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variousing, we sang....... Dear Anthony, Many thanks for your very positive email about Haunted Weather. It's very gratifying to be praised of course, but more substantial when the reasons are articulated. It means a lot to me. Best wishes,David /////////On 15 Sep 2005, at 19:58, Dr Anthony Donovan wrote:> The following message was send by Dr Anthony Donovan:>> Dear David, Currently reading your Haunted Weather. Is the most > lucid, vivid, and well-written account of its subject I\'ve seen. Not > only do you know what you are talking about - and that is rare enough > in music journalism - but you expound well, with measured drama, and > respect for your subject. Your argument is clear; but you do not > stress this over much, and tend toward academia. A good balance is > achieved. I like the travelogue aspect, too. Put me in mind of Patrick > Keiller, Iain Sinclair et al, but without going too far down the > meditative line. Using that technique, you move through the music and > its locations - actual, imaginal, aural, evoked - and give a dynamic > which is as intrinsic to the book\'s course as the running at the > heart of Sillitoe\'s Long-Distance Runner. Sorry to be so literary! > But, for once it is nice to come across a piece of music commentary > that falls squarely within that field. Thanks for giving us all that. > Regards, Anthony.