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From:
jeff shoemaker
To:
Alex Reynolds
Cc:
Date:
Fri, 3 Sep 1999 12:31:10 -0500 (CDT)
Subject:
Re: (idm) jazz supply
Msg-Id:
<199909031731.MAA20740@mw2.texas.net>
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quoted 6 lines I don't know. I'll probably get flamed but I think 98% of jazz is seriously>I don't know. I'll probably get flamed but I think 98% of jazz is seriously >overrated. Mostly you get these suburban PBS yuppies with large jazz >collections saying how great (insert obscure jazz musician here) is. >Something about this fetishist, elitist attitude really disturbs me, since >a large part of how jazz has earned its cachet as "civilized" music is >through a bunch of rich people kissing up to blacks.
good thing your argument doesn't draw any parallels to IDM, alex ;P -jeff -------------- 1642 try 621 --------------