[78-L] Huh?

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: "Geoffrey Wheeler" <dialjazz at verizon.net>
> Malcolm, your point is well taken! What can be said about the Hawaiian 
> steel guitar can be said about most physical formats for recorded 
> music: They are not only part of a past technology but the aesthetics 
> they express as art and entertainment are also long past. A collector 
> friend of mine collects music from roughly 1926 to 1938, and his house 
> is decorated with the art and utilitarian goods of that time period. 
> The entire interior of his house is a statement that expresses the 
> aesthetics of different media from that period to complement his music 
> because the music was part of a vast, complementary culture. 
> 
About 35 years ago I met a young woman who was totally fascinated
by the nineteen-twenties. She lived in an apartment building built
in the period, and had furnishings from that period as well!

She was delighted that I could give her (on cassettes) original
recordings from the era as well!

Steven C. Barr