Re: GG Glenn Gould and Marshall McLuhan

["Lawrence T. McDonnell" <trixie@ksts.seed.net.tw>]

You are thinking of Robert Fulford, also a noted Canadian, who edited the
progressive magazine _Saturday Night_, and commented on his friendships with
Gould, McLuhan, and the other great male Torontonian (no, no, not Dave Keon!),
Northrop Frye.  Apparently nobody gave a hoot about Margaret Atwood (a former
Frye student)!

Best,

Larry
Daniel Vaiser wrote:

> I think somewhere in the voluminous Gould literature, it was written that
> they were next door neighbors.
>
> Daniel Vaiser
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anne Smith" <smithqa@NEXICOM.NET>
> To: <F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:39 PM
> Subject: GG Glenn Gould and Marshall McLuhan
>
> > From: Sven-S.
> >
> > > I've read the Name McLuhan a couple of times on f-minor already - but
> > > I've got no idea what he's writing about. Is it worth reading?
> >
> > It is if you are interested in  communications theory and the media.
> Glenn
> > Gould and Marshall McLuhan shared many visionary ideas about technology.
> > "The Art of Glenn Gould" edited by John Roberts contains "A reconstructed
> > encounter between Gould and Marshall McLuhan ..." from pages 232 to 253.
> A
> > quote from GG ..  "I have now interviewed McLuhan twice - for High
> Fidelity
> > and the CBC - and have between times got to know  him rather well.  He
> > remains for me a subject both fascinating and frustrating, and his
> > writings - an extraordinary mixture of wackiness with brilliant
> > perceptions."  How often have we said something similar about GG?  McLuhan
> > was the one who coined the phrase "The medium is the message."
> > On page 50C of "Glenn Gould -Music & Mind" by Geoffrey Payzant, there is a
> > group photo.  GG and McLuhan are together on the far right.
> >
> > Anne