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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 90 16:31:28 PST
To: ames!rec-music-gaffa Path: lll-winken!das!ed From: ed@das.llnl.gov (Edward Suranyi) Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa Subject: Twisted syllogisms (was Re: twisted sound bites from Shakespeare) Message-ID: <51227@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> Date: 7 Mar 90 00:31:26 GMT References: <1209168@mac.Dartmouth.EDU> Sender: usenet@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV Reply-To: ed@das.UUCP (Edward Suranyi) Organization: Dept. of Applied Science, UC Davis at LLNL Lines: 21 In article <1209168@mac.Dartmouth.EDU> Julian.West@MAC.DARTMOUTH.EDU writes: >Ed wrote: > >> When _HoL_ came out, _Rolling Stone_ wasn't giving stars in its >> reviews. So it's hard to tell what they really thought. > >You're kidding, right? You come from the school of ironic >false syllogisms, right? > >Julian No. I don't have this review any more, but I remember that when I read it I *couldn't* tell what they really thought. It was really very hazily written. If they had used stars, I could at least have learned if the reviewer thought it was good or bad. From his words I could only tell that he neither loved nor loathed it. Ed ed@das.llnl.gov