RE: Edison

[Mitch Stone <mstone@vc.net>]

--- From a message sent by P.A. Petricone on 1/2/99 1:05 AM ---

>Just a few days ago I was listening to a review of a new Edison bio where 
>the author remarked that, in his later years of producing recorded music, 
>he prided himself in reviewing every artist before *publishing* their 
>works. His hearing was failing steadily and right up to the end, he was 
>known to put his head entirely into the phonograph megaphone to assess the 
>quality. Beyond that, it was rumored that he sunk his teeth into the frame 
>of his audition piano to get a sense of the artist. The author claimed to 
>have seen the teethmarks!
>
>That similar tenacity is alarming, no doubt. Check out Cspan Booknotes.

Tenacity is inherently alarming? How so?

He worked 112 hour weeks even when he was 65. Sometimes 60 hours 
straight. Is this lazy?

Mitch Stone
mstone@vc.net