tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post114435129672401496..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1144832853999580962006-04-12T04:07:00.000-05:002006-04-12T04:07:00.000-05:00Why should librarians be next? Do we have some sor...Why should librarians be next? Do we have some sort of stereotype attached to us that makes us the ideal symbol for the class of person least likely to have/want/need street cred?<BR/><BR/>Tread lightly, if you want us to keep buying your books.Dan Coffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363515132592459957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1144362263829293642006-04-06T17:24:00.000-05:002006-04-06T17:24:00.000-05:00Yes, but my point was that usually this is not use...Yes, but my point was that usually this is not used literally, as Jerrold's case.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1144360308541049832006-04-06T16:51:00.000-05:002006-04-06T16:51:00.000-05:00street cred in a poet is having once lived on the ...street cred in a poet is having once lived on the streets.<BR/><BR/>not as hard to acquire, as you might think.<BR/><BR/>m.michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975839075714035618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1144360054348007342006-04-06T16:47:00.000-05:002006-04-06T16:47:00.000-05:00Let me explain...I wasn't saying that just to say....Let me explain...I wasn't saying that just to say...'well, fooey on you, <I>I</I> gots street cred'. Just saying there is at least one of us out here who played the game, & who happens now to live in this wacky world of experimental poetry with all its love & graciousness (& if, by chance, this 'gangsta' stuff works its way into my work...which it <I>is</I> doing...there's no irony involved at all).<BR/><BR/>But, yes, the marketing of that image in rap (not hip-hop...there is a difference...that 'gangsta' thing being the primary one), is terrible.jerroldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08624569304154238199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1144357133255092982006-04-06T15:58:00.000-05:002006-04-06T15:58:00.000-05:00All I ever wanted was to have some credibility on ...All I ever wanted was to have some credibility on the boulevard.<BR/><BR/>OK, "all" is an overstatement.<BR/><BR/>There goes my credibility.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07000424514491809383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1144354162085348192006-04-06T15:09:00.000-05:002006-04-06T15:09:00.000-05:00"No poet I personally know has any "street cred" t..."No poet I personally know has any "street cred" to speak of, and that's a good thing."<BR/><BR/>Well...not that I know you personally, but I actually did the whole 'gangsta' thing in a former life. After doing grafitti for a while, was jumped into a Crip set...then decided, more or less, that I needed to get out...or die.<BR/><BR/>Shrug.jerroldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08624569304154238199noreply@blogger.com