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Peart on Travel Writing
Adding to my brain-dump quote repository, I bring you (and future-me) an insight from Neil Peart on travel writing, from an October 16, 1996 interview
One thing I really like about travel writing is, there’s nothing that doesn’t fit. Whatever you want to do—autobiographical or philosophical asides—everything fits into the big baggy pants of travel writing.
The same could be said of the essay, of course, and that’s why I like it/them.
Patrick • Quotes • 02/17/05 • 5 comments
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Dan • 02/18/05 • 1:20 PM:And in that interview (actually a series of write-in questions and Neil’s answers from Modern Drummer) Neil addresses copyrighting violations and bootleg piracy. I don’t know when this was written, I don’t know how serious the reply was, and I don’t know what Neil thinks these days, but I do think it’s interesting to note:
Then he answers the question.
Patrick • 02/18/05 • 2:14 PM:Actually, it is from an interview (the quote I used is). The write-in questions are a different part (the web page is hugely long and includes several things). I think he’s still pretty adamant about copyright issues and such. Another part of the page talks about how they ended up not using Snagglepuss’s tail on Exit…Stage Left because Hanna Barbera wanted too much money and too many legal hassles.
Dan • 02/18/05 • 2:22 PM:Which leads to the question, “Does anybody like Hanna Barbara cartoons?”
Dad • 02/24/05 • 7:35 PM:I never really liked Hanna Barbara cartoons because they looked like cheap imitations of “real” cartoons like Disney and Warner Brothers. I think either Hanna or Barbara did work for Disney originally. Obviously, they used their cheaper production methods to make money. Their best work was the Flintstones, which overcame bad production values with a unique story line (that some say was stolen from Jackie Gleason’s “The Honeymooners.”
David • 02/28/05 • 11:24 PM:Whoa. Am I the only one who remembers Thundarr The Barbarian? How awesome was that cartoon? How about that rhino-looking-creature that shot cannonballs from it’s head/nose/horn/mouth/proboscus/whatchumacallit? Or the ear-piercing/bleeding sound that the pterodactyl made? After checking out the site I remember also liking that Lion-man guy. He was pretty cool, and he looks a lot like Brak from Space Ghost. Add those groovy effects to the wonderful artistry (mentioned by Dad above) and you’ve got cartoon magic. Sort of.
Okay, now that I’ve investigated the site, I’m starting to think that the pterodactyl and the cannonball creature might have been from some other cartoon. I’m not sure which one. Maybe I can double post this comment so that it is also in the False Memories post.
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