I think the kids have it alright. I've been chatting to someone who's...urr... younger than me on MSN this evening. I sent her some Derek Bailey and some Shuji Inaba. When I was young I didn't have the internet, and there is nearly no way on earth I'd've come across that music when I was that old. The internet generation totally win. Well done kids.

^ why oh why were you chatting up someone a lot younger than you?

i totally agree with that opinion though, internet rules for finding out good music.

Yeah without the net I'd still be listen' to Foo Fighters.

I shouldn't really dignify this with a response, but nonetheless - I wasn't 'chatting her up', just chatting. She is younger than me, but she's also an adult. I don't particularly have a problem with talking to people younger than me, any more than I do with talking to people twice my age. It's just stuff, innit?

Edit: Incidentally, if you are trying to chat someone up on MSN, sending them Derek Bailey records is not terrifically likely to be successful.

You are still a total twatgob, but that is very true. If everyone stopped worrying about their listening habits and just got on with it, we would live in a better world and one more baloon could be left to fly in the sky, innit?

If you sent me Derek Bailey records (since I've only heard about 20 things he's been on), I'd love you long time.

What have you heard? Solo or group?

you'd let him pee on you?

if 90% of everything is crap anyways, what does it matter that the "kids" now have access to so much more?

Because they're several times more likely to find that elusive 10%?