[Ken Walker]

I'm an old school progger and jazzman who can't stand much of what passes for music these days. But to say pop music has little or no value is a slap in the face to the millions who do enjoy the music. It has value to them, and that is good enough. No one gives a crap if I think Britney Spears or Lady Gaga sucks donkey balls. My 13 year old daughter doesn't care if I retch at what comes out of her Ipod each day.

And before anyone says that such music is destroying our youth, my daughter, who likes Katy Parry, Lady Gaga, and other assorted crap, can sit down and play a mean Beethoven or Chopin piece on our piano--which she enjoys just as much as today's pop music. She also enjoys singing the songs from the musicals she has been in, like Guys and Dolls and Bye Bye Birdie.