Catching up...

[Dave Monroe]

Other way 'round.  Chandler may be mannered (though I
will admit, I've only read The Big Sleep, and know the
films better than the novel), but Hammett's more of a
stylist.  Meanwhile, my favorite Stones records (and
the only ones I've bothered with on vinyl since I
reconverted; meanwhile, you can't get much more
mannnered than middle-class Mick) are Some Girls,
"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the
Shadow?,"  "Dandelion" and "2000 Light Years from
Home" ...

--- Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Personally I've always been puzzled why so many
> people seem to regard Hammett as superior. I assume
> it's the same instinct that leads some to 
> believe that the Beatles were overrated and teh
> Stones were far superior, grittier, and somehow
> more 'authentic' or 'street'.

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