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| From | James K Cribb <jkcribb@twomp.com> |
| Subject | Re: Radio today |
| Date | Mon, 13 Dec 2004 07:59:32 -0800 |
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Will wrote:
>>My wife and I just found out the other day that we're expecting our first
child, and, frankly, I'm really glad that, when he or she enters the world,
I'll be able to provide them with a wide and varied education of popular
music, stretching as far back as Al Jolson and as far forward as whatever
the latest "next big thing" is in Rolling Stone, Spin, or the NME.<<
Congratulations to you and your wife, Will. I know how important an early
exposure to music was for me. Our little tabletop Columbia hi-fi was always
in action on Sunday mornings when it was my father's turn in the kitchen.
He had a fondness for ragtime and Dixieland jazz, but amongst the 78s piled
on the spindle there would be the likes of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Al
Jolson, the Andrews Sisters, Glenn Miller, Bing Crosby, or my personal
childhood favorite Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
Naturally, he and my mother despised the Beatles, but always allowed my
brother and I to tune into Ed Sullivan for every appearance. And very soon
after the Beatles arrived my brother and I each got little Arvin transistor
radios. Welcome to Top 40 radio in the 60s -- and the rest is, as they say,
history.
All of this a long way of saying that like reading, the best way to
establish an appreciation for music and the value of music in our lives is
by example and exposure.
As much as you smother your new child with love and affection, surround them
in music.
--James
NP: "Someday My Prince Will Come" -- Miles Davis Sextet
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