Sitting on the upstairs lanai at the library this morning with Douglas, him reading War and Peace; me reading What Ho! Jeeves and listening to Rene' Jacobs "countertenor" (I'd call him a high contralto) sing the title role of Alessandro. I gave Douglas the earphones and had him listen too. He sat bemused through it, and handing the earphones back, said, "Now I see why you are so indignant and disgusted with modern popular music: It's like you live in the Louvre."