Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: "Bloomberg Financial" Interview - "Programmers" GOING AWAY Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:10:53 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: <20260114111053.000027cc@gmail.com> References: <34W8R.1832162$Lzl2.1147336@fx15.iad> <10k2mog$29ube$4@dont-email.me> <10k2tls$2c5rs$1@dont-email.me> <10k31j1$2d84u$1@dont-email.me> <10k5apc$32hfm$6@dont-email.me> <10k65l5$3bodd$2@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:10:58 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="32de551445e2fd7c86c4fcf4472c5916"; logging-data="220503"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX190st/onuyTceiKD/IE/qFRrqWptaSA41s=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:QkXCHrcfQWmRF73gRcQ/WoZrRhQ= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:81121 On 14 Jan 2026 18:32:47 GMT rbowman wrote: > I tried to like jazz and failed. To provide some context I read > Kerouac and the other Beats at a young age and they were into the > '40s and '50s bebop musicians. I found the music twitchy and nervous. Jazz is something I appreciate more for the influence it's had on the rest of the world than enjoy in raw form. It was a key ingredient in the cocktail that birthed progressive rock; without that initial shot in the arm from jazz by way of King Crimson, it might never have gotten beyond just sounding like the Moody Blues. Likewise, original-flavor Chicago (before Terry Kath died and the DX7 ruined them) owed a whole lot to jazz. That said, "Kind of Blue" is a marvelous album.