I know the music I should like and the music I shouldn't. I know I should like Mahler, and Liszt, and The Cowboy Junkies, and Lou Reed. This stuff is intelligent, erudite. I should be drinking a Manhattan, and wearing a hat (not a cap) when I listen to it. I know this. But then why do I like REO Speedwagon, and Glee, and old gospel music? Not cool at all. Sure I like some stuff that's "hip" and "out there" like Tom Waits and Nick Drake. I talk about these with pride. And try to hid...
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