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Dario Charnay
never hear from again. We have had the ongoing
support of many of our advertisers from the begining,
and had folks pull their ads never to return. Some
advertisers pay for a whole year at a time in the winter
when we really need the support, some advertisers just
ignore our bills and we stop sending them. In
anticipation of this day. we have taken only one yearly
payment this year, and if we fail to continue we will do
our best to refund their money, because it was never
about the money.
If the Edge does not continue I must say how proud
I am of everyone who has been involved over the
years; together we created a truly unique thing in this
world. In our small way we have carried on the
traditions of a free press, we have informed and
entertained our community and encouraged them to
let their voices be heard, their art be seen, and their
ideas be shared. This is a good thing.
A while back, we received a letter that chided us
about becoming a ‘literary rag’ with no guts for the
good fight; we giggled, and did confess to having a
love of words and books, as is obvious to our constant
readers, and so with no apologies, we would like to
recommend some reading.
Chinook Eyes
Rick Rubin was in town recently, reading from his
book “Naked Against the Rain”, The People of the
Lower Columbia River, 1*770 -1830, Far Snore Press,
$29.95, and worth it.
Don Berry, the author of Trask, Moontrap, and A
Majority o f Scoundrels wrote; “Rick, There are a Tot
of things a writer can try to do with a book. He can
try to make it funny. He can try to make it profound.
He can try to make it entertaining, or even successful.
But a writer cannot try to write a book that endures. A
book that endures is and extraordinary event that lies
well beyond our voluntary intentions and skills.
Naked Against the Rain will endure.”
Your beloved editor agrees. I have read many
books about Native Americans, and by Native
Americans, but Rick’s book about the Chinook is one
o f maybe five books that made me see through
different eyes. Throughout the book, which is the
tragic story o f an intelligent, talented and unique
group of human beings' eventual destruction, Rubin
turns your eyes into Chinook eyes, he almost always
uses the terms ‘bahsten’ or ’clothmen’ when referring
to the Americans, and Europeans, so you start to think
of them as ‘them’ and the Chinook as ‘us’. He
skillfully introduces you to Chinook Jargon, the
language they created as the Merchant Princes o f the
Columbia to facilitate the trading empire they
dominated. He brings alive the myths and history of
these unusual, and, he suggests, anarchist people. (In
Oregon? I’m shocked!) He suggest that the Chinook
were not really a ‘tribe’ as we define the term, but
families with more in common with the Medicis than
the Hopis. They kept and traded slaves, gambled
constantly, were vain and fastidious in some things,
apathetic and slothful in others. They were
misogynists, but women often guided their fantastic
war canoes into battles. The research done is
excellent, the illustrations profound, and the writing,
oh, the writing, wit and irony, the subtle poetry of
history flow across the pages as he tells the tragic
story.
This is not an unbiased criticism of Mr. Rubin’s
work. Your beloved Rev. has been aware of this old
owl for quit a while, and enjoys his company. He was
‘my ride* into Portland the day after his reading. We
talked about the book, and the business; when we got
to his house, where he has lived almost since the
Chinook left, there was a pile of books in his living
room. A familiar site in an author’s home. I bought
some for Jupiter’s, and I’m sure they are available at a
bookstore near you, but if you w-ant one from the
source, give Rick a call, or send him a letter with a
check (for $29.95) enclosed, & tell him the Rev.
Coyote sent ya.
Rick Rubin
2147 NW Irving
Portland OR 97210
(503 227-4207.
Be Careful what you Ask For! Uncle Mike.
Okay, so you didn’t act fast enough to get your
limited first edition of Letters to Uncle Mike, and
other people read them out loud to you when you are
acting like “you were raised by weasels", or you were
trying to explain to this bartender about the quantum
physics of death, and you couldn’t quite remember
what he said. Fear not. Tools will soon be available.
Yes, Letters to Uncle Mike will soon be back in print,
but equally importantly, an all new tome is ready for
the press. More Letters? Son of Letters? my favorite
is “Nephew o f Letters to Uncle Mike” but whatever
the title may become, watch this space, collect the
whole set, and stand by for the “Greetings From the
Real Oregon Coast”, a soon-to-be-available line of
greeting cards, with more disturbing illustrations by
Steve McLeod, and appropriate salutations by Uncle
Mike; no, we are not kidding. Are we having fun yet?
Saddle Mountain Press rides again!
For those few new readers, Uncle Mike is not like
Ann Landers or her not so twin sister. Dear Abby,
unless you are referring to the John Prine song, and
then you are getting closer. Uncle Mike is the friend
every one really needs; you know, the one who tells
you when you are acting like an idiot. But, as his fans
will tell you, he always shows compassion for the
participants in the dance we call life; he does suggest
however, that one listen to the melody and try to keep
time, and not frighten the other dancers. His columns
are the first thing most readers of the Upper Left
Edge, Hipfish and several other rags turn to when they
pick up the paper. There is a reason for that.
He is the best writer I have ever gotten drunk with.
Yes, he is my friend, yes, I do suggest you buy a
copy of anything he writes; no, I don’t suggest
playing poker with him,
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Many of those who co-inhabit this little blue ball
with us here on the upper left edge may not have
heard o f Dario Charnay, but he is very familiar to
KMUN listeners and has been for years. Recently
Dario’s shows have been done by Dave. . . Ambrose.
Dario travels a lot. Dario is a kinda unusual for a disc
jockey in that you never actually hear Dario Charnay
on the radio. But his show has been a staple on
KMUN for years. Well, w-e hate to do it but a free
press demands that we tell our readers the truth. Dario
Charnay is a myth. He is like the rest of the mythical
figures, our heroes, our ideals, he’s not dependable, he
never shows up to do his show, other people have to
fill in for him, they have to try to do what he would
do, if he weren’t gallivanting around the planet,
having fun. He is not a good ‘role model’ like a lot
of our ‘heroes’. Those o f us who listen when we can
to the Dario Charnay show, are pleased to note that the
folks filling in for our hero are doing just fine, they
produce shows that make us think and wonder. They
do things we’ve never heard done on radio, things we
didn’t think they could do, they are living up to his
name, and its anagram.
Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the
things in the world that just don’t add up. James Magary
It’s cornin’ in over the rock!
Our beloved Professor Lindsey shared pieces of his
new work with the village recently. It was a packed
house last Tuesday in the City Council Chamber; they
were turning them away. The Chamber hasn’t been
this full since the heady days of Off Shore Oil
Drilling, and later the Cavenham Timber Company’s
departure, or even the Community Policing efforts.
Yep, Pete packed 'em in, and did good. I would
like to share a personal thought about Peter Lindsey.
I first remember meeting him shortly after I moved
back to the village, and learned that he was among
other things a gentle soul, a ready wit, a Vietnam vet,
and a former High School English teacher. His way
with the language delighted me and I begged him to
join my humble efforts at the upper left edge. He
resisted. I persisted, as is my way. When Peter’s
mentor, the truly holy Don Thompson passed, I asked
that he turn his tears into ink and write Don’s obit. It
was perhaps a cruel thing to do, and was certainly self
serving, for I knew that he couldn’t not do it, and that
the village needed to know more about Don and Vi
and what they had done here. He owed nothing to me
or the Edge, but he owed much to Don and Vi. Well,
as our constant readers know, he hasn’t stop writing
since. And he finally started writing for himself. His
reading Tuesday night far exceeded what I had ever
hoped for. His command o f the language and his
voice stirred the intellect and the emotions of the
audience, who were mostly standing. He took the
village back to its roots and challenged it to consider
its future. The laughter echoed and a few tears
swelled. All in all it was well done. It should be noted
that a half dozen last minute arrivals consisted of the
Thanatopis Literary and Inside Straight Association
who had, in an unprecedented move, adjourned their
weekly poker game to stand silently in the back of the
room and listen, rarely giggling at the wrong places.
O f course as soon as he had finished speaking and had
been given the obligatory pats on the back, they
immediately disappeared back to the secret hideout to
finish their intellectual endeavors.
Winston Churchill once said, “History will be kind
to me; I know, because I intend to write it.” That is
usually the way; those in charge, the winners, write the
‘history’. It is the rest of us that ‘live’ the history
they write about. Peter Lindsey has written our history
o f this small village on the Oregon Coast. His stories
rarely begin, ‘August 18th 1963’, but rather, ‘one
summer night in the early sixties”. . . most of his
history never made the papers, and even if it did, they
didn’t tell the real story, about the human beings
living it. And they certainly never wrote it with the
style, compassion, humor and understanding that Peter
has. Peter has written an anecdotal history of Cannon
Beach, and it is, as I write, in manuscript form. Folks
are already yelling for the book. Will there be one?
Yes. When? When he’s done. But, that could take
years!!! Yep, but we’re working on it. Stay tuned.
- A sm all paper for a sm all planet."_______
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