Bill:
I most certainly don't equate Lefsetz to the entire Boomer  
generation. I just find it fascinating that a guy who purports to  
love music and write about it on a daily basis is so incurious about  
what's actually going on in the here and now.
The college radio of the 1980s is my 64-74 equivalent -- ie: the  
period when my tastes and opinions were largely formed. But as a guy  
who both writes and plays music, I remain omnivorous when it comes to  
my consumption of new stuff, and I'm constantly on the lookout for  
new sounds.

Merry Christmas, and a peaceful New Year.
JLM




On Dec 25, 2008, at 9:21 AM, Holmes Online wrote:

>> And, tonight, ladies and gentlemen, we have reached the absolute   
>> apogee of Boomer self-involvement:
>
>
>
> John, please don't assume that this blowhard is the spokesperson  
> for my generation. Especially on Christmas Day, that's a horrid  
> association to wipe off my shoes on a day of peace. He's just a  
> self-inflated whiner who spins the same screed over and over and  
> over. My Dad couldn't understand "that noise" I was playing  
> (Beatles, Stones, etc.) when the Dorsey Brothers and Andy Williams  
> were right there for the taking, but he didn't torture me with a  
> daily column.
>
> It's amusing that I can like so much of the same music this guy  
> does, but his method of expressing his opinion is so offensive that  
> I feel like we don't. The amount of great songwriters hitting their  
> creative zenith between 64-69 is mind-numbing, but not at the  
> exclusion of the rest of recorder history. Enjoy what moves you,  
> fergoshsakes, without having to find its place on the All Time  
> Roster Of Greatness.
>
> Merry Christmas, Auditeers. Hope you are all safe and sound and  
> enjoying the warmth of family and friends. Play it loud!
>
> cheers
> b