Re: Consumer Society, was Re: Re: Marx and Malleability

[Michael Perelman]

I recall the week after J. Kennedy was killed, the bars did not have bands
as some sort of patriotic gesture.  I still remember fondly how nice the
conversations were.
Carrol Cox wrote:

> One effect of rock music (quite aside from its excellence or lack of
> excellence as music) has been the diminution of public places where
> people can hear each other talk. There is not a single bar in
> Bloomington-
> Normal where one can carry on a conversation. There is one
> restaurant and bar that quiets down a bit after about 8:30 p.m. on
> week nights. That's in a population center of about 150,000.

--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

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