[Jandek] Re: jandek Digest, new thread

Amy Frushour Kelly akelly1971 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 10 15:10:46 PST 2007


Depends when during the secular calendar year the album came out. The
earlier part of the year was 5738. It didn't turn 5739 till after Rosh
Hashanah.

Amy


On 12/10/07, Michael Mellor <miquelotjr at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hey there,
>
> Any Jewish Jandek fans out there? Unless I'm very much mistaken (as a goy
> this is quite possible), 1978 was the year 5739. Ready for the House is, of
> course, CORWOOD 0739.
>
> Can anyone corroborate this? It did once cross my mind that 0739
> might refer to the start of WWII, but the invasion of Poland would be 0939,
> so maybe not.
>
> I doubt Jandek is Jewish - although his spiritual progression reminds me
> of Leonard Cohen inasmuch as he's had an Old Testament Christian phase, an
> NT phase, and a Buddhist phase) - but I wouldn't put it past him to be a bit
> of a Kabbalist (NOT in the Madonna sense)
>
> Michael
>
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