tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post1644836239692025106..comments2024-02-11T05:17:12.629-05:00Comments on L'ennui mélodieux: Le sorcier poétiqueRandal Graveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-84231938490640580292008-04-12T11:00:00.000-04:002008-04-12T11:00:00.000-04:00Yeah, I can't imagine they'd be thrilled to hang o...Yeah, I can't imagine they'd be thrilled to hang out in cemeteries for hours. And even in death, Jim gets the velvet rope. Now that's clout!Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-48386396555222334332008-04-12T02:58:00.000-04:002008-04-12T02:58:00.000-04:00Well, I doubt I'll turn five days in Paris with th...Well, I doubt I'll turn five days in Paris with three 14-year-olds into a cemetery tour. But as I said, we'll be right next to P.L., and I think any teenager must see Jim Morrison's grave. Apparently, though, it's now strictly guarded and is no longer the pot-smoke-filled cult hangout it was the last I saw it in the 1980s. What a pity!Betty Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155852272383173880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-50669061804291252012008-04-11T14:37:00.000-04:002008-04-11T14:37:00.000-04:00Actually, he's buried in Montparnasse, so go see b...Actually, he's buried in Montparnasse, so go see both. ;-)<BR/><BR/>And I'll take that as a compliment.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-72553598063719052962008-04-11T13:53:00.000-04:002008-04-11T13:53:00.000-04:00I'm spending five days in Paris next week and our ...I'm spending five days in Paris next week and our hotel is near Père Lâchaise. Isn't Baudelaire buried there? If he is, and if I walk by his tomb, I'll think of you.<BR/><BR/>If he isn't, I'll probably think of you as I walk by any number of other tombs...Betty Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155852272383173880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-10015395485077559352008-04-11T07:56:00.000-04:002008-04-11T07:56:00.000-04:00mauigirl, Wallace Fowlie's translations are really...mauigirl, Wallace Fowlie's translations are really good as well, especially for those like me who are trying to learn the language since his are direct translations; he doesn't try to make them poetical. <BR/><BR/>And now you can like him again!Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-6377039861791060052008-04-10T18:19:00.000-04:002008-04-10T18:19:00.000-04:00Thanks for the translation. I wasn't doing too bad...Thanks for the translation. I wasn't doing too badly with my rusty French but the link you provided to a decent English translation helped a lot!<BR/><BR/>I always liked Baudelaire's poetry in college...Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-62646729326080472982008-04-10T15:58:00.000-04:002008-04-10T15:58:00.000-04:00marjorie, great, now I'm going to have that theme ...marjorie, great, now I'm going to have that theme song in my head the rest of the day. And I think it's a pretty groovy shot. He looks extra evil.<BR/><BR/>dguzman, even if that's the case, I'll never be able to compete with the filthy mouths of the rest of you!Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-45516641749696850292008-04-10T15:35:00.000-04:002008-04-10T15:35:00.000-04:00I think you just jacked up your dirty-words score....I think you just jacked up your dirty-words score.dguzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-663763174941331992008-04-10T12:05:00.000-04:002008-04-10T12:05:00.000-04:00He looks like Mr. Roper catching Jack doing some h...He looks like Mr. Roper catching Jack doing some hanky-panky.<BR/><BR/>Salut,<BR/>MarjorieMy Inner French Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17014872210301856004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-89847057988870834732008-04-10T10:50:00.000-04:002008-04-10T10:50:00.000-04:00POP, je ne vous comprends pas !dean, ha ha ha, hil...POP, je ne vous comprends pas !<BR/><BR/>dean, ha ha ha, hilariously true!<BR/><BR/>FB, do I have to get all sweaty like Hagee and Jakes as I strut around the megachurch stage like a Biblical Jagger? <BR/><BR/>I would laugh at your mixing of you're and your except that I catch myself doing that now and again as well. I have no idea why. Their is simply no reason for that thing they're, you know?Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-62190997267760080082008-04-10T10:20:00.000-04:002008-04-10T10:20:00.000-04:00(Except the one in which you're trying to stop peo...<EM>(Except the one in which you're trying to stop people from mixing up you're and your.)</EM>Freida Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489663202315694313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-87088447402821666052008-04-10T10:09:00.000-04:002008-04-10T10:09:00.000-04:00Oh Randal, Thank you. I am all agush with french...Oh Randal, Thank you. I am all agush with frenchly sounding words. I hope I don't get arrested here in public.<BR/><BR/>I have come to love Baudelaire through you. You're evangelical ploys are working.Freida Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489663202315694313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-73003608507298562312008-04-10T09:27:00.000-04:002008-04-10T09:27:00.000-04:00He was the original Tickle Me Emo.He was the original Tickle Me Emo.Dean Wormerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-23595532165779932008-04-10T08:55:00.000-04:002008-04-10T08:55:00.000-04:00Man, I hate it when you go all French on me.Man, I hate it when you go all French on me.pissed off patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854364015577541981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-84335911708500613242008-04-10T08:49:00.000-04:002008-04-10T08:49:00.000-04:00ME, at least it wasn't Franglais, which is what I ...ME, at least it wasn't Franglais, which is what I speak. And that was quite a dark thought. Hmmm, I have a piece that you might share an affinity with. I should post it.<BR/><BR/>fairlane, I'm sorry man, but <EM>I</EM> am the Manchurian Candidate! Vive la France! Vive Marx! Vive Mao! <BR/><BR/>FB, as they say, honestliness is next to godlessness! Here you go, fucked up translation (not that I Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-20150964131724258782008-04-10T06:05:00.000-04:002008-04-10T06:05:00.000-04:00"The Flowers of Evil?" Cool! But why does that guy...<I>"The Flowers of Evil?"</I> Cool! But why does that guy want to sleep with a tiger? (They snore, you know!)Dr. Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16153875976834518896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-62242622334848112992008-04-10T01:14:00.000-04:002008-04-10T01:14:00.000-04:00I don't think Baudelaire would raise from his eter...I don't think Baudelaire would raise from his eternal slumber and strike a zombie pose if you just plopped this on into Babel Fish and gave us a peak at the English. I'm too lazy to do it, and I was thinking for that you could respect my honesty.Freida Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489663202315694313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-71347018712772444772008-04-09T22:28:00.000-04:002008-04-09T22:28:00.000-04:00What in the Hell is going on over here?Where are m...What in the Hell is going on over here?<BR/><BR/>Where are my Freedom Fries?<BR/><BR/>To Hell with you Goddamn Commie Bastards.<BR/><BR/>To Hell, I say!s. douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04095308024108321913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-42604331557310437552008-04-09T16:46:00.000-04:002008-04-09T16:46:00.000-04:00That guy can't write too well...it doesn't even lo...That guy can't write too well...it doesn't even look like English. ;-)<BR/><BR/>I wish my husband would say something like wanting to sleep rather than live...sleep as warm as death. I'd be happy to oblige him.Mary Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07835150057881066641noreply@blogger.com