Critic's Corner

Posted by regmac (A) on February 02, 2008 at 12:40:21

In Reply to: RE: oh, let's have some more fun together, reg! posted by Bruce from DC on February 01, 2008 at 09:01:28

“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.