tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post5514235562768783041..comments2024-03-19T08:23:24.309-07:00Comments on Tom Cochrun /Light Breezes: OF PLAYBOY AND DAUGHTERS AND A WEIRD NFL PLAYTom Cochrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-56828367032778893422018-01-13T18:12:13.761-08:002018-01-13T18:12:13.761-08:00Wow, absolutely fantastic blog. I am very glad to ...Wow, absolutely fantastic blog. I am very glad to have such useful information.<br /><br /><a href="https://crimeonlinefree.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">หนังอาชญากรรม</a>vaiyborahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095754542895387700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-79389712668179885232017-09-29T15:40:23.621-07:002017-09-29T15:40:23.621-07:00Thank you for your visit.Thank you for your visit.Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-32931794048176198202017-09-29T15:38:00.480-07:002017-09-29T15:38:00.480-07:00Your son's story is a case in point as to how ...Your son's story is a case in point as to how the magazine had positive impact in publishing. Lana appreciates your thoughts re: Gravity. ThanksTom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-89444470976227870952017-09-29T15:36:23.975-07:002017-09-29T15:36:23.975-07:00Again this is a case of there being more than supe...Again this is a case of there being more than superficial "knowledge."Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-32706979687587294572017-09-28T23:17:25.573-07:002017-09-28T23:17:25.573-07:00p.s., Lana's excellent "gravity sculpture...p.s., Lana's excellent "gravity sculpture" has got me looking at how that fundamental force has been sending my epidermis down to all sorts of irrelevant places. Terrific and good-humored work!Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-70925517847871827692017-09-28T23:11:13.070-07:002017-09-28T23:11:13.070-07:00A personal interest: In the mid '80s, Hefner g...A personal interest: In the mid '80s, Hefner gave my eldest son a chance to write reviews of video games and household/business computer programs. Son is senior editor at another publishing company now, but still turns out freelance work on occasion. He wasn't the only one --Hefner gave a lot of writers the chances they deserved. Of course, like all other guys,I only bought the magazine for its articles, but for this family and many other folks I appreciate what he did.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-44512068885532072272017-09-28T20:46:56.260-07:002017-09-28T20:46:56.260-07:00Harry, you are correct. There was a lot of serious...Harry, you are correct. There was a lot of serious intellectual substance to the magazine. It broke ground in several ways.Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-25963852870862456642017-09-28T20:45:26.602-07:002017-09-28T20:45:26.602-07:00It is important to support the rights, indeed. It ...It is important to support the rights, indeed. It is also important to respond to the goofy tweets and their author.Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-15130753934220257852017-09-28T20:43:46.420-07:002017-09-28T20:43:46.420-07:00I agree. I think it is a respectful form protest a...I agree. I think it is a respectful form protest and something consistent with our rights. Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-38531612738377033392017-09-28T19:25:11.069-07:002017-09-28T19:25:11.069-07:00In college (in the early 90s), I read a lot of stu...In college (in the early 90s), I read a lot of stuff by 60s Zen-popularizer Alan Watts, and he had at least a couple books made up of material originally published in "Playboy." I was surprised by this because I'd always considered "I read it for the articles" to be a joke.<br /><br />I soon learnedthat the wonderful conspiracy theorist Robert Anton Wilson had worked at "Playboy" in the 60s (and met Watts through that connection) and Robert Christgau was a record reviewer for the magazine later on. <br /><br />It really changed my opinion of the whole institution at a time when I think most thought of it as being mostly an overly airbrushed anachronism. Harry Hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13176265571549991218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-51707464683169240822017-09-28T19:01:52.949-07:002017-09-28T19:01:52.949-07:00"Playboy" was fun, and only in America i..."Playboy" was fun, and only in America is there any question about the appropriateness of showing the human body. (Well, maybe in some equally up-tight and isolated place.) Elsewhere, big deal.<br />Hidden motives aside, it's good that the NFL is supporting players. Though I doubt if it will continue in our corporatist world. Anyway, if money is speech (a la Supremo Court), then kneeling certainly should be.STEVE FIGLERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915119676694280929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-60619747283935721032017-09-28T18:32:01.436-07:002017-09-28T18:32:01.436-07:00I'd like to know exactly who decided that knee...I'd like to know exactly who decided that kneeling during our National Anthem was disrespectful. It's too bad that a peaceful protest to draw attention to police brutality against black people has been stolen and converted into a protest in support of free speech, which of course I cherish.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-76523099239635588182017-09-28T16:41:29.533-07:002017-09-28T16:41:29.533-07:00I this editing of the magazine, especially through...I this editing of the magazine, especially through the 60's and early 70's was his best effort and legacy. But those TV show parties did look like fun! I mean, Lenny Bruce and some of Jazz's best. Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-54419709502358650902017-09-28T16:40:35.982-07:002017-09-28T16:40:35.982-07:00and he gave a writer by the name of James Baldwin ...and he gave a writer by the name of James Baldwin his start. Jagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15854309313920685901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-78645544374597256242017-09-28T15:32:19.231-07:002017-09-28T15:32:19.231-07:00And by the way the Playboy Male was wholly a falsi...And by the way the Playboy Male was wholly a falsity created by Hefner (one f only, Thomas), who hated what it been foisted on him, if a lengthy piece about him in Rolling Stone is to be believed.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-33506930598466693442017-09-28T15:29:51.797-07:002017-09-28T15:29:51.797-07:00And who better at changing the subject than the Tw...And who better at changing the subject than the Twit in Chief.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.com