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Wednesday, April 09, 2003   The Genius List. #007: Walter Petry This guy knows a helluva lot about the European Enlightenment and he introduced me to the rock and roll band Superchunk*. Bonus points: Modernization in the West, Fall 1992, Fairfield, Ct. After a series of decidedly unenlightened comments on a Montaigne essay, Petry called a collection of undergrads "hapless clowns" (myself included, though I was wisely mum on the Montaigne) and frantically gathered his belongings and exited the classroom with a good half hour remaining in the session. After taking a few steps down the hallway, he returned: "Damn you all. Damn you all to hell." *Superchunk guitarist and Petry student Jim Wilbur graduated from Fairfield University in 1986. During my first week of class in 1992, Petry brought in a postcard he received from Wilbur from a tour stop in Europe. I found this 1995 interview in which Wilbur cites two of his heroes: Question: Who were your "heroes" or role models if you could name just a couple? SupChunk (Jim): Walter Petry. Jackie-Earle Haley. That's about it. posted by Linus | 5:07 PM		blog-o-rama Recidivism. Leoville. Clap Clap. Antidisingenuous. Me again. film Avary. Baaab. Boo Seh Mee. Charlie. Cheshire Christley. Crazy Look-em-ups. Cri. D'Angelo. Denby/Lane. Drew. Dupont. Ebert. Elvis. Erickson. Frazer. Gallo. Greencine Daily. Harry. Heilman. Henderson. Hoberman, et al. Jerk. Kelly. Kim. LAKS. MCN. Meta. Milk Plus. The Movie Blog. NYT. Overbeck. Paddock. Panayides. Private Joker. PTA. Release (DVD). Release (Theatrical). Rent. Rosenbaum. Rotten. Sapolin. Sarris. Sicinski. Snider. Stults. Terry. They Shoot Pictures. Tobias. Twitch. Wells. Wes. Wu. telly [SCREENING LOG] Ali G. Arrested Development. Barnhart. Borat. Carnivale. Chuck Rose. CYE. Deadwood. D45. DVD. Emo Boy log. Freaks and Geeks. Gilmore girls. Ian. KITH. 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