Going on a few years now, I have been continually inspired by Sammy, the gent behind the counter at my local Korean deli. Every time I walk in there, he is literally CRANKING his favorite tunes by singer/songwriters like Olivia Newton-John, Celine Dion, Carly Simon, Judy Collins and Abba with the same bug-eyed fervor that your average suburban teenage dirtbag blasts Zeppelin, Sabbath and Maiden.
Last night, as I was buying a quart of milk and a tallboy of beer, his selection was by famously bespectacled Greek chanteuse Nana Mouskouri, and he COULD NOT WAIT to evangelize her brilliance to me.
That is the unifying power of music in action.
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