Over the past several years I have become interested in things that have been in the periphery of my life for a while. At first my chosen obsessions were limited to the typical things a teen or pre-teen (geek of my age) would be interested in: the Beatles, Star Wars, Marvel Comics. The whole "interest in girls" thing which followed threw everything off kilter, and out of perspective, for a while.
Some of my more recent obsessions: Steely Dan and the "lost" Gaucho album, and cartoonists Chas. Addams and Charles Schultz. You may know Addams from the Addams Family or his brilliant New Yorker cartoons. A complicated man with some very interesting and sad relationships. What got me into Schultz is that a cursory reading of stories and interviews with him led me further into a person of great depth. You might not be aware of this if you are casually associated with his strip Peanuts (a title he despised), but rediscovering the strip as an adult makes me appreciate it even more (maybe not so much the later years).
Below is a piece he wrote in You Don't Look 35, Charlie Brown! It's kind of unexpected from someone who wrote comics. And not likely something you'd hear from someone as well known.
There must be different kinds of loneliness, or at least different degrees of loneliness.... The most terrifying loneliness is not experienced by everyone and can be understood only by a few. I compare the panic in this kind of loneliness to the dog we see running frantically down the road pursuing the family car. He is not really being left behind, for the family knows it is to return, but for that moment in his limited understanding, he is being left alone forever, and he has to run and run to survive. It is no wonder that we make terrible choices in our lives to avoid loneliness.
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Wow, what a quote. I love Charles Schulz's work. He's one of I think 2 people that I didn't know personally that I shed a tear for when they died. I hate it when people say they don't like Peanuts "because it isn't funny".
jc-when jos posted this I told him, wow people are going to think you're lonely. it is a bit revealing of the man behind peanuts. I have always loved schultz. we had a couple of paperbacks and an archie book as a kid. my only comics, and jos had everything.
I know I cried when george h died.
Have you seen any of Edward Gorey's stuff? He's definitely a bit...out there, but whenever anyone mentions a favorite illustrator or cartoonist, he always pops into my head.
I've been reading your posts from my cellphone, usually while we're in the car - but I can't comment because it's blogger. I loved this post in particular, because I always loved Charles Schulz. Out of all the Christmas specials (next to Shrek) Faith has asked that we permanently keep the Charlie Brown one. I've read articles, but not the book... but that quote about dogs - I didn't need to read that on a day I was already depressed.
I've never read about the "lost" Gaucho album, and I LOVE Steely Dan!! Their music is chock full o' memories.
anji-oh, yeah, i went through a big gorey period in high school. i'm sure i'll end up having to spending an afternoon or week finding out all i can about him now. thank a lot!
holli-sorry for the downer post. i do that sometimes, but as i told the mrs., this is more a case of understanding, and empathizing with other people (for me anyway). i guess that doesn't really make it
any better, but that's all i got.
the story behind 'lost gaucho' is actually better than the recording: label dispute, 'accidentally' erased tracks, becker's being hit by a car... let me know if you're interested in a copy of the files.
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