----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Holmes Online" <bholmes_fm@msn.com>

>> The shows weren't extravaganzas, and they weren't expensive.  Music 
>> was
>> like milk, a daily exercise.  You discussed music like cars or 
>> computers
>> today.  It was the most important element of your life.
>
> Music still means more to me than cars or computers. I don't know 
> what Bob's problem is. He seems astounded when he hears a piece of 
> good music when I'm tripping over some every day. Maybe he should 
> stop whining so much and start listening.

And that, in a nutshell, is Lefsetz's problem: he's working from the 
flawed assumption that music reached perfection the summer after his 
senior year in high school and everything has sucked ever since he 
turned 30.  He's nothing more than a cranky old man, really.

S