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nah, this is a sorta sweet competition



Hmmm ... as I said, I've had the pleasure of listening to this CBC radio program for many pleasant hours while driving through Canada. They have a wonderful selection of music and a wonderful way of soliciting the most interesting and funny personal memoirs from listeners, experiences from childhood, family relationships, love and romance. It's a very gentle-spirited show that operates at a very cerebral level. It's radio at its best -- an ideal and an aspiration GG would certainly have appreciated.
 
Yes, they're soliciting entrees for a short story competition on the theme of GG.
 
But let's be fair -- this is not the kind of competing GG was unhappy about or complaining about or opposed to.
 
Musical competitions, GG felt, debase music and the love of music, and turn musicians into hostile competitors.
 
Very little of value is at stake in this competition -- some CDs, I think. Mainly this guy is calling for a gentle-spirited and very personal celebration of GG. I think it's a lovely idea. I suspect the stories will be charming and full of GG's spirit and the spirit of the love of music. I'm thinking of entering.
 
Think of it as a celebration of excellent Canadian radio, and I think you can perceive GG's poshumous approval.