Reply #26: It's almost like politics.

[Gregorian]

I've noticed that most people pick a genre, and that's "them". I'm country. I'm jazz.

For starters, a lot of music is crap. And it is so because it's not music, but a way to make a living.

This is what I love about college radio. Juxtaposition of one genre against the other. And not just to be different, but to experience how amazing good music is.

I am still reeling from the loss of Freddie Hubbard.

There were so many weird and unheard of bands in just the punk scene. Where did it start, some ask.

Good music is like someone bearing their soul. The most awesome thing a human can do.

And so, like politics, I think people listen to music with a fearful ear. Only country, because it's safe for my politics, and my sense of decency. Then along come the Dixie Chicks. Oh no! Or most "country" fans probably don't even know about Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. Now that is country music. Or blues. Most blues is bullshit. But the old stuff that nobody has ever heard, which gets played on KFJC on Monday nights, is utterly amazing. Some old guy with three strings, and suddenly a power chord comes flying out at you from 1924. Holy shit! That's Blues.

I don't even know what I'm saying. It's just that some things are awesome. And it's cool.

Check this out-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADAoLp_VxfM