Closed-eared

Unfortunately, like the nation's government, we have a bunch of closed-eared baffoons running the nation's country music stations thinking they are cool because they have found Alison Krauss and watering down the airwaves with the young -hat, disco, pop mainstream, line-dance crap.

Ugh... this is what I really hate about musical arguments related to cutting edge music. The characterization that people who prefer this or that genre or flavor (new or old) are conventional or closed-eared, or just plain dull.

The casual observer and the closed-eared critic—of which there are many, if not most—misses the increased artistic complexity that characterized each evolving stage of the music.

Later, when many adolescents become "closed-eared," listening preferences are closely aligned with and guided by peer group norms.

Instead of simply abandoning those opportunities to share new musics when individuals may be perceived as closed-eared, music educators should make an even more concerted effort to share new musics since repetition can be used as an instructional tool to have a positive impact on those levels of receptivity.

Press-agents delight in recounting to open-mouthed and closed-eared reporters stories of the humble beginnings of the brilliant stars whose orbits they control.

Britain also planned to introduce conscription, more loftily known as National Service, probably yet another blow to the closed-eyed and closed-eared Joachim von Ribbentrop. He would have been even more surprised if he had learned of the convoluted untruths and failed purposes that preceded the British guarantee to Poland.

I think you have pretty good chance of surviving this sport, unlike some other closed eared/minded new riders.