Figuring that my buddy is already surrounded by enough of America Past The Point Of No Return, I did not want to corrupt my greeting by posting it from a Fazzoli's in Ironton, Ohio.
Best wishes to a man who bought all the OJCs years ago, in anticipation of something like the Concord takeover. Now that's wisdom!
No. I definitely remember seeing this side, seeing "Marvin Cabell" and thinking "HOLY SHIT", coming back to the store an hour later with my checkbook, and finding it already gone (if that is in fact something one can find...).
And yes, I was sober.
Because it's good music? And it might lighten their load and think better thoughts or remind them they love someone or remind them of something outside their eworld?
But seriously, why?
Well yeah, but I'd throw both of 'em out the second that Rachael Ray walked into the room.
Now, if you can handle so-called "big women", I personally think that Ina Gartner might be the biggest freak of 'em all.
Just a hunch...
If the majority of your jazz listening conforms to the time frame of that of your pop/rock, you're not becoming a jazz snob, you're becoming an old fart.
Not that there's a helluva lot of difference...