> I haven't thought of this specific scenario before, but I've done far too much daydreaming about what would it be like to bring arts and entertainment back in time. Would punk rock even *sound* like music to flappers of the 1920s or, worse, the opera-goers of the 17th century?

It doesn't sound much like music to me either. What era you live in makes less difference than what era you think in. As regards music I mostly think in late 1800s, with some earlier and some later (naturally - nobody should be tied to one era!); so I know little or nothing about modern pop idols. (Actually, POP to me means Post Office Protocol rather than Popular Music, but that's different.) This doesn't worry me a bit as to me pop is noise not music. Thoughts anyone?

Chris"utterly uncultured in certain people's opinions"A