From: meldon_fens@meldon.com   
      
   I feel bad for Holly Cole.   
      
   Dianna Krawl receives so much attention and I'm not sure why but can you   
   imagine being Holly Cole. Pounding the bars for years and arguably a   
   contemporary forerunner of Canadian Jazz, she probably agonizes over every   
   pound of weight she carries, every note she emits and no doubt her stage   
   image.   
      
   So here comes this upstart, makes a few CD's, scores some big name national   
   commercials and gets married to Elvis Costello. Meanwhile Holly gets to do a   
   few TV spots on relatively obscure Canadian Specials and keeps plugging   
   away.   
      
   I can only say that it is about the music and not the priorities of the   
   executives in charge since they are not necessarily the same. With due   
   respect to Dianna, her music seems dull and listless. Sorry. It's the only   
   way I can describe it. By comparison, Holly has at least vocal stylings. Her   
   voice is bright and brings life to the songs she sings. I fear that the   
   apparent subordinate status she is given by the industry will compel her to   
   deviate from the core of her talent.   
      
   This seems to parallel in some ways, the history of Kim Mitchell. I remember   
   the Max Webster days. Those wicked guitar leads and the quirky tunes. It was   
   not until a seemingly conscious effort was made to dilute the music that he   
   began to receive some commercial success.   
      
   Don't do it Holly. We love you exactly the way you are and we don't give a   
   damn if you put on a few pounds from time to time or we don't see you doing   
   Chrysler commercials. Its about the music.   
      
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