No. Not at all.
And I keep waiting for the spirit of Kenneth Fearing to rise
up and smite all involved with NO WAY OUT (the more recent
one).
And the Hammett survey allows me to note that while nobody
seems to admire Hammett for drinking himself into
nonactivity, nor the accounts of beating Lillian Hellman
which were circulated, entirely too many folk seem to think
that his similar hb behavior is what's really cool about
Miles. Rather as if what was most interesting about William
Burroughs was his accidentally murdering his wife.
TM (Genius, however great or slight, doesn't excuse
everything, particularly not sycophancy in those who haven't
taken a close look at the career of the icon in context of
the icon's contemporaries, including the dozens who achieved
similar or greater things.
And the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra albums of the 1960s and
onward were way the hell better than anything recorded by
Davis's groups after IN A SILENT WAY. Try THE NEW CONTINENT
or RHYTHMSTICK.)
-----Original Message----- From:
BaxDeal@aol.com [mailto:
BaxDeal@aol.com]
In a message dated 1/25/02 5:55:47 PM,
birdlives@earthlink.net writes:
<< Hell. At least it was better than "Against All
Odds." >>
That ain't hard, David.
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