I feel like sharing

Aside from the underlying reasons for private celebration that were described in yesterday's post, your heartfelt good wishes and comments were like whipped cream and a cherry on top of an already delicious sundae Root Beer float. 

So as long as we're sharing the love over here, I feel like I should also share something that I've been enjoying lately.

A friend recently turned me on to a web site called 'Tropical Glen.com' which is basically a well organized on-line jukebox.  The music is organized by year (top 100 songs from each year), era, genre, etc.   To begin listening, you simply select one of the 8 or 10 songs listed for that category and then let it randomly play all the rest of the songs while you do whatever else you were going to do anyway.

Best of all, unlike many of the streaming audio sites that tend to gobble up significant bandwidth while you are listening, this one seems to have a very light 'touch'.  Just before each song plays it uses a second or two to download the file into a temporary location... and when the next song is about to begin it downloads that one over the top of the first (at least that's how it appears). 

The result is a fantastic listening experience that shouldn't piss off your IT dpeartment or slow down what you are doing on your computer.  It even has a search-able lyrics database, so if you are one of those people who sits at your desk singing, "Scuse me while I kiss this guy" along with Jimi Hendrix while those around you cringe... well this should sort you out. 

There is a small downside in that you can't download/buy the songs you really like directly from the site (at least so far as I've been able to discover).  And although you can pause songs during play (so you can shoo the noisy kids out of the room while you rock out), you can't 'rewind' to the beginning of the songs that you want to hear a second time.  Considering it is free, I guess I shouldn't really complain.

So go ahead and have a listen. 

If you need me I'll be making my way through the '77, '78 and '79 song lists today.  But if you see me nodding my head and doing what Billy Crystal called 'the white man's overbite' (in 'When Harry Met Sally') - that embarrassing trait we Caucasians have of putting our upper teeth over our lower lip when we dance or listen to good music - please don't interrupt.  I'm cruisin' through the soundtrack of my high school years.

Don't thank me... I'm a giver.