On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, James Stephenson wrote: : Nick Tosches has written a number of wonderful (and perverse) books : on popular music. Among those books are the recently reprinted : _Country : the twisted roots of rock 'n' roll_, _Dino : living high : in the dirty business of dreams_ (great biography about Dean Martin) : ... I'm a big Sinatra fan, and I like Dino too. I read this book, and after a while I realized who the style was reminding me of, at least in the bits where he steps into Dino's shoes: James Ellroy. CRAAAAZY. Bill -- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : buff@vex.net : Caveat lector. http://www.vex.net/~buff/ <-- Anything on io.org is toast. - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca