My friend Larry asked me a couple of weeks ago if I'd seen The Shins on Saturday Night Live. Since I never stay up past 11 unless I'm in bed reading something so fabulous I can't stop, the answer was no.
I can't remember the exact word he used to describe them--I think it was "different", in a 'not quite sure what to make of it' tone of voice--but it was enough for me to hunt down and download (legally, in case you were wondering) Wincing the Night Away.
The first listen didn't wow me, mainly because it wasn't where my ears had been hanging out lately. (Which was with Ron Sexsmith, Mary Jane Lamond, Patty Griffin, Kim Taylor--not quite Shin-like.) But then the music got its hooks into me and it hasn't let go.
I hear it when it's not playing. (I'm pretty sure 'Australia' is what's playing now.)
All the time.
This didn't used to happen to me. I didn't used to hear music when it wasn't playing. But now I do. I can even switch tracks--it's Mary Jane Lamond now. (Not sure of the track's title--they're all in Gaelic and I don't know it well enough to remember which title goes with what song.)
This is strange and puzzling and kind of cool.
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Yeah, I can do that at times. Not always.
Now you've made me curious!
And until we moved here where we have satellite with time shift (we can see programmes from back east as they air), I was lucky if I made it through the opening monologue on SNL *g*.
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