Heads-up from a reader:

“Derb—If you like Sinatra, you should try to play his Songs for Swingin’ Lovers sometime this month. It’s one of the most influential pop albums of the 1950s (Nelson Riddle’s arrangements for that album are still imitated, when they aren’t just plain ripped off in their entirety), as you well know, and was first released 50 years ago this month (March, 1956).

“Pop music made by adults for adults – wow, what a concept!”

[Derb] Topic for discussion: American civilization peaked sometime in the 1950s.