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>When I first came to Columbus, Ohio, its "downtown" had pennants
>flying all over the place, proclaiming to all: "downtown."
>Christian's maxim -- "if you have to say it, you're not it" -- holds
>true, I'm afraid.
Like: political science, computer science, management science. If it has to _call itself_ science, it's not. So it is very sneaky of economics to _not call itself science._
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>That said, it seems to me that it's common for musicians in genres
>such as rock, punk, hip-hop, etc. to reach their peaks early, unlike
>in jazz, blues, country, etc. Music for alienated youths may demand
>young alienated musicians. Hence disposable heroes....
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Well, actually it's true in jazz, too, though some great jazz musicians keep going on at a high level afterwards. But think: Armstrong was in his early 20s when he made the Hot 5s and 7s recordings, which he never bettered; Ellington was king of what later came to be swing with the Jungle Band in his early 20s, although he got better; the creators of bebop were all teenagers, near enough, except for Coleman Hawkins, and he was a star in his 20s twenty years before . . . .
--jks _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com