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...than subject matter, and he had a portrait of himself painted with a scrap of musical score in one hand. There is something more than a little bogus about Pepys the aesthete, as if he collected his culture the way he built up his cellar (he was a wine snob who kept his Haut-Brion claret in a cask). His custom-de signed carriage may have meant as much to Pepys as his carefully acquired prints. And nothing seemed to have meant more to this tailor's son on the make than his sumptuous wardrobe - at a time when...
...couldn't help noticing the relish used in footnoting a couple of snob-appeal letters in your new Forum section...
...America, The Best merely gives rise to challenges-and a new game. In a few months, The Best has become the amateur snob's Can You Top This?-a chance to exhibit a knowledge of the farfetched, the arcane and the bizarre...
...Professionalism is something George and I always worked for. I try not to be a snob about it, but I am," Rubins says as he turns to sing some summer school papers and tell his assistants that he'll be glad to help type student telephone numbers. He continues, "Once I had a woman section leader who said about my show, 'Lots of fun, lots of fun.'" He mocks her, sounding like Truman Capote. "That infuriates me. It's like saying, 'Oh, look at those kids having a good time.' I'm not satisfied with that...
...something was wrong. "The idea came into my head that I was a musical snob," Hancock says. He noted with growing wonderment that the music of such black performers as Sly Stone, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder was not only commercial but getting better all the time. "I decided that it was now time to try some funky stuff myself and get me some cats who could play that kind of music." Translation: embracing the big beat, Hancock opted for jazz rock...