(TV) Some Context: RE: Joe Thornton / Julia

["Leo Casey" <LeoCasey@comcast.net>]

>Gee, thanks, Leo. That prompts me (along with the 
>prompting of what I'm drinking) to sing "That's 
>Not Me" (Pet Sounds). Always liked that song, not 
>to mention everything else on the album.

This explanation probably isn't necessary, but 
I figured--- better to be safe than sorry; so 
some important context.

It occurred to me today that some people could 
have interpreted my Boston Bruin-Joe Thornton post 
as an attempt to make fun of Marquee Moon Lister, Joe 
Thornton, (or some of his posts to the List).

There *really* is an ex-Bruin named Joe Thornton--some 
might describe him as a young super-star.  Given Greg 
Grant's hockey questions, I just couldn't resist making 
use of the fact that one MM Lister had the exact same 
name a a hockey legend.

But I never intended my e-mail/locker room tale to be  
some kind of mockery of Joe's past 
comments/theories/interpretations to the List. 

Nothing could be farther from the truth---I've always 
looked forward to Joe's e-mails---their insights and 
their passion (to say nothing of their attached T.V. 
interviews).  We've even corresponded off-List a 
bunch of times.

Mixing in a few real details to a large amount of made-up 
stuff, increases the likelihood that a reader will think 
a far-fetched story is true. This has often been  my 
modus operandi in posts--but sometimes it can get me into 
a little trouble.

So, my intension was never to mock Joe.

	Leo

PS: However-----that the Beach Boy crap you listen to 
is beyond the Pale!

(Just kidding. The first 'rock' concert I ever went to 
was a Beach Boys concert at Boston's old Music Hall---I 
even had the Pet Sounds album on my lap during the show.)

PPS:  I too find the lyrics to "Cry Mercy, Judge" pretty 
weak.  
>All the best, Julia (whoever she is)
 
There's a T.V. interview that I just searched for but 
can't find, in which the interviewer asks him if the women 
in his lyrics are real people.  He answered that sometimes 
they are,  but more often they are a composite of different 
people---with the exception of the album, Dreamtime, in which 
they all are real and individual people.
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