I've got the book. Got way too many books.
I frequently watch "The Sports Reporters" on ESPN on Sunday mornings, where
Albom regularly appears. He can be an obnoxious and aggravating so-and-so
sometimes.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> A few years ago Mitch Albom (author of _Tuesdays With Morrie_)
> interviewed Lightfoot for his local (Detroit) radio program.
>
> Prior to Lightfoot phoning in, Albom, who is an amateur musician,
> expressed admiration for Lightfoot's work, especially "The Wreck of
> the Edmund Fitzgerald". They initially discussed that song and
> Lightfoot's work in general. Then Albom did the "I gotta ask you . .
> ." question and quoted lyrics from "Sundown" -- "When I find you been
> creepin' 'round my back stair" and asked Lightfoot what he meant.
>
> It turned into a classic stand-off between a literalist and a poet.
> Lightfoot made a small attempt to explain, but Albom, with his life
> entrenched in journalism, apparently could not comprehend Lightfoot's
> imagery. It almost got ugly and I think Lightfoot came close to
> hanging up on Albom but settled for cutting the interview short.
>
> I suspect some of the flame wars and dust-ups that occur in Web forums
> are between people who simply see the world from radically different
> perspectives and forget that another POV can be as valid as their own.
>
> Of course I have no personal experience with that. ;o)
>
> ScottGee1
>
> On 1/18/07, Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I think the Edmund Fitzgerald sunk -- or should I say "sank" -- in the
> > Great
> Lakes many years ago. At least, that's how Gordon Lightfoot sang it. Plus, I
> saw
> an hour-long show on the History Channel about it just a couple of weeks ago.
> Bottom line: don't sail out in really bad weather.
> >
> > Damn shame some of Lightfoot's original tapes got destroyed by accident.
> > I've
> always kinda liked him.
> >
> > Walt
>
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