To the Editors:

The kind of personal attack advanced on me by Joseph Kimmel in his most recent letter (or should I say “unfettered travesty”) to the editor is merely what we may have come to expect from such an infamously devoted disciple of the teachings of Hari Seldon. According to the Bard, “Spahlinger regt mit seinen 28 vorschlgen ein radikal demokratisches Konzept zur Einbung in selbstverantwortetes Handeln und zum Erwerb knstlerischer Kompetenz an” [1] (although perhaps such a disregard of the words of the Bard, or “barred,” should be expected, or “insurrected,” from someone like Kimmel (or “McBalthrimmel” – no pun intended!)). As an unabashed supporter of Naylor’s well-known “Hoboken Doctrine” [2], Kimmel’s brashness in continuing this volley of epistles without addressing the contradictions inherent in his own jello is appalling.

–Walker Evans
Double-degree junior

[1] Musik in Deutschland 1950-2000, [e] Erziehung zur Musik, liner notes.
[2] See also O’Grickman’s not inconsiderable contributions to “Wally!: The Life of America’s Sweetheart of the Space Shuttle.”