just the seed of an entry, as i have lots more to say but no time to write it

As much as I love music and the fact that probably 75% of my waking hours are spent listening to music at least passively, I've got to admit that I don't have the greatest ear for good music.

To be more precise, I tend to suck at judging a song or album on my first listen of it. I mean, obvious crap will stand out as such to me, but other than that, I only get very general impressions. I really need at least five listens before I really make a decision about an album. Two rules of thumb I use for determining whether it's good: 1) Did I notice new, interesting things this time through? 2) Do I want to listen to this again right now? Anything that gets a yes on both counts is pretty damn good in my book.

The latest in my discman: The Queen is Dead by the Smiths. I wish I could write lyrics that clever. Not that I write lyrics, but if I were to write lyrics, I hope they could be like that.