[Dixielandjazz] Political correctness again

[Gary Lawrence Murphy]

well, I suppose that all depends on whose sacred cow is being skewered :)

I for one love to see the rockers squirm when I bring up the rather sordid
and blatently manufactured history of their 60's era Laurel Canyon pop
idols. Or confront my psychology colleagues with Edward Bernays or Jung's
old editorials. It's a great way to get myself instantly excluded from
their company!

"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like it myself.
They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter
evenings. And I don't mind your ritzing me, or drinking your lunch out
of a bottle..."

:)

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:36 AM, ROBERT R. CALDER
<serapion at btinternet.com>wrote:

> Personally I regard any notion of "politically incorrect" as vacuous.
> A fit topic for mockery.
>
>
> Political correctness is on the other hand something recognisable and
> easily diagnosed.
>
> It occurs when rather than playing a few numbers to forestall not very
> musical observations from the audience, a musician or ensemble who not
> without some alternative abandons everything else to pander with hackwork.
>
> It might not be OKOM but I preferred when P.C. was a police constable and
> "Mr. P.C." was the unplodding bassist Paul Chambers.
>
>
> Robert R. Calder
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