Say in crochety old person voice: I remember when...

Yipee! I just found a new way to bear work. Here.
I can plug in my earphones and suddenly, scanning shipping documents seems almost fun. As a big fan of my own country's music, I was particularly pleased to download their podcast #116:Rewind the 90s. Let me digress for a moment:

There are chunks of time that define my musical tastes.

Age 3-9 (whatever my dad's records were-Doctor Hook, Joe Cocker, Slim Whitman , whatever was playing on AM radio-Donna Summer, Alan Parson's Project, Ian Thomas, whatever 45's I could buy from garage sales-Elvis Presley, Connie Francis, Jim Reeves, and whatever my sister was listening to- Bee Gees, Bay City Rollers.)

My consumption of music has never been as dedicated and feverish as this stage of life. I remember holding my 2 dollar microphone, plugged into the white cassette player, up to the mono speaker of my alarm clock on a sunny summer day when I should have been outside playing...but music was on the radio, and I loved it, and I needed to record it for later.

Age 10-13( a whole new world of 80's british pop and videos. Awesome, awesome videos. Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Duran Duran, Nik Kershaw, The Thompson Twins, basically the sound track to any John Hughes film. Eyes opened to the idea that certain music was "cool" while others, not so much.)

Age 14-17 (Hello Morrissey and the Smiths. You are my world. These three years were fully dedicated to the worship of Morrissey. Ok, there were also some REM, Billy Bragg and Echo and the Bunnymen in there, but the Smiths were my oxygen.)

Age 18-21 (The Smiths broke-up. I mourned and then tentatively stepped my foot outside of the protective circle of my Smiths world into some experimentation with other music. Decided I would give in and buy cds instead of vinyl- a painful transition. Decided I would give in and listen to music that might even go against my "scene". I grew up(or rather, reverted to childhood when I just didnt' give a shit what anyone thought) and realized I didn't need to worry about cool or ever sensor my own taste-Iron Maiden, Elvis Costello, Pixies(YEAH!), Cocteau Twins.)

Age 22-28 (Ah sweet renewal of music joy. Thy name is Halifax music scene. Sloan, Superfriendz, Thrush Hermit, Inbreds, Local Rabbits...so much good music. Out and about in my cords and converse one-stars. Good times. ) That's what the above mentioned podcast is all about. Happy, fuzzy warmth for me. This time is the closest I ever got to the frenzy of music buying and listening I did when I was a kid.

Of course, my music evolution hasn't stopped but it's been a while since I've had the excitement of some the above mentioned times.

I guess I'm getting olden.