tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post5963184586451033749..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Dr. Stange Tunes (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Hate the Music Culture Wars)Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-89668099557495293382022-11-18T09:53:50.822-05:002022-11-18T09:53:50.822-05:00I've always said that if someone looked at my ...I've always said that if someone looked at my regular playlist, they'd assume I'm an African Asian Indian Irish Nordic blues-loving hard rock soft rock nun. I drove Spotify crazy before I dropped it. They couldn't figure out what to recommend. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-68285379298882757522022-11-18T09:37:07.369-05:002022-11-18T09:37:07.369-05:00Gotta agree with you, Jim. I play open mics, and I...Gotta agree with you, Jim. I play open mics, and I play a mishmash of old blues, country, folk, sixties rock (Beatles, Stones, Dead, Who, Kinks, Buffalo Springfield, etc.), Americana, and anything else that catches my ear. Basically, if I like it, I'll try to learn it, and forget the label/genre. <br />Last night, I attended an open mic where the first performer did rap, the second was fifties Jazz guitar, the third played his own blues-tinged songs, and the fourth played Hank Williams. I opened with a Buffalo Springfield song, then did the Brothers Four's "Green Fields." We all sat at two tables and shared a pitcher of beer. <br /><br />It's the same with books. I write "Crime/Mystery/suspense," but I'll use ideas or techniques I found somewhere else, including Shakespeare and Wallace Stevens. I don't call the people "Purists." I call them "Narrow-minded," or even "Snobs." No genre or type is bad, only the execution.Steve Liskowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107703903536520140noreply@blogger.com