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   Cedric Harris to All   
   Re: Reeling In The YEars (the book)   
   15 May 06 10:49:08   
   
   From: coolaidcb13@yahoo.com   
      
   Hmmm... I dunno about that. You actually think D/W would tell us the   
   truth? Nah, they ain't like that yo. Also, I think it's a bit of a   
   stretch to say that the book is 95% BS.   
      
   Cedric   
      
   On Mon, 15 May 2006 00:37:57 -0400, flynn14@webtv.net (Steve Flynn)   
   wrote:   
      
   >It's good if you like reading fiction. I laugh when people quote this   
   >book like it's some Steely Dan bible. It's a bunch of old magazine   
   >clippings patched together to make a book. Mr. Sweet never interviewed   
   >the two main people he was writing about (Becker & Fagen). Most of it is   
   >purely speculation  from the authors stand point. He writes it as though   
   >it's fact, when in reality his facts come from guess work taken from   
   >less than mediocre research. Until Donald and Walter write a book, what   
   >you're reading is 95% BS.  Take this thing with a grain of salt.   
      
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