Nothing hits the ears better in a pool room, for me, than blues. I love listening to the blues while I play at a reasonable volume. However, I am a blues fan, so I guess I am kinda biased.
If a person doesnt like a paticular pool room for whatever reason...music, the crowd, ect... just don't go.Go to a pool room that fits your personality better. Everyone is different and people have different tastes in what they like. I really don't like it when people bash people for their personal opinions on music and clothes. Their music isn't bad and neither is their clothes...you just do not understand it.
I am not a heavy metal fan or a rap fan...but I have respect for the people who do. Without choices, we might as well just become a communistic state. I kinda thought that is what America was all about...freedom and choice. Oh well, I guess I could be wrong...but I highly doubt it.
A lot of this has to do with personal prejudices and where you come from. Before I moved to Louisville and started teaching in the West End...i didn't have a lot of respect for rap music. Now that I teach 50% minority students and have become close to them, I can understand it a whole lot better and I have gained respect for it. These kids come from a different place than I do...my Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings probably sounds just as silly to them as their 50 cent did to me before I moved to Louisville.
Great post Drew...we should be glad that young people are taking up the game. That is what we should be striving for. I try to interest my students in the game as a teacher and as an athletics coach. The game of pool can teach a lot of valuable lessons if played in the proper setting. I commend you for the post and the people of my generation taking up a game that I have loved for many years...some of these cats will probably be giving us weight before too long.
