Bob Dylan and Close Encounters of the Pynchon kind.

Joe Allonby joeallonby at gmail.com
Sun Jul 15 22:40:39 CDT 2007


Couldn't have said it better myself. By the way, I'm a pianio mover though I
can tune them.

On 7/13/07, Will Layman <WillLayman at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> David --
>
> I see a huge distinction between two people in a room talking, one on
> one, and these stories being written down and shared with a list-
> serve of thousands -- and, by extension, archived on the internet and
> made wholly public.  I wasn't sworn to secrecy.  I'm just trying to
> be considerate of the intimacy and personal tone with which the
> stories were told to me.  Sorry if it came off as sanctimonious or rude.
>
> So, you're right: it's OK for Howard to tell a few stories to people
> he meets who express and interest, but it's not OK for us to then
> trumpet those stories across the 'net.  Exactly.
>
> -- Will
>
> On Jul 13, 2007, at 9:18 AM, David Morris wrote:
>
> > So it's OK for Howard to retell anecdotes to you and Joe, but it's not
> > OK for you to pass them on?  Sworn to secrecy, were you?  If so, you
> > should both refrain from even telling others that you know something
> > about Bob & Tom that we don't, because it's just a tad bit rude.
> >
> > David Morris
> >
> > On 7/12/07, Will Layman <WillLayman at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> That said, I hope that Joe will refrain from retelling the
> >> anecdotes as I have.  I know that's Howard's intention, and Howard
> >> is about the most gracious guy you could ever meet.
>
>
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