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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Self-indulgent crap

From: JAMES STRAUSS <jandjstrz@verizon.net>
Date: 2012-04-12


Yuri: Do you think it's "personal, petit-bourgeoise and self-indulgent"?

Yevgraf nods and says "yes".

Yevgraf: "I lied. But he believed me, and it struck me through to see that my opinion mattered. The girl knew what it meant, what it was going to mean. They couldn't survive what was coming in the city. I urged them to leave and live obscurely somewhere in the country where they could keep themselves alive."

 
You know, since seeing that famous movie many years ago I've contemplated this question of self indulgenceny for some time, .........................all music (and art for that matter) is self indulgent.
So what.
I'll throw this one in.......
I'd rather listen to 24 hours of this,  - than 30 seconds of Kiss.
 
(hey...I rhymed!) and I'm so glad Col. Kurtz found a paying gig.............