So about 4 years ago I started listening to Mark & Brian, a local morning show in Sacramento. Actually they were in L.A but it played in Sac. Anyway, I listened to them faithfully every morning while I got ready for work & drove to work. Later when I had my own office I'd even listen to them while I worked. I never listened to CD's in the morning. When I moved to Vegas I was sad to hear that they weren't aired here so I started listening to Howard Stern. At first I listened because every other morning show in Vegas made me want to shove pencils in my ears, after a while I grew to really love Howard & the gang. Really. I'll even sit in my car sometimes when I get to work if something really great is going on.

So today for the first time I listened to a CD ON PURPOSE instead of listening to a morning show. That CD was a mix of Blur & Modest Mouse. Blur's song "Tender" has me in it's total control. I canNOT stop listening to it. And it's not the greatest song ever by any means..but something about it is hypnotic. There's a part where the guy is singing: "Oh my baby, oh my baby, oh why, oh my" and I swear to Zeus..I don't know..it just does something to me. Makes me feel a feeling that I can't quite put my finger on. It's like it reaches into my soul and YANKS ON IT. It almost hurts.

So yea, when I chose this song over Howard (which really meant choosing it over 4 years of tradition) I was shocked and confused..but then it just felt so right.

I'm listening to it right now and can't accept that it will end in a minute. I can't believe I have to leave my desk and go out into the center to do some work and won't be able to listen to it.

I'm telling you, it has me by the SOUL.

Who me? Gets too into music? Naaahh....