so far, he's still keeping it briedf

[IED0DXM%UCLAMVS.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu]

Re Steenburgen: |>oug, how do you KNOW it isn't Kate seeing MacDowell
on the sly? She managed to keep Del a secret for a long time...

>From: Sue Trowbridge  <ins_aset%JHUNIX.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu>
>Subject:   Re: IED
>It is the sheer *volume* of IED's postings that has, more than
>anything else, left me staggering away from my terminal.

You think you've got it bad, just imagine how HE feels after typing
all that crap up. Of course you're right: he doesn't have to read it.

>When I make printouts of the digests, his domination of this forum
>is even more obvious, as they run for pages and pages.

He's trying to do something about that. (To be fair, though, a large part
of his old postings consist of reprints of other L-Hs' earlier comments.)

>I am confident, however, that IED's new resolution to only answer
>some of the mail from his detraKTors will do its bit to restore
>order and civility to love-hounds.

He's not confident but hopeful. OK if he answers the nice mail, too --
like yours -- once in a while, though?

>IED may be confident that I
>greatly enjoy his tidbits of KTNews, and the interviews that he
>typed in were also fascinating.  I may only remind him that
>"less *is* more."

About IED, you're probably right; but the maxim itself is suspect. Keith
Jarrett has said in criticism of the (recent) Minimalist movement in
music: "The truth, of course, is that 'Less is less'.

> <I see> IED as the "Kate-obsessed" part of Andrew Marvick's persona.

That's exaKTly right. Thank you, Sue!

>As is evidenced by his rather immodest recitation of his academic
>credentials, Mr. Marvick does have other things on his mind.

He knew it would seem immodest, but the posting which prompted it (that
he had never taken a course in art history) was just too provocative.
A minor curse of Harvard graduates is that they cannot mention their alma
mater without seeming immodest. 9 out of 10 times, he must answer, "Oh, I
went to school back east," and hope people think of Boston College.

>From: Greg Earle <smeagol!earle@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>
>Subject: The blinkered viewpoint from the U.K.
>>>Neil Calton <nbc@vd.rl.ac.uk> writes:
>>>... this isn't saying much, since there were NO very good LPs made in 1986.
>>I could not agree more.
>I could not agree less.
>-- Greg Earle

Neil said he agreed with IED on this? Thanks, Neil, join a club of one.

That's all -- twenty slim little lines. Enjoy the dIEDt.

-- Andrew