NY Times Sunday Book Review

[deedle at loop.com]

I believe it was Mae West who said:  "Too much of a good thing is wonderful."

-- deedle

>>On Mon, 12 May 1997, Ken Jones wrote:
>>
>>> "Pynchon I like, but he is sort of an endless virtuoso. It's like listening
>>> to 20 hours  of Paganini. One would be plenty."
>>
>>       This reminds me of a friend's comment on the band U2 after
>>Joshua Tree came out.   He said he didn't like them because they
>>were "Too Good."
>>
>>       veg
>
>If anything like "too good" was meant, I think Bellow would have chosen
>Beethoven or Mozart over Paganini.  If you want to play rock analogies, it
>would be more like listening to 20 hours of Eddie Van Halen.

P.S.  or 20 hours of Yngvie Malmsteen!  Ouch!!