----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stewart Mason" <flamingo@theworld.com>
> I guess what I'm asking is...okay, Ryan Adams is a self-destructive
> boozehound who's heading pretty much straight towards total career
> implosion.  So was Emmit Rhodes.  (The liner notes of FAREWELL TO PARADISE
> are jsut as "whiny" and "paranoid" as anything I've ever heard come out of
> Ryan Adams' mouth, frankly.)  So how come Ryan Adams is "hilarious" when
> Emmit Rhodes is this heart-wrenching tragic figure?
>
> Just wondering...

Did you listen to the message?  It was pretty funny.