New Bio of Monk

[Keith]

I ordered that as soon I saw the NYT review. The film Straight No  
Chaser is also well worth watching, Clint Eastwood notwithstanding.

On Oct 17, 2009, at 8:29 AM, rich wrote:

this sounds a bit like Pynchon

Possibly most important of all the perceptions to combat, Mr. Kelley
said, “was that Monk was an ‘artiste,’ a reclusive personality.”

“He wanted to get a hit,” Mr. Kelley continued. “He wanted to make
money. It wasn’t about fame; it was about a working musician who
believes that you could take a pure piece of music and get people to
buy it.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/17/books/17monk.html?ref=arts