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In Reply to: RE: oh, let's have some more fun together, reg! posted by Bruce from DC on January 31, 2008 at 10:46:52
Dear Bruce:
We ought to put our act on the road. Herewith a trial balloon. As I’ve said before, Mr. Dudley is a splendid writer, whose politics, while decidedly left of center, do not prevent me from enjoying his columns. (Nor is Stereophile bereft of conservatives.) But why this should matter to folks is beyond me. It’s a safe bet that no one reads Stereophile for its political content. What does Mr. Dudley say that you find so egregious?
Concerning JA&MF: I suspect their fevered columns were an overreaction, born of frustration, that the hobby they’ve given their lives to is not being accorded the recognition and respect they think it deserves. Indifference can be the ultimate insult for passionate types who find themselves in such circumstances.
Yes, there exists a highly insular group that thinks Manhattan and San Francisco represent an accurate U.S. demographic. Bernie Goldberg writes of an encounter he had with an exasperated native of Manhattan’s upper West Side. The poor fellow was lamenting another GOP presidential victory. Turning to Goldberg he asked, “How does this keep happening?! I don’t even know any conservatives!”
Wishing you and yours all the very best.
Mr. Dudley describes his daughter's dress: "a curiously stylized thing made of brown satin, with ruffles down the front, in the manner of Prince's stage outfits or the undergarments worn by certain Congressmen. [italics mine].
On second, thought, I slap myself upside the head for being bitchy. Perhaps because it is such a nice turn of phrase (until the Congressman part), the thing jumped out at me as jarring. I do read Art's column faithfully; and I agree with 99.1% of what he says in this particular column, although I'm not as pessimistic as he is. For example, if you have the jazz classic "Waltz for Debby" which was recorded live in some sort of a club, it's pretty obvious that not everyone there is sitting in respectful silence as the Bill Evans Trio gives what most people acknowledge is a landmark performance. I wonder if any of them subsequently realized that when the recording came out and felt stupid for having been "suave and sophisticated" with their date, their martini and their Chesterfield dripping gray ash as it passed from their lips to the ashtray instead of just focusing on the music. So "pearls before swine" when it comes to live performances is not just today's phenomenon.
As far as not listening to music while doing something else, I don't listen to music in my car either, not that that's too possible, it being a soft-top roadster. Hell, at highway speeds, I can't even use a cellphone with an earpiece and that's with the top and the windows up!
Mike Kuller is giving thumbs down on our act, so we might want to revise our profit projections before taking it on the road.
“Mr. Dudley describes his daughter's dress: "a curiously stylized thing made of brown satin, with ruffles down the front, in the manner of Prince's stage outfits or the undergarments worn by certain Congressmen.”
Yes, but how and the hell did Dudley gain access to Barney Frank's intimate apparel?! Now THAT is a surprise. Perhaps I will subscribe for the "entertainment value." “Brown Satin”? Odd that. Ol’ Barn strikes me as the sort who would be hot for lavender silk. Liberals will insist this serves me right for thinking in stereotypes.
"As far as not listening to music while doing something else, I don't listen to music in my car either, not that that's too possible, it being a soft-top roadster. Hell, at highway speeds, I can't even use a cellphone with an earpiece and that's with the top and the windows up!"
A sales rep. who used to call on me, once remarked that if not for classical music he would have been unable to endure the 40,000 monotonous miles of driving he put in each year. Music was his inoculation against boredom and in that regard it served a utilitarian purpose. I once asked him what sort of gear he listened to at home and was surprised to learn that he did not own a home stereo system. His listening habits were limited to the road.
And there’s my 25-year-old nephew who has traveled thousands of miles attending a dozen or so Dave Matthew’s concerts. He’s also fond of listening to Matthews on his iPod and enjoys watching DVD concerts of the band. What he won’t do is waste (his word) an hour listening to the band while sitting in “the sweet spot.” An informal survey of his friends reveals similar attitudes.
He once told me, with a twinkle in his eye, that upgrading his home “system” seemed more important to me than to him. Audiophiles would do well to remember that musical quality is not the summum bonum for 99.999999 percent of humanity.
"Mike Kuller is giving thumbs down on our act, so we might want to revise our profit projections before taking it on the road."
Aw, shucks, I betcha he’d change his mind if JA gave it a thumbs up.
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