Comments on: Neanderthal, by Kaki King http://braunhaus.org/interrobang/2008/07/01/neanderthal/ What were you expecting?! Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jason Keil http://braunhaus.org/interrobang/2008/07/01/neanderthal/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Jason Keil Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:03:27 +0000 http://braunhaus.org/interrobang/?p=64#comment-28 I saw her a few years ago when she was openng for David Byrne (lead singer of the Talking Heads). She was freaking amazing and inspiring. I had no idea she was involved in August Rush. I'm happy you were able to see so much in her music. I saw her a few years ago when she was openng for David Byrne (lead singer of the Talking Heads). She was freaking amazing and inspiring. I had no idea she was involved in August Rush. I’m happy you were able to see so much in her music.

]]> By: Melissa http://braunhaus.org/interrobang/2008/07/01/neanderthal/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Melissa Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:24:44 +0000 http://braunhaus.org/interrobang/?p=64#comment-6 There is a children's lit scholar, Perry Nodelman, who has a book called The Pleasures of Children's Literature. In it, he talks about two different kinds of pleasure--joussance and plasir. Joussance is the pleasure of the unknown. It is the joy we feel through our senses (taste, touch, sound, sight, smell). I read this pleasure as being outside langauge. It is the reason we love scary movies or roller coasters, etc. Plasir is the pleasure we get from the known--it is comfort in returning to something we feel is safe. It is hearing a story and recognzing themes and motifs from our own life. It is tradition. I read this pleasure as the kind of thing we can "name." We have talked about this before, but I think that what you love so much about this kind of music (lyrical?) is the unknown. There is no chorus--you don't know what is coming next. A lot of the music you have shared with me seems to have this kind of pleasure as the goal. You also seem to enjoy this kind of pleasure in the rest of your life as well, as you reject traditional narratives for films/tv that explores a topic or showcases a talent rather than tells a story. I really have no analysis to make from this; I just thought it was an interesting way of seeing this song. There is a children’s lit scholar, Perry Nodelman, who has a book called The Pleasures of Children’s Literature. In it, he talks about two different kinds of pleasure–joussance and plasir.

Joussance is the pleasure of the unknown. It is the joy we feel through our senses (taste, touch, sound, sight, smell). I read this pleasure as being outside langauge. It is the reason we love scary movies or roller coasters, etc.

Plasir is the pleasure we get from the known–it is comfort in returning to something we feel is safe. It is hearing a story and recognzing themes and motifs from our own life. It is tradition. I read this pleasure as the kind of thing we can “name.”

We have talked about this before, but I think that what you love so much about this kind of music (lyrical?) is the unknown. There is no chorus–you don’t know what is coming next. A lot of the music you have shared with me seems to have this kind of pleasure as the goal. You also seem to enjoy this kind of pleasure in the rest of your life as well, as you reject traditional narratives for films/tv that explores a topic or showcases a talent rather than tells a story.

I really have no analysis to make from this; I just thought it was an interesting way of seeing this song.

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