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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Time Travel - with Music
           
 
Amy Speace      

A baby boomer friend of mine, who grew up HATING her parents music (like all of her friends), once told me how utterly astonished she was when her very musical and now grown son grew up loving The Grateful Dead as much as she did.  How one of her best memories is when they went to a Dead concert – together.

            Much has been made of the differences between Millennials and Boomers.   And as any boomer who is suddenly plunged into the world of millennials - or vice versa - can attest, ‘it’s a different world from where we come from.’  Or is it?

            I just found ValsList.com, and concurrently discovered that Val Haller (who makes the list) also writes a weekly column for the NYTimes called Music Match.   In it, she matches tracks from her generation to that of her 20-something son’s and thus introduces both generations to more music to love.  Boomers: want to feel old and yet young again?  Click here and play the Amy Speace video.  Then dig out that Judy Collins LP you just couldn’t toss even though you’ve long since ditched ANYTHING that plays records.  Hold the cover, shut your eyes, and travel through time. 

Wabi-sabi.

Judy Collins

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