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RE: A Love Supreme in the Time of Pandemic

In the late 1970s I worked at a print shop in NH making plates for magazines. All those who worked in the shop putting together the magazines were on one floor and "relaxing" music piped in during the day from some radio station. Montovani and Laurence Welk were typical of the musical offerings.

So one morning I arrive at work early for a change and go to the break room where my fellow workers are gathered over coffee. I immediately recognize something totally weird and bizarre is happening: John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme' is playing over the PA system throughout the plant!

After the normal musical pablum I associate with work, this is astonishing. However, as I start to tune in to the mood in the break room, I detect some dissention in the ranks, mutiny even. All of a sudden someone bellows, "Who put on this hate music!" At clock punching time, the music goes back to Montevani and as I head to my plate making machine, I reflect on the irony of this statement...


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