I just find it amusing the reaction music lovers of all genres get from casual listeners, especially when those artists are considered outside of "normal" music.
Sometimes I almost envy people who are perfectly content with the top 40 parade. It would be so much easier. We, on the other hand, who are looking for the extraordinary have doomed ourselves to "The cut above the ordinary." Connoisseurs of music are we? Bach, Beethoven, Beatles & Beck ... are we really that much better? I just don't know. Time to turn off the stereo and find an instrument to contribute to the endless parade of human expression. I am not Walt Whitman if you know what I mean.
PS. As a self confession I just asked a random group of people what they knew of Junior Brown videos. Totally admire this dude but does anyone think I'll get anything really usefull? Still, it's a victory if it prompts someone to see his show.
