Robert Berkoff writes:

>I don't assign any discs to trash bin.  My taste in music is evolving all
>the time.

I think all of us would agree that our tastes evolve, and that can make it
hard to discard a work or performance not presently appreciated.  On the
other hand, room to house music is not infinite.  Also, I do believe that
there are certain recordings that I'll never appreciate, and those are the
ones I discard in some fashion.

>My problem over the past few years is I have so many new discs I listen to,
>it is becoming impossible to go back to the discs I have filed.

My wife has a motto: If you don't use it for two straight years, you don't
need it and it's time to get rid of it.  I guess I'm lucky she still keeps
me around.  Actually, her policy applies more to clothing than to people.

When listening to a disc I don't care for, I try it out in different venues
when I'm in different moods.  Giving up on a recording after just a couple
of hearings is fine for the consumer, but a reviewer owes the reader a more
extensive trial period.

Don Satz
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