Sunday, January 22, 2012

PERDURABLE

perdurable: extremely durable; continuing long; lasting


Example: “Birdland” begins with a mesmerizing and heartbreaking monologue, inspired by Peter Reich’s Book of Dreams, of a young boy at his father’s funeral, awaiting his—Wilhelm Reich’s—return for him in a UFO. “Land” is Chris Kenner’s perdurable “Land of 1000 Dances” bracketed by the story of Johnny—essentially William Burroughs’s Johnny in The Wild Boys: sex object and all-American Kilroy—and his delirious visions of horses turning into waves turning into horses. [Reference: The Mother Courage of Rock, FEBRUARY 9, 2012, Luc Sante]