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From: Douglas Weiman <WEIMAN@SRI-NIC.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 88 08:41:57 PDT
Subject: KaTching up
I hate to throw a wrench into the Suspended in Gaffa debate, but as I remember my studies of British folklore, some people in the 18th and 19th centuries believed that people passed from the world of the living into the world of the dead via the path in their garden. Therefore, the way to heaven (even half-a-one) was by going "out in the garden." I think we can all agree that this is _not_ what Kate meant by this reference, but since she, herself, claimed the song is about a person encountering the Divine -- who knows? And I thought it was interesting... [ Who says Kate didn't have this partially in mind when she wrote the song? Sounds like a perfectly plausible allusion to me. -- |>oug ] As for the reliability of IED's information regarding release dates, tours, etc., I can only say that I knew him long before I knew about Love-Hounds, and he always had the right scoop. If he says she's gonna tour, I _believe_! Alleluia! "She signed the letters," Douglas Weiman WEIMAN@SRI-NIC.ARPA