1. Calypso song about a Vermont native: "Guests of Rudy Vallee", and of course Vallee was a central figure behind the popularization of calypso in the United States.
2. Philosopher: John Dewey. I can’t actually stand to read him, but if you recast everything he said, you can come up with some profound positions.
3. Undeserving Nobel Laureate: Pearl Buck.
4. Man with an iron rail through his brain: Phineas Gage.
5. Composer: Carl Ruggles – his 16-minute Sun Treader is one of the most underappreciated pieces of great American music.
That’s all I can think of right now. I’m headed up to Middlebury for a day and a bit, as guest of David Colander.
How about the Bread Loaf literature conferences of Middlebury College, and the annual involvement of longtime Vermont-resident Robert Frost?
I agree about the unreadablity of Dewey; however I find it hard to understand why he is unreadable. Sentence by sentence it seems clear enough. But something about his style (or mind?) was just so *boring*.
Justin Morgan, composer of the fuging tune “Montgomery”, town clerk of Randolph, VT. A great tune.
I just discovered your blog after stumbling on Tyler’s book in a Barnes & Noble. You should make it much easier to subscribe to this in an RSS reader (or, heck, even via email if people so desire). Either there’s no subscribe link, or I missed it, and if I missed it, odds are others do too. What kind of incentive do you need to add the RSS button?
Pearl Buck is over-rated as a Nobel winner compared to whom? Her Good Earth narrative about starvation in China is searing and hard to forget. Who else would you have put ahead of her for the Nobel at that time? Maybe there is nothing that is innovative about her technique, but the subject (China and its people) was and is important and not much described (at least in English).
Was there a lot of competition for the “Man with an iron rail through his brain” award? What criteria did you use? More directly through the brain? Will you revisit the award if some guy gets two iron rails through his brain tomorrow?
Ah, but as the Wikipedia article, quoting Mr. Gage, plainly states, he is from Lebanon, New Hampshire, not Vermont! (As a resident of Lebanon, I do feel the need to set the record straight)
“underappreciated pieces of great American music”.
I do not know if this tells bad about your musical preferences or about American music. But I must say: as a soundtrack of a thriller movie, “Treader” would be magnificent.
Go to Elizabeth’s in Pittsfield, MA. American food, but one of the best I’ve had in New England. Not to be missed.
Calvin Coolidge and and his home town, Plymouth Notch. Also my Mom and Arlington.
And that Dewey business does require some explanation.
Have to go with the syrup and pancakes:
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