I Hear the Train A Comin'-'Too Much is Not Enough!'

摘要

The theme of this year's 33rd Annual Charleston Conference is "Too Much Is Not Enough!" Normally, the conference theme provides easy fodder for me to generate my November column. I grab a few choice lines from the song and repurpose them to fit specific emerging trends in academic publishing. The artful lyrics of a Cole Porter or George Gershwin tune carry universal meanings that extend, with only minimal strain, to the world of scholarly communication. This year, however, presents a substantially greater challenge. A primary hurdle is that I am completely unfamiliar with the song "Too Much Is Not Enough"-who sings it, when it is from, and the lyrics are all a complete blank. A quick Web search reveals two possibilities-a 1986 collaboration between the Bellamy Brothers and the Forester Sisters, and the eighth track on the 1990 Deep Purple album, Slaves and Masters. The former, unfortunately, makes the artistic choice to repeat its chorus six times over its three-plus minute running time.