Jim Carroll
I said I said I stopped randomly visiting clubs when my choice of what would find there was removed from me.

I don't recall the "randomly" before. That's a bit like expecting to randomly visit a restaurant and always get steak and chips. Anyway, it's nonsense. As MacColl's quote shows, this was true before 1961, is true now and has certainly been true all the time in between. One of your favourite lines is "Does what it says on the tin." You have to read beyond "Soup" and check the list of ingredients, check the e-numbers and consider the reputation of the manufacturer. This has always been true.

"Give it a try, you might even enjoy"
I might well - but isn't it a sad state of affairs that I woulfd have to?

You don't have to. There are plenty of clubs where you will here just the sort of music you want, some of which have been going since the sixties and before. Do your research but not just for examples that fit what you want to believe.

There is so much more I'd like to respond to like your latest quote from MacColl but I really haven't got time.