> Still, if you think I'm a bit of a curmudgeon now, just wait till we get
> to part 8g!

I can't wait to see what gets truly thrashed!

> You bring up an interesting point. With the exception of Spy Game,
> I hadn't bothered to hear the rest of Harry's thriller stuff before I
> started this project. I'm only viewing these through an academic lens, in
> a sense - or, to quote The Wire, ain't no nostalgia to this shit
> here. I can absolutely imagine someone with more familiarity with these
> scores might have more affection for them, at least if they were more 'for
> you' the first go-round.

Yeah, I find myself really liking them without a good reason for it, or rather it's not that I disagree with what you (or Clemmensen) say and dislike about them! At least part of it is that while they are atmospheric, they avoid the "don't get in the way" sonic wallpaper approach for the most part (or at least those passages don't make the album, HGW isn't afraid of releasing a solid 45-minute album). Even when I disagree, I love reading your thoughts!