tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post2196101566672879220..comments2024-01-19T21:33:09.716+00:00Comments on E Y E W E A R, THE BLOG - FREEDOM MEANS BEING UNAFRAID TO WRITE WHAT YOU THINK: The InaneEYEWEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01900801847916951522noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post-78358874546867435222011-11-24T01:18:23.776+00:002011-11-24T01:18:23.776+00:00Yes, there are two people of that name - apologies...Yes, there are two people of that name - apologies to the one I wasn't referring to, who posted above! Nice to know I'm now recognised just by my first name though - maybe I'll just drop my surname on future books ;-)Roddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post-68467899727988740022011-11-20T21:24:26.305+00:002011-11-20T21:24:26.305+00:00"A bottle-lobber of long standing and short i..."A bottle-lobber of long standing and short insight."<br />This from Roddy Lumsden, snotty Facebooker and professional blog comment sniper? Pot, kettle, and black!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post-76499393223422033032011-11-20T14:26:06.438+00:002011-11-20T14:26:06.438+00:00Roddy Lumsden has never met me, nor is he likely e...Roddy Lumsden has never met me, nor is he likely even to have heard of me. He may be mistaking me for the poet of the same name.Paul Suttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02104429693942212502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post-14444435013973008292011-11-20T03:58:09.373+00:002011-11-20T03:58:09.373+00:00Ignore P Sutton, Todd. A bottle-lobber of long sta...Ignore P Sutton, Todd. A bottle-lobber of long standing and short insight.Roddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post-7347792567498749772011-11-19T16:38:36.477+00:002011-11-19T16:38:36.477+00:00Not everyone lives in or responds to the “media-sa...Not everyone lives in or responds to the “media-saturated world” in the same way. You cower in front of market-led corporate culture - you have never written a single word that doesn’t stink of a simpering acquiesence to the values of media capitalism. You claim that your blog is, among other things, about politics - but in a period of the most intense social unrest for at least two generations, all you can do is witter on about celebrity culture with slightly less wit than “Hello” magazine or its imitators. You're a coward, Swift.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post-70845072155223364642011-11-19T15:53:28.569+00:002011-11-19T15:53:28.569+00:00"Like everyone else, I live in a media-satura..."Like everyone else, I live in a media-saturated world, of scandalous trials, dead movie stars, and James Bond". We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. There is no fun to be had listening to Haircut 100 while Rome burns. <br />I have no problem at all with poets (or anyone else) publicizing forthcoming activities. However, I feel a line has been crossed when a poet conducts a feud with an editor who has omitted him from an anthology, or when a poet periodically threatens to close down his blog unless people start paying attention. And don't deny that you're desperate to be invited to pontificate on "Newsnight Review". How paltry, to aspire to the crown of that Prince of Mediocrity, Mark Lawson.Paul Suttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02104429693942212502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post-58548354517244780732011-11-19T14:00:01.506+00:002011-11-19T14:00:01.506+00:00Dear Todd
I couldn't agree more. If your blog...Dear Todd<br /><br />I couldn't agree more. If your blog gets 3000 page views per day on average, there must be an awful lot of 'inane' people out there. Although your posts are of varying quality (how could they not be?) you have always struck me as someone with their index finger right on the pulse of contemporary British poetry. Indeed, I think the fact that you grew up in Canada only enhances your capacity to view the British poetry scene in an objective and impartial light.<br /><br />Best wishes from SimonPoetry Pleases!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16686247991180317838noreply@blogger.com