My LastFM

I checked out LastFM this evening. Holy time burglar. My early evening, carefully laid out for box-stuffing, bathroom dissecting, and apartment cleaning, was soon split between these necessary tasks and the not-so-necessary task of playing around with tags and skips on LastFM. "Indie" wins for most likeable tag - but "Really fucking good" wins for "Tag Most Likely to Incite Forehead-Wrinkling Gufaws" (apparently, "really fucking good" also translates to "Swedish powerpop"). Regardless, it's addicting, and highly likeable and adapted well for passive listening. My one complaint thus far is that nearly every band save British chav rap is linked as similar to Arcade Fire. Really, great band...but no es todo el mundo, comprendes?

I noticed tonight that my friends in Seattle and I keep talking about Seattle happenings as if I'm not leaving. Makes sense, considering the awkwardness of being like, "What, you never went to see a show at the Triple Door? Wow, then nevermind. What I was going to say is totally pointless. You won't see one there anyway." That's a lot more awkward than ignoring that I won't get to see and do certain things by nature of not being here anymore. But when I'm by myself, I think about it and get that salty taste in my mouth when you realize something is ending and you are transitioning. Like when you are standing in the lobby after a film, rubbing dry eyes and trying to disengage from the story so you can mentally put on your coat and walk out the door.

I just got my second Neutral Milk Hotel tune on this tag. Apparently, The Algorithm has declared me a NMH fan. I can't wait for this thing to start predicting music for me. I'll sit back all lazy-minded and let the mathematical structure of my own subconsciousness pick my tunes. Damn, we are so close to hoverboards, I can feel it.

Wait...it's playing Bright Eyes?!?! I don't like Bright Eyes! Or do I? Maybe I love it!