Personally, my reading list has turned to California anthropology. I just started Carey McWilliams' FACTORIES IN THE FIELDS, which reads like a fantastic novel of corruption. I'm reading -- and recommending -- California history to any and all who like a good crime story. SELECTED LETTERS OF DASHIELL HAMMETT has been on my bedtable of late, and is a wonderful read. Douglas Henry Daniels' Lester Young bio LESTER LEAPS IN was terrific bedtime reading -- everytime I read some, I fell asleep. Same with Patti Jones' attempted bio of Mose Allison, ONE MAN'S BLUES. Richard Su8dhalter's recent bio of Hoagy Carmichael, STARDUST MELODY, was much better. Michael Moore's STUPID WHITE MEN was a good read, if short on humor and long on anger. Didn't bother me a bit. Mike is justifiably pissed. skip h