Okay, I'm not some kind of Nick Hornby (or Hugh Grant) fanboy, I'm just rearranging some bookmarks...

"The Hornby Top Ten" - If you've seen or read and enjoyed "High Fidelity", you'll have an idea of what this is about. If you've ever made Mix Tapes or CD's or just find yourself Making Lists sometimes, you'll relate even if your tastes don't agree.

"POP QUIZ" - Nick Hornby listens to the Billboard Top 10 and realizes the stuff he listens to isn't really POPULAR music anymore... Heh, me too.

"31 Songs That Changed My Life" Nick Hornby's 31 and one each from thirty-one other people, including Vicki Blue from the Runaways -> Suzi Quatro -> Gene Pitney...

And this article references a Canadian musician rather than a British writer with decent taste in music...

"The Ecstasy of Glenn Gould" - I never liked classical piano music until I heard Gould's recording of Bach's "Goldberg Variations", so if you don't like the florid Romantic style piano, don't overlook this guy. Kind of a cross between Professor Longhair, Yo Yo Ma and Robert Fripp, if I may be allowed a very inexact analogy.

On an unrelated note, Disc Two of Scooped was spinning on my CD drive when I read that Pete Townshend was cleared of child porn charges. Good for him, though the criminal justice system, such as it is, is requiring him to Register as an Offender despite not being Charged or Convicted of anything. Well, as long as it's For The Children and not part of the Amerikkkan Resident's Homeland Security Dismantling of the Bill of Rights, I guess it's all good.

I haven't read McSweeney's much lately, but this article saved its place in my Bookmarks list for another month or two...

If meat is murder,
then chicken is manslaughter,
eggs are kidnapping,
and milk is sexual harassment.

More Deep Thoughts later in the week, perhaps...