[Dixielandjazz] Something to think about

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In a message dated 24/01/03 04:41:51 GMT Standard Time, 
rossanmjband at iprimus.com.au writes:

<< The musician is a different breed of cat . There is a loneliness ......., 
>>

i am sure we would all like to dignify our lives with pretending to believe 
this pretentious claptrap, suffering for our art and all...

It is about on a par with `I couldn`t do THAT, dahling. it is so COMMERCIAL! 

I think it is easy to see the `arty` content of films, music, etc when 
looking back but I am reminded of a line from one of the many great songs in 
that brilliant, but unsuccesful, musical Mack and Mabel.
Mack Sennet is singing `Movies were Movies, when I ran the show` and the 
relevant lines are

` we didn`t know that what we were doing was `art`
We had some guts and some luck
But we were just making a buck`

Cheers

PatL (presses back of wrist to forehead . Exit stage left.