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[sovay]

Ivan Jirous, poet-dissident and manager of the Plastic People of the Universe. It is entirely possible I would not have known of his existence if I had not seen Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll at the Huntington Theatre in 2008. But I fell in love with the play, so I tracked down a copy of Ach to státu hanobení (1976) and now I'm sorry he's gone. If he did not exist, it really would have been necessary for Stoppard to invent him.

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[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

It is entirely possible I would not have known of his existence if I had not . . .

It's so cool when you're able to trace these connections: without this happening, I would never have known this, which led directly to this, etc.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

May he rest in peace.

If he did not exist, it really would have been necessary for Stoppard to invent him.

I can think of worse epitaphs.

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

You know, you really are very interesting.

I need to write something as a treat for you, which I will do when the contents of the neti pot no longer come out my eyes.

...Aren't you glad to know me.

[sovay]

You know, you really are very interesting.

Thank you; I don't feel it. I've stopped sleeping again.

...Aren't you glad to know me.

Yes, actually.

[sovay]

It's so cool when you're able to trace these connections: without this happening, I would never have known this, which led directly to this, etc.

I discover a lot of history through art.

[sovay]

I can think of worse epitaphs.

Well, I'm not sure I'd want to be a Stoppard character. Dying in a fire and being A.E. Housman: not really things I want to have happen to me.

[sovay]

Ahh, damn.

*hugs*

Music.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not sure I'd want to be a Stoppard character. Dying in a fire and being A.E. Housman: not really things I want to have happen to me.

Good heavens. I'd not want you to be a Stoppard character, either. I'd not much like to be one, myself.