“Those who have earned respect should be given respect, regardless of their human faults.”

By the time British rock goes electric, in the early sixties, the trad jazz clubs are established and won’t have any electric music. That’s where the problem starts.

Two days ago, Ben Greenman got a post up on The New Yorker’s Web site: THE BEAUTIFUL MEANINGLESSNESS OF DAVID BOWIE, the headline read. “His new album, Blackstar, embraces nonsense, and that makes it prime Bowie.”That was on Saturday. This morning,…