Not a matter of topping...and I assume we're to take your
"authority" as more legit?
I suggest that the urban component of noir is overstressed;
as has been noted, there's no dearth of small towns and
backwaters in "our" literature. But, then, blues isn't
inherently rural, either...it started being a cosmopolitan
concern not too distantly from the period that hb and
self-conscious noir began appearing on rough-paper pages.
TM
-----Original Message----- From: dave [mailto:
birdlives@earthlink.net]
Jesus, Todd... I forgot you're around. I don't have the
energy to go toe to toe with your "authority."
Nevertheless, I would submit that Robert Johnson's delta
blues is essentially rural, whereas Noir is urban... as is
bebop.
Top that!
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