Derek Lim wrote:

>I went to the local Towers and they were playing Andreas Bocelli's
>crossover album.  It's the most terrible opera recital I've ever heard,
>period, but according to the staff there, "It pays well, and my boss likes
>it".  It was being snapped up very quickly.  Wonder why they couldn't put
>Bjorling or di Stephano or even (gasp) Pavorotti...

You know that prospects aren't improving when you discover, as did I
yesterday, that the closed off section for classical recordings in the
Tower store of Northern Virginia now has a sign saying "Classical and New
Age".

Walter Meyer