Don Cox <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Fortunately in Britain we had the late John Peel to broaden everyone's tastes. And there is still a big variety of music played on the BBC, although Peel is irreplaceable. Agreed.Even though I didn't get a chance to hear Peel until years later.Those of us Stateide,who wanted to learn about this stuff,had to read a plethora of 'zines,and hang around the hipper records stores,with fellow geeks and weirdos,and listen to the stuff,that Peel and others were playing on the radio. > >> The selection at >> Target, Wal-Mart, and the like, remind me of that >> little rack of >> cassette tapes they have at every mega truck stop. >> "Tammy Wynette and >> "old possum face's" greatest duets" and the complete >> works of ZZ Top. Hey,I LIKE George Jones.I like African Highlife music too... > But then > I forgot - I LOVE the wonderful "dime store" dance > band music sold in the day's Wal-mart equivelents back > in the late 1920s and early 1930s. So there is nothing > inherently bad about mass market tastes, per se. When I was a little kid,up until about the age of eight,5 and 10s, especially Woolworth's used to have 9 cent 45 bins,that were filled with obscure,unknown,and forgotten stuff.This was how,I was exposed to all of the obscure stuff from the 50s and 60s,I still love to this day.Even a little kid ,who only had a buck or two,even less,could afford to go through these bins,and find some mysterious treasures. >SIGH< Roger > > Regards -- Don Cox [log in to unmask] --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more.