Is giving a rembetiko tape to a Greek prostitute a case of carrying coals to Newcastle?

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Is giving a rembetiko anthology tape to a Greek prostitute a case of carrying coals to Newcastle? (She tells me that her Yugo husband walked out on her and her 10-year-old daughter, and he'd never bothered to get a job in the first place.)

And similarly, how about burning a Gnawa CD-R for the guys in the local Moroccan coffee shop (who btw listen to a lot of hiphop)?

can any of you wiseguys offer more examples of this kind of thing?

― calvino ray, Monday, 6 March 2006 15:10 (nineteen years ago)

These Pitchfork singles reviews are getting out of hand.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Monday, 6 March 2006 15:13 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

did you mean rebetica?

― Filey Camp, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:28 (seventeen years ago)

Assuming the dudes would dig Gnawa because they're Moroccan is a bit like assuming someone would like shape-note singing because they're American.

― Hurting 2, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:51 (seventeen years ago)

That said, gnawa is awesome and people should like it.

― Hurting 2, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:52 (seventeen years ago)

Is there a place on this site for all-time classic thread titles?

― iago g., Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:53 (seventeen years ago)

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