That Long Line

Brilliant piece Doug. And that's only a subset of music. Paul Feyerabend died before he finished "Conquest of Abundance," a book I haven't been able to see through to the end. And you don't even have to buy the CDs. I used to be p---ed because you got all the review copies but now I pay small money to hear everything Rhapsody* puts up, which is a lot. (Apple is not my eye.) Neither vendor has Jim Pepper, but it's still a lot of music, much of it so-called.

I'm paying a lot of attention to how young people are dealing with glut. So far, it has not been inspiring.

*http://rhapsody.sirris.com/d/?pcode=srchrv&ocode=search&cpath=ppcse&rsrc=gg_ru_rhp_14&SR=sr2rz36go4572gx92pi16ai43&gclid=CLLax4iy7JYCFRxNagodBmgurg&mboxSession=1226381222843-92213

Like you, I'm overwhelmed with a number of still unheard review copies of jazz CDs and DVDs that has to be over 1000. I always am amused when I get an email a week after a CD arrives, typically by a new artist that I never have heard of (with similarly unknown sidemen/sidewomen) consisting of all originals, and the publicist asks if I've heard it yet or plan to review it. I know he or she is just doing his job, but artists need to think about selling points to get reviews before they go into the studio. Being little known and performing exclusively originals is hardly a way to work your way closer to the top of my listening list.

At least I have a basement with plenty of room, though I'll need some more shelving early next year.