Letters to the Editor
ahughes798
Published Letters: 3
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Re: Rock Vs. Jazz
[Read the article: Rock vs. jazz]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Excellent article. I don't think it's really a Vs. thing. I think it mostly depends on where the individual's head is at, really.
Speaking only for myself, as someone who has been playing bass guitar for 30+ years.. I would love to be able to have the skills play jazz..and then not play it.
I grew tired of bass teachers who INSISTED I must aspire to play jazz(Except for the guy who turned me on to Rufus Reid). I grew to resent being cajoled into playing music I had absolutely no interest in, didn't move me, and didn't benefit my growth as a musician in any of the bands I was in.
I am tired of being dragged to jazz shows by my aging friends, (who claim to have "outgrown" rock)where all anybody ever does is noodle on their instrument, with the occasional exciting "trading 4's."
Jazz is a pretty exclusive little club, and if you don't have the chops..you can't be a member.
I admire jazz musicians for their brilliant technical and theory skills. But emotionally, I don't connect with what they're doing at all, and find myself quite bored by it. My fault.
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Cary, what planet are you from?
[Read the article: The strange case of midnight renegade oleander gentrification camouflage]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You have really been off your game lately.
These people were trespassed upon, by a freaking snob...they could press charges. I would.
Oleanders are dangerous plants. No reason to have them. LW should talk to the elderly neighbor...and, with their agreement, remove them and compost them.
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Thanks, Patrick.
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thank you for your writings on all aspects of the airline industry....
And, thanks to your article on air turbulence and airplanes, I have gone from being a hysterical flyer to merely a very nervous one. Thank you. April