Listening

Last·fm is one of those webby things that has lurked in my peripheral vision for years. Sometimes it turns up in an email signature, it’s in my profile on several sites and on occasion has been known to turn up as a newsfeed or a sidebar widget. It’s just kind of there.

When I plant myself in front of the computer for any length of time I paw through the gazillion songs on this crate and put twenty or so into a playlist. When it ends I know it’s time to walk away, have a smoke and get more coffee. The morning mood, today, was popish and short — Big Star, The Replacements, The Box Tops and some Posies.

The common thread is obvious. Well, maybe not obvious, but not exactly obscure.

I also had K.C and the Sunshine band in there.

The fact that somebody got the connection between the ‘Mats and K.C. and the Sunshine Band, and cared enough to email, astounded me.