http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Fri, 30 Apr 2004 22:28:36 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/04/28/110507.php#comment-61499 I agree a love for the standards "can't be a bad thing." Note, not "nostalgia," but the standards. When jazz men play yesterday's best, in a construct of tradition, they play what they call the standards. No one feels embarrassed to know or play the standards. Clay Aiken's recent fame and broad appeal draws from these same waters too, streams from the past. That he along with other "young attractive" artists delve in yesterday's music or popular melodies that the populace actually enjoys is no regressive act of sin. 61499@blogcritics.org Fri, 30 Apr 2004 22:28:36 EDT