Re: Yiddishe Cup: Not rotten!

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Yes, he was.  Pound conducted  regular radio broadcasts
for the Nazis from his home in Italy throughout the War.
He was later punished by the Americans.

It is absurd to see him quoted in a Jewish music promo.
<yidishe kop>?  <katzenkop> is more like it.

This is the kind of thing that illustrates the dearth of
Jewish historical and cultural literacy of all-too-many klezmer musicians.

Anybody can make a mistake.

Wolf

Lori Cahan-Simon wrote:

> Wasn't Ezra Pound an outspoken antisemite?
> Lori
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> At 06:44 PM 09/14/1999 -0500, you wrote:
> >Although an ad, there's food for thought in this concept.
> >                                        EK
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> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Bert Stratton <yiddcup (at) en(dot)com>
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> >Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 11:01 AM
> >Subject: Yiddishe Cup: Not rotten!
> >
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> >> The latest in klezmer manifestos . . .
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> >> EZRA POUND SAID
> >> "Music rots when it gets too far from the dance."
> >> (I.B. Singer wasn't available.)
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> >> YIDDISHE CUP SAID:
> >> "Some groups are turning klezmer into art music, concert music -- a music
> >> which was primarily dance music.  You know, there's a parallel to jazz, in
> >> which jazz was originally party music, dance music, but then became art
> >> music.  Now all the jazz musicians are lamenting that they lost the
> >> party-dance thread.  And I don't want to lose that thread."
> >>              --Yiddishe Cup director, Kalamazoo Gazette, Aug. 8, 1999
> >>
> >> _____________________________________________
> >>
> >> FRESH KLEZ, FRESH REVIEWS:
> >>
> >> "Masterful musicianship . . . aural loop-de-loops.  Humor played a big
> >part
> >> in Yiddishe Cup's performance, much of it classic Borscht Belt material."
> >>                                         -- Mark Wedel, Kalamazoo Gazette
> >>
> >> "A world-class act, which happens to be based in Northeast Ohio."
> >>                  -- Larry Bruner,Continuum, monthly newsletter of Folknet
> >>
> >> "Combines a robust respect for tradition with a twinkling sense of
> >> adventure. . . Yiddishe Cup is a fun, versatile band."
> >>    - Peggy J. Latkovich, Dirty Linen, the magazine of folk and world
> >music.
> >> _________________________________
> >> CATCH OUR FIN DE SIECLE ACT:
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> >> BEACHWOOD, OH. Fri. Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. Fairmount Temple,  Simchat Torah.
> >> free. 216-464-1330.
> >>
> >> CLEVELAND HTS., OH. Sat. Oct. 2, 8 p.m. Park Synagogue,  Simchat Torah.
> >> free. 216-371-2244.
> >>
> >> TOLEDO, OH. Thurs. Oct. 28, 8 p.m. University of Toledo. University Hall.
> >> Concert. $$$ 419-530-2447.
> >>
> >> BOCA RATON, FL. Thurs. Dec. 16, 8 p.m. Levis Jewish Community Center,
> >> Concert. $$$ 561-852-3254. (Snowbirds' advisory: this one's gonna sell
> >out!)
> >>
> >> AKRON, OH. Fri. Dec. 31. 8 p.m.  First Night.  Concert. $$$ 330-762-8555.
> >>
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> >> Bert Stratton, director
> >> Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band
> >> Cleveland
> >> 216-932-3586
> >> http://www.yiddishecup.com
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> Lori Cahan-Simon
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