HYSTERICAL AND USELESS

stopped by the newsstand in Union last night, as it was exceedingly cold and thus i arrived exceedingly early before my train was scheduled to depart for the evening. as a result, spent about 15 minutes flipping through one of those "great-to-waste-time-but-not-usually-actually-buy-unless-they've-got-pretty-pictures" magazines---namely, Q. but not the normal Q. there's a special edition out now, comprising their personal picks for "100 Songs That Changed The World."

as for the list? it's not so bad. of course there are some things i'd agree with and some i wouldn't, and some i'd switch places around---but then, i'd have problems doing this in a hierarchical fashion of any sort anyway. i'm horrid with doing such lists. but they can be entertaining enough to waste a bit of time, so i did.

probably everyone you'd expect was in there, and more. the top 10 got a few more pages each to their coverage (and yay! Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit." ^___^ that CERTAINLY belongs.) than the rest, natuerliche. and squee! HILARIOUS story about the Emu-dropping toils and tribulations of pulling "Blue Monday" together. eheh. and Kraftwerk! and god, what else? i can't remember. Otis Redding was in there somewhere. but! Billie Holiday! ^-^

(i decided it was time to put the magazine down and go get on my damned train already when the Kraftwerk photo actually made me emit the closest thing to a coo i think i've ever done unintentionally out loud. o.o;;;)