As well they should be.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

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Sometimes, I wonder what happened to the world I live in. Every year, there are 500 new acts and a gazillion new poets, novels, and tv shows.

But fairly frequently, with music, kids surprise me. Either my own kids do ("Hey Dad, did you ever hear of Marvin Gay?" or "Do you have this famous album called . . . I think it's called Ok Computer?") or kids at one of the schools I teach at. I'm always giving high fives for cool band t-shirts. My big thing is community, gemeinschaft feeling, and while I am not calling for a return of mass-cult, I like it when we share references.

My own parents, no way. It was all the WJJD mix. My dad bought one new car in his life--in his fifties--and it was the cheapest car ever. He was the last man in America to buy a car with only an AM radio. I mean, he had no cash, but it also suited him, because that's where WJJD was. Totally angst-less. The Disney station for people born during the Depression.

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I knew WJJD as well. My own cheapo dad would have it on in his station wagon of the day. He remains the uncoolest guy in the family

Thank God for my mom.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

There isn't enough money in being a music-only-celeb-pop-star in the post-napster economy. Eminem was the last universal music celeb. Folks like Lady Gaga and Harry Styles spend more of their year doing anything but music, and it shows in the quality of their post-stratosphere-fame releases.

my oldest son liked the 40s station on Sirius.

He doesn't exactly kill it.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.