I couldn't get through Foxtrot. Hell, I didn't get through Watcher Of The Skies, though I could have. It's always been that way with both Genesis and Peter Gabriel solo for me.

But really, Danny D'Imperio was one of the great things about the early internet for me, and at least five other people.

Bask in it, dude.

Yeah, I'm gonna fess up. It's only now I realize you were being droll.

Gotta be at least hundreds, right? My last such convo this last week was with a Tool and Shinedown fan who stretches to classical, but I've talked to folks ranging from Loudon Wainwright fans who stretch to hip hop to IRCAM listeners (supposedly, I'm like, really?) who stretch to Wagner. Online, don't even get me…

Mssr Minderbinder will be smirking, you realize. It's like telling a Beatles fan who's talking about Revolver that Ebony And Ivory is Paul McCartney's peak.

Wow. That's an opinion I hadn't heard, and I've talked to lots of people about 20th century music. What is it that you like so much about that era of Genesis and that tune? I'm actually just listening now, not hating it by any means, but puzzled about where you were able to get such a comfortable handle on this.

Of course, Gordon DID come down on Keselowski, and was completely in the wrong.

I don't know if he's blind (I reckon he is) but I know he's fixing to tour. Got tickets for the floor in Key Arena on 12/3.

Got the Miracle Fruit (not berry) tablets later in the day. Tried them with the spousal unit—flavor tripping, or taste tripping, it's called.

[nah. joke didn't work, once I saw it. Sorry. Got nothing. Quite a week of upsets, huh?]

That is a great, great song that I've been messing with on guitar for the last couple of weeks. I can't leave the chords alone. Stevie had this influence from Latin music, and he incorporated Gilberto etc into funk and pop, and it tickles your fingers to play it. But I can't sing it while playing on guitar, I keep…

Off-topic, but not completely. Last week's (no, two weeks ago, whenever) Kinja-promoted $30 saving on a sous vide immersion thingy hooked me. I now own one, and I've also discovered the whole online availability of Newfangled Cooking.

I had to leave .wav files behind. I did use them when I lived in Japan, back in the day, and they had CD rental shops. Outside of that, once online sources made a whole 'nother level of quantity possible, I had to give in to Rhapsody-level paid downloads or, even worse, real-time recording their stream—no charge…

I've told this story before here, I think, under some other name. I assure you I was there when it happened...that the story was told to me, but not when the thing happened, obviously, one is never there for that.

Sorry I missed your reply the other day and didn't reply back. Assume you're far from the topic now and uninterested, so I'll make sure not to block the Don't-Bother-To-Read function, but if you REALLY want to know what sort of person Spotify, Rhapsody (my choice—allows both streaming and pay-to-download and has an…

So...if you don't use subscription services, how do you audition music? How do you decide whether you want to buy that King Sunny Ade and His African Beats album—by the cover?

Rhapsody has that, I'm pretty sure. I hate it, and have kept it from my files, but if it's your thing, you might look into Rhapsody, which for me has always been the clear winner among streaming services anyway.

I can't imagine having as little control over my music as Pandora etc give you. Do you also sit down and watch whatever random video your software decides to show?