Re: Cloud in trousers (was: List news: Fwd: Emergency Maintenance)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniil_Kharms
Sun Sep 9 10:21:05 EDT 2012
Bob W wrote:
> > From: pdml-bounces at pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] On
> > Behalf Of
> > Steven Desjardins
> >
> > Light-hearted little ditty, isn't it? Reminds me of Ogden Nash ;-) Of
> > course, now I have to really look at it hard. Another learning
> > experience form the PDML.
> >
>
> Bertie Wooster is a treasure trove of delightful comments about gloomy
> Russian novelists.
>
> B
In a ccnversation at a performance of Russian poetry and music by
a Russian performer somewhere in Western Europe (France?) in early 1990s,
one of the local literature enthuziasts/critics exlaimed that they know
and love Daniil Harms ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniil_Kharms ),
and they consider him one of the classics of black humor. To which,
the Russian performer responded: "You call it `black humor', we call
it `social realizm'".
Bob, thanks for sharing your story of how you learned about Mayakovsky.
You can read the translation of "Listen!" ("Poslushayte!") e.g. here:
http://www.russianlegacy.com/en/go_to/culture/poetry/mayakovsky.htm
Cheers,
Igor
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RE: Cloud in trousers (was: List news: Fwd: Emergency Maintenance)
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Steven Desjardins > > Light-hearted little ditty, isn't it? Reminds me of Ogden Nash ;-) Of > course, now I have to really look at it hard. Another learning > experience form the PDML. > Bertie Wooster is a treasure trove of delightful comments about gloomy Russian novelists. B > On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Bob W wrote: > >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf > >> Of Igor Roshchin Bob W wrote: > >> > >> > > From: pdml-bounces at pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] > >> > > On Behalf Of Mark Roberts > >> > > > >> > > They're installing a security patch on a cloud instance? That > >> sounds > >> > > like a crime against nature or something... > >> > > > >> > > >> > It's probably a cloud in trousers. > >> > > >> > B > >> > >> Bob, > >> At first, I was puzzled by this reference. > >> Russian poet from early 1900s, Vladimir Mayakovsky had a poem with > >> the title "Clouid in trousers". It was very famous in Russia (it was > >> studied in the middle-school literature classes). > >> However, I didn't expect it to be known in the US. > >> > >> Then, I found that that poem had been translated into English: > >> http://www.unlikelystories.org/old/archives/cloudintrousers.html > >> After just a bit more of searching, I found that there was a play > >> written by American writer Steve Trafford about V. Mayakovsky: > >> http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Trousers-Oberon-Modern- > Plays/dp/184002506 > >> 9/ > >> > >> Then, I found that there are a few other things have the same title, > >> e.g. this musical album: > >> http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Trousers-The-Thin-Man/dp/B5LB8T/ > >> > >> But, I suspect that you reference might have been related to a > >> photography book by Christopher Doyle: > >> http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Trousers-Christopher- > Doyle/dp/1889195332/ > >> > >> Is this right? > >> > >> Igor > >> > > > > I know it from the Mayakovsky poem. When I was in my 20s and early > 30s > > my girlfriend was a half-Russian woman who studied Russian language & > > literature at university. She is a big fan of Mayakovsky, so I became > > moderately familiar with some of his work, mainly his graphics, but > > also some of his poetry. We had a recording of him reading > > Pasluschetye (? - "Listen!"). > > > > We saw a play called Futurists about Mayakovsky sometime in the > > mid-80s, with Daniel Day-Lewis playing Mayakovsky. Day-Lewis was > > relatively unknown at the time. > > > > I knew someone on the list would recognise the reference :o) > > > > B > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Cloud in trousers (was: List news: Fwd: Emergency Maintenance)
Light-hearted little ditty, isn't it? Reminds me of Ogden Nash ;-) Of course, now I have to really look at it hard. Another learning experience form the PDML. On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Igor Roshchin >> Bob W wrote: >> >> > > From: pdml-bounces at pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] On >> > > Behalf Of Mark Roberts >> > > >> > > They're installing a security patch on a cloud instance? That >> sounds >> > > like a crime against nature or something... >> > > >> > >> > It's probably a cloud in trousers. >> > >> > B >> >> Bob, >> At first, I was puzzled by this reference. >> Russian poet from early 1900s, Vladimir Mayakovsky had a poem with the >> title "Clouid in trousers". It was very famous in Russia (it was >> studied in the middle-school literature classes). >> However, I didn't expect it to be known in the US. >> >> Then, I found that that poem had been translated into English: >> http://www.unlikelystories.org/old/archives/cloudintrousers.html >> After just a bit more of searching, I found that there was a play >> written by American writer Steve Trafford about V. Mayakovsky: >> http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Trousers-Oberon-Modern-Plays/dp/1840025069/ >> >> Then, I found that there are a few other things have the same title, >> e.g. this musical album: >> http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Trousers-The-Thin-Man/dp/B5LB8T/ >> >> But, I suspect that you reference might have been related to a >> photography book by Christopher Doyle: >> http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Trousers-Christopher-Doyle/dp/1889195332/ >> >> Is this right? >> >> Igor >> > > I know it from the Mayakovsky poem. When I was in my 20s and early 30s my > girlfriend was a half-Russian woman who studied Russian language & > literature at university. She is a big fan of Mayakovsky, so I became > moderately familiar with some of his work, mainly his graphics, but also > some of his poetry. We had a recording of him reading Pasluschetye (? - > "Listen!"). > > We saw a play called Futurists about Mayakovsky sometime in the mid-80s, > with Daniel Day-Lewis playing Mayakovsky. Day-Lewis was relatively unknown > at the time. > > I knew someone on the list would recognise the reference :o) > > B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Cloud in trousers (was: List news: Fwd: Emergency Maintenance)
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Igor Roshchin > Bob W wrote: > > > > From: pdml-bounces at pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] On > > > Behalf Of Mark Roberts > > > > > > They're installing a security patch on a cloud instance? That > sounds > > > like a crime against nature or something... > > > > > > > It's probably a cloud in trousers. > > > > B > > Bob, > At first, I was puzzled by this reference. > Russian poet from early 1900s, Vladimir Mayakovsky had a poem with the > title "Clouid in trousers". It was very famous in Russia (it was > studied in the middle-school literature classes). > However, I didn't expect it to be known in the US. > > Then, I found that that poem had been translated into English: > http://www.unlikelystories.org/old/archives/cloudintrousers.html > After just a bit more of searching, I found that there was a play > written by American writer Steve Trafford about V. Mayakovsky: > http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Trousers-Oberon-Modern-Plays/dp/1840025069/ > > Then, I found that there are a few other things have the same title, > e.g. this musical album: > http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Trousers-The-Thin-Man/dp/B5LB8T/ > > But, I suspect that you reference might have been related to a > photography book by Christopher Doyle: > http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Trousers-Christopher-Doyle/dp/1889195332/ > > Is this right? > > Igor > I know it from the Mayakovsky poem. When I was in my 20s and early 30s my girlfriend was a half-Russian woman who studied Russian language & literature at university. She is a big fan of Mayakovsky, so I became moderately familiar with some of his work, mainly his graphics, but also some of his poetry. We had a recording of him reading Pasluschetye (? - "Listen!"). We saw a play called Futurists about Mayakovsky sometime in the mid-80s, with Daniel Day-Lewis playing Mayakovsky. Day-Lewis was relatively unknown at the time. I knew someone on the list would recognise the reference :o) B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
