Re: Gone but not forgotten

[Alex J. Lubet <lubet001...>]

Believe me, I'm aware of the problems.  It's still useful, if you take it with a
shaker full of kosher salt.



Sylvie Braitman wrote:

> "Great Jews in Music" is indeed old! It lists Ravel as Jewish, that's not
> accurate. It also has this tone "How great our people is..." that gets on my
> nerve. Not that I do not think my people is great...It's just outdated, and,
> unnecessary to practice self congratulation in this manner.
> The Jewish Encyclopedia, will tell more, and better...
>
> Sylvie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex J. Lubet" <lubet001 (at) umn(dot)edu>
> To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 7:17 AM
> Subject: Re: Gone but not forgotten
>
> > First of all, I recommend that you get the book Jews Who Rock and also
> Great
> > Jews in Music, although the latter is older, more general, and, IMHO, a
> bit
> > biased against rock.  Second, keep watching the Web for 100 Plausible
> Jewish
> > Rock Stars, and Internet game devised by myself and my brother Steven.
> It's a
> > list of 100 names of rock stars, some Jewish, some not, from whom the
> reader is
> > to guess who's who.  We're in the planning stages for future games in this
> > series for sports stars, Nobel Prize winners, barbecue chefs (just
> kidding!),
> > etc.
> >
> > I am very interested in the subject.  I've written a lengthy article about
> Wolf
> > Krakowsky and teach the first semester of the year-long history of rock
> > sequence in which I'm well aware of the Jewish contribution.  I also wrote
> a
> > performance piece about 10 years ago entitled Between a Rock of Ages and
> Hard
> > Rock Cafe, about the Jewish guitar hero Jimi Shmendrix.  Despite the
> obvious
> > mass appeal of the subject matter, only fragments have ever been performed
> and
> > never with high production values.  Go figure!
> >
> >
> >
> > Steven Beeber wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I'm afraid I have to sign off of the list for a while. Very hectic
> schedule
> > > ahead.
> > >
> > > I hope to be back on soon. In the meantime, if anyone has any
> > > thoughts/updates/info. on Jewish rock stars (particularly of the late
> 70s
> > > punk period) I am still interested. Even if I already have the info., it
> > > would still be nice to hear from others who are interested in this
> topic.
> > >
> > > Thanks again. Look forward to signing on again soon.
> > >
> > > Steven Beeber
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Alex Lubet, Ph. D.
> > Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music
> > Adjunct Professor of American and Jewish Studies
> > University of Minnesota
> > 2106 4th St. S
> > Minneapolis, MN 55455
> > 612 624-7840 612 624-8001 (fax)
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

--
Alex Lubet, Ph. D.
Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music
Adjunct Professor of American and Jewish Studies
University of Minnesota
2106 4th St. S
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612 624-7840 612 624-8001 (fax)


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