I typed "romantic" into my iTunes library filter and only one song came up. Wound up listening to The Dells' version of Love Is Blue, which is red hot.

The only "romantic" song I have, apparently: Pack Up Yr Romantic Mind by Stereolab.

In other news, my husband told me I dressed my son like Evan Dando.

In the mood for the Kinks this afternoon, I started to search for the Arthur mp3s in our iTunes library. Then I thought, no, I'll play the full fidelity CD of the vinyl transfer (never mind why I have a CD of the vinyl transfer), so I flipped through the booklet to find it. Then I thought, wait, what am I doing? And put on record, shiny, black and perfect. Best use of an air-raid siren in music.

Once in awhile, when I'm too lazy to select something to listen to from our iTunes library and way too lazy to load an LP or CD, I flip to the audio channels provided by our cable service, which are surprisingly diverse, if ultra-genrefied. Usually I pick Singers and Swing or Solid Gold Oldies, two genres sorely lacking in FM representation, not that anyone listens to the radio anymore. Today I scanned by Sounds of the Season, paused, and thought, what could they possibly be playing on September 30? Not Christmas music yet, I hope. Nope.

Oktoberfest!!