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1. about 21 hours ago on Pickles

   Who can keep up with the styles these days!

2. about 21 hours ago on Pickles

   That’s ok, sometimes I don’t look at mine before that.

3. about 22 hours ago on Pickles

   Not often, but sometimes there’s gold in that junk.

4. about 22 hours ago on Moderately Confused

   I Googled your ID and found out what it meant. Then I started to ask myself why I didn’t know that. Why wasn’t I so intimately aware of the music that people close to my age were crazy about?

   In High School I was into all the same music of the late 50’s that my friends were. But something changed when I left home for college. New ideas, new friends, and new music. Folk replaced R&R, and then college jazz festivals turned me on to so many more options. My old favorites seemed old.

   I volunteered with the college radio station as an equipment tech, and met new friends. One had his own classical music program, and I commented to him that I didn’t really like classical music. He asked me to listen to “Hoedown” from Rodeo by Aaron Copland. WOW, that shut me up! I started to pay more attention to that genre and learned how to differentiate the good from the so-so.

   Finally, and much later in life, a really great guitarist friend introduced me to performers like Doc Watson and David Grisman. Then I found the super interesting DVD Grateful Dawg*, with Grisman and Jerry Garcia. One of my favorite songs, Caravan, is featured on the film. Cool, but that’s Jazz, isn’t it? Well, it all comes around in the end, doesn’t it!

   • Definitely get it if you’re a fan of them. It’s a collection of practice sessions at Garcia’s house, filmed by Jerry’s daughter and released after his death.

5. about 24 hours ago on Pickles

   I remember when we had two mail deliveries each day, morning and afternoon. Of course, there was no email back then.

6. 1 day ago on Pickles

   Where did you get that idea?

7. 1 day ago on Pickles

   Shorts or tighties?

   No phone or water? Garbage pickup?

   Mail at 6 am? After sorting and routing? I’m lucky if the mail is delivered by 10am.

8. 1 day ago on Looks Good on Paper

   Finally, truth be told.

9. 1 day ago on Half Full

   And that’s not all that’s in your hair.

10. 1 day ago on Ordinary Bill

    Yes, but you’ll look silly using it.