ah, patrice and skip, how glad i am that if nothing else the beatles will still fan the flames of passion. but i said not a word against sir macca. in fact, i'm a minority among my friends in defending his solo work. the fact that he worked with a genius does not make him a dish towel. nevertheless, i think that he might be bigger about it. he made the deal, and his name's on 'across the universe', 'lucy in the sky with diamonds', 'all my loving', 'rain', 'i am the walrus', 'strawberry fields forever', 'she said she said', 'i want you (she's so heavy)', even 'the ballad of john and yoko' for shit's sake. and just like i wish he could have found something deeper inside him than "what a drag" when he heard his former partner had been killed, i wish he'd be thankful enough for the brilliance of his career and associations to overlook not being happy with a deal he made. i understand his point, but i'd prefer better taste to prevail. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail