Klarinet Archive - Posting 000031.txt from 2005/05

From: "Warren Rosenberg" <wrosenberg47@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Musical vacuum (OT)
Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 13:32:18 -0400

Hi!
So let's have a draft and we can have some GREAT music again!
(who's the next Glenn Miller/Tommy Dorsey?)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausmann1@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 5:30 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Musical vacuum (OT)

> At 12:32 AM 5/2/2005 -0400, OhSuzan419 wrote:
> >But presuming your premise is correct for the current war, another
> >explanation might be that, because we now have the "all volunteer" army
> >and no draft,
> >the broad cultural consciousness of the cost of going to war hasn't risen
> >to a
> >high enough level to provoke the creation of songs about it.
>
> Good point! Because war does not touch everyone in the same way it used
> to, with the draft, it is much easier to ignore it.
>
>
> Bill Hausmann
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>
>
>
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