tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post3269634243665644946..comments2024-03-24T23:57:28.687-07:00Comments on Undercover Black Man: Studs Terkel (1912-2008)Undercover Black Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704721024820668555noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-22132287058930461962008-11-03T18:18:00.000-08:002008-11-03T18:18:00.000-08:00I saw this interview when it first aired. I recal...I saw this interview when it first aired. I recall being even fascinated by Studs than I had been up to that point. Very cool dude.DeAngelo Starneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18159838580641718119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-47786944372073478272008-11-03T05:47:00.000-08:002008-11-03T05:47:00.000-08:00@UBM: haha!!@UBM: haha!!Invisible Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299734445263175345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-51492425788915060662008-11-02T20:51:00.000-08:002008-11-02T20:51:00.000-08:00The only book of his I ever bought was "Race." Eve...The only book of his I ever bought was "Race." Every few years I mumble to myself, "I really ought to buy 'Working'"... and then don't.<BR/><BR/>Oh well. To use a tired old Chicago joke... "Just because Mr. Terkel is dead doesn't mean he can't vote."Undercover Black Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08704721024820668555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-70007702296893788592008-11-02T16:09:00.000-08:002008-11-02T16:09:00.000-08:00Used to read his books in middle/high school. Now ...Used to read his books in middle/high school. Now I find out he was still alive when he dies-thought he was gone long ago!<BR/><BR/>Really sorry he didn't get to see the election as well.Invisible Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299734445263175345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-85166606181396867562008-11-01T14:47:00.000-07:002008-11-01T14:47:00.000-07:00^ Yah. Too bad he didn't live to see America elect...^ Yah. Too bad he didn't live to see America elect its first socialist president!<BR/><BR/>;^)Undercover Black Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08704721024820668555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-43029035319302297512008-11-01T14:40:00.000-07:002008-11-01T14:40:00.000-07:00Read his book "Race" -- way ahead of its time, in ...Read his book "Race" -- way ahead of its time, in ambition if not necessarily content. A great and courageous man. <BR/><BR/>His son said on the radio that he was hoping to live until the election. What a shame he didn't make it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-26715443118558812322008-11-01T14:13:00.000-07:002008-11-01T14:13:00.000-07:00He was cool. In one of the tributes to him I heard...He was cool. In one of the tributes to him I heard how he used to say America had national Alzheimers. How we forget where we've come from. I wish he'd had time to record every person who had ever been denied the right to vote so we could play it for these children running around free to vote and too damn lazy to do it.Kellybellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11186473285513898735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-16372747205054184782008-11-01T13:38:00.000-07:002008-11-01T13:38:00.000-07:00Studs was such a great talker ... he'll go down as...Studs was such a great talker ... he'll go down as one of the great listeners, but he was a great talker, as well ... that clip shows how perfectly his garrulous skills matched up with the general tendency as we get older to ramble a bit. No one this side of Prof. Irwin Corey makes so much wonder out of rambling. The smile on Amy Goodman's face says a lot ... and she's a smart enough interviewer on her own that when Studs says there's a funny story to tell, and then pauses, she says "Tell it!"Mon-sewer Paul Regrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04918972562626522624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-61275822856301008652008-11-01T12:16:00.000-07:002008-11-01T12:16:00.000-07:00(edit)I ordered "Working" a few months ago but it ...(edit)<BR/><BR/>I ordered "Working" a few months ago but it never arrived. After learning of his death, I placed another order for it this morning.<BR/><BR/>I listened to that interview on Democracy Now a while ago. I didn't know that anecdote about Mahalia Jackson.<BR/><BR/>R.I.P. Mr. Terkel.bklyn6https://www.blogger.com/profile/03878143211808703104noreply@blogger.com