>In the Bloodworth fiction I write these
days,
>mainly shorts and novelettes, I could carry him into
his
>eighties, which may be a little limiting, but I
prefer to keep
>him in his middle years. Even if I wanted to, I don't
think I
>could update his sensibilities, however. So, honest
or not, he's
>not going to be trading in his Cab Calloway records
on Snoop Dogg
>mini-CDs.
And if he did, it would be notable. Why? Because music does
matter, and some types of folks like some sorts of
music.
And I understand Leo's taste in music. It fits HIM.. Same
way, oh, say, Spenser -- who must be pushing 70 -- listens to
that stuff. But for someone to start a series now about a
thirty or forty-something guy who only listens to music from
the forties, well, sure, it happens, but it's uncommon enough
to at least be seen as possibly sorta precious.
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