Re: [ARSCLIST] A Holiday vision

[Howard Friedman <hsf318@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marcos, you wrote,

On these days of much despair about the state of the recorded music 
business, or indeed music itself, and pining about everyone's 
(especially youth's) inability to appreciate the arts, I thought I would 
share a sight I had last week-end in the heart of New York City, the 
Times Square subway stop.

There was a *newly opened* independent record store, selling iPod 
accessories, DVDs, CDs, cassettes, and (gasp!) vinyl discs, seemingly 
doing brisk business.

Next to it there was a string quintet formed by folks in their twenties. 
They were surrounded by a very attentive crowd of 100+, stopping in the 
middle of their busy shopping errands to listen to their rendition of 
Mozart, played with verve and impeccable intonation.

Happy holidays to everyone!

Marcos Sueiro Bal
Audio and Moving-Image Archivist
Columbia University Libraries

So maybe the age of miracles has not passed!

Howard