I think Mr. Simon alluded to with his "body odor" quip.)<br /><br />Hesperadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394374828751466705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-35474233264308946152013-07-21T08:08:15.339-07:002013-07-21T08:08:15.339-07:00The great pianist Claude Frank used to perform for...The great pianist Claude Frank used to perform for friends a parody of the Schumann biopic 'Song of Love' (1947) -- the below link goes to a homemade recording of a performance:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttuqFBRiXg4&feature=c4-overview&list=UUIwW9cW7s-Y2e2OzWpOsYRQnoochinatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12584058407655395128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-66352851640947232492013-07-20T08:35:37.640-07:002013-07-20T08:35:37.640-07:00Simon really outdid himself this time.The fact tha...Simon really outdid himself this time.The fact that this senile,rat-faced(as the late Roger Ebert correctly pointed out)ugly old fart would want to be surrounded by beautiful women is laughable.Simon is probably the only man who couldn't get laid even if he was the last person on earth(or heaven.)kubrickfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16494508545191597820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-75818285041094278382013-07-09T13:38:58.490-07:002013-07-09T13:38:58.490-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607033974434672862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-37599108136855467912013-07-09T13:38:22.428-07:002013-07-09T13:38:22.428-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607033974434672862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-82043695845073056182013-07-09T01:16:54.530-07:002013-07-09T01:16:54.530-07:00“He loved beauty above all things, and above all t...“He loved beauty above all things, and above all types of beauty that of the female face and form. If Heaven existed, this rather than asexual angels, is what it would abound in.”<br /><br />You need to convert to Islam and blow up some infidels. You will be guaranteed 77 virgin women. But they will likely be Arabic, i.e. equipped with Streisand noses. <br /><br />What is meant by 'aesthetics is a form of morality'? <br /><br />That beautiful people are morally better? <br /><br />That we should try to look clean and presentable to the best of our ability? <br /><br />That it's our duty to appreciate and preserve what is most beautiful in humans, nature, thoughts, and art? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com