----- > Mark, I'll certainly not address the latter statement (;~D),
but I will say
> that it is difficult and time-consuming to chase down good new
music. Here in
> SC it's damn near impossible to hear any good new tunes on the
radio,
> although thanks to the NPR station I DID pick up on Ani!
I've never been one to listen to the radio much. We listen almost
exclusively to NPR. I get too impatient. There's too much I either
don't like or am not interested in. I've always felt that way about
radio except for when I was a very young kid.
>
> So what do I do? Well, I read a lot of reviews, I listen to what my
Joni-pals
> are saying, and sometimes I flat out take a chance when I walk into
the
> record store. I do feel a sense of obligation to pursue new music.
Most from
> my generation do not, and that's why artists like Joni become
forgotten
> commodities. From what I see, the majority of boomers are just
re-stocking
> their collections with 20 & 30 year old music. Waiting for the
Eagles boxset
> or something.
I admit to doing a fair amount of that.
> Perhaps the most difficult thing is to let go of the belief that the
music of
> "our generation" was the best ever and can never be duplicated. I
think every
> generation falls into this trap.
I don't think you could say that of me. The thing is I seem to be
more interested in music from the past than I am in the music coming
out today and by past I mean before my time. I'm not a jazz
afficianado but Joni did play a part in pushing me to explore some of
that. I also find a lot of the pop music from the 30s, 40s, 50s &
early 60s to be interesting.
I don't know how to explain my musical tastes. A lot of what other
people on this list & elsewhere in my life really like just doesn't
interest me. I was exposed to a lot of music in college & picked up
on a good amount of it. But I tend to find a few artists that really
move me & pretty much stick with them. Not very adventuresome, I
guess, but really I don't know how I could listen to music as much as
you, for instance, Mr. Music Slut do. I don't listen to it a work
although I could. I would find it difficult to concentrate & would
probably be singing along all the time. And if you've ever heard
someone sing with headphones on you know it's usually not pretty. At
least I've been told it isn't when I do it.
Matter of fact, I read in the paper this
> morning that the burgeoning radio format is a "retro-80's" format,
now that
> the folks who grew up with Madonna & Boy George and Wham are at the
age where
> they want to recapture those years.
Can you believe it? The 80s are nostalgia now. Of course that will
happen with any period of time but it sure seems like recent decades
get their Time-Life collections a lot sooner that earlier times did.
Mark in Seattle
PS: Bob, I got the tape you sent. I haven't watched it yet but I
just wanted to let you know and to thank you for taking the time to
make me a copy. You da bomb!
