From Generic to Genre

Not so very long ago there were only three categories of music, those being classical, jazz and pop.

Things began to change when a Frenchman, Phillippe Genre (pronounced Fee-Leep' John'-rah), began to divide, sub-divide and micro-divide musical types into a greater number of categories which we have come to know as "genres" (jjzzone'-rahs).

The number of different musical kinds reached such a high number that the music industry decided to break ties with Phillippe Genre and he is today a furloughed employee of the Government Accounting Office, making a list of food lines available in the Fondulac, Wisconsin area.

Asked whether he has a favorite musical genre Mr. Genre told Part15.US that he likes "shoegaze".