Small mind, will post, and post, and post ad nauseum

["helena thibaut" <madamethibaut at hotmail_com>]

Samantha,

Thanks for your lovely words. I discovered Over the Rhine near the birth of 
the band, and found their music strangely stirring in ways that are hard to 
put into words. I have enjoyed watching the band evolve over the years. I 
came to this discussion a few weeks back hoping to enjoy others who found 
the music of Over the Rhine deeply moving. (Others such as yourself.) You 
will eventually discover that most of the people on the list are intelligent 
and warm, a reasonable expectation based on Over the Rhine's music and 
overall vibe.

However, there is a boy on the list named Kyle who has been able to have a 
little bit of a "life" by living vicariously day after day through a band 
which he has neither the capacity to understand or describe. He apparently 
is hoping to connect with people who feel the band is average at best, which 
raises the issue of why he wouldn't go somewhere else in search of a more 
deserving host for his pale parasite posts.

You and Kyle could take a plane ride low over the Sahara, or dipping in and 
out of the Andes and you would step out of the plane struggling to find 
words to summarize your basic feeling of "Wow." Kyle would step off the 
plane and his sparrow brain would complain that the pilot was flying too 
fast at times, and even had a strange haircut not altogether to his liking.

The people on the list on a good day are quite tolerant, and they tolerate 
stupidity as well as beauty. Apparently the diversity keeps things 
interesting. So don't lose heart. And anybody who has the capacity to be 
moved deeply can move others with their own work if this is what they 
desire. It may take a lifetime of work and heart break, but it is a life 
worth pursuing. Over the Rhine's music speaks generously to this. You seem 
to be good with words, and I found them to be resonant and ringing true.

And have no fear. The members of Over the Rhine will never pay the least 
mind to Kyle's comments. His audience is limited to the half dozen people 
that find his low self-esteem amusing. And Kyle is amusing at times. Imagine 
him accusing someone of trying too hard to be funny.

H. Thibaut

P.S. I sent Kyle a short message directly and he responded by filling my 
mailbox with about 80 subscribe/un-subscribe messages from the Over the 
Rhine website. So apparently, one approach to life is, When your wit and 
intelligence fall a little short, try vandalism. It's not a big deal. I just 
don't like to stand idly by while others undo the work of a band that I 
happen to support. The fact that Over the Rhine pays for this service for 
their fans would suggest that they have confidence in their listeners. I 
have no doubt that truth and beauty will prevail.
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