"Wow, I guess Jazz Doesn't Stink"
Most of my co-workers know that I have a "good stereo" or call me an "audiophile" or what have you. In any event, I was in the office of a colleague and he had a disc labeled "Jazz 101" and I flipped it over and saw a whole host of B-listers and not that good songs. "What's this?" I asked "Oh, I want to learn about Jazz - and this was on sale" "Huh. Hmm" In the next couple of minutes I promised to make him a "mixtape" of Jazz (Well, CD, but you get my drift). The following Monday I handed it off to him, with a "If you don't like this, you won't like Jazz." Swagger. I have it when it comes to music. "Wow, that was good" he told me a couple of days later. I could have been ten feet tall. Yes, validation works on me. I am a sucker for compliments. I used that list with a few other curious people, and made converts or at least got a "Wow, I guess Jazz doesn't sti...