[Dixielandjazz] FW: What we lack

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

There are two things different here.  The first one is fairly high quality 
TV and a lot of it.  The second is our fondness for passing laws and suing 
each other.  It's really easy to get laws passed against almost anything 
here.  Recently a community here got up in arms about a Hooters restaurant 
going in.  These people tried everything to get the town council to withdraw 
their business license.  My hat is off to the members of the council that 
stood up to them.  We now have another Hooters.  Some of this stuff is so 
simple minded that it almost hurts.   If you don't want to see attractive 
women in tight tops and shorts then DON'T GO THERE.  What a concept.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 3:09 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] FW: What we lack


>
> Larry wrote about the US situation
> 1. First of all young people especially kids do like OKOM especially if 
> it's
> live and lively.
> 2. There is a volume level that young people like. Over 30 adults don't
> generally go in for. 3. Then we get to the over 50 crowd that don't go out
> that much
> 4. There is a different demographic among blacks than whites.
>
> That's the great thing about Spaniards.  They don't gather in their homes,
> they go out!  Everyone...of all ages.  And, going out means late afternoon
> drinks starting around 7pm...just after the afternoon stroll, which seems 
> to
> be obligatory, dinner at 10pm (with wine, naturally), and after dinner
> drinks (clubs/discos) until 3 or 4 in the am.  (There is where the kids
> differ...they go on until 7am!) And, none of the age groups mind mixing it
> up.  The spiked, colored hair of the groupies stand & sit alongside the
> grannies.  (We've got one follower that is in her 80's, and her
> grandchildren come in with her!)
>
> Sunday through Wednesday may slow down a bit, but we still get a packed
> house.  The other three days are like sardines in a can.
>
> Above:
> 1.  all over the world
> 2.  also, all over the world.  Difference here is, everyone goes in for 
> the
> loudness.
> 3.  not true here....just the opposite
> 4.  not an issue here.  Gypsies don't blend much, but there aren't all 
> that
> many.
>
> I realize there is not much sense in comparing the two life styles, but at
> least it's interesting to see the way different folk get on.  I don't 
> expect
> any great changes on either side of the pond.
>
> Jim
>
>
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