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How many hours a day do you generally spend listening to music?

Thank you,
Scott Steuck, Wautoma, WI

I don't count the hours. There is music around me all the time. That's all I can say. It may be the radio (as it is right now -- a morning show on WKCR in NYC about Charlie Parker, which I listen to religiously with my coffee). It is most often records (vinyl as well as CDs) at my two desks, at home and at RS. I also have a CD Walkman and an iPod for travelling. And I go out to shows as much as time and late-night deadlines permit. Last night, it was the Black Crowes in Central Park, with a killer encore cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well." I just love music; I try not to be anywhere where there is none.