Since I missed all of the music stuff, I thought I’d catch up by answering several readers who want to know what I think about music stuff. My favorite 80s bands (and favorite bands during the 80s): The Kinks, The Who, Pink Floyd, Prince, Men at Work, J. Giles Band, The Police and all of those super-earnest bands which dripped with nihilist angst. In the 1990s: I “discovered” I really liked the old Rolling Stones and I was under the impression I was more attractive to girls when I played Indigo Girls and Lowen and Navarro in my dorm room (though I confess to still liking both). In the late 90s, a friend turned me on to the Pietasters, a ska band, and I’ve probably listened to them more than any other group in the last few years. The Fair Jessica is an enormous fan (though stylishly slim in other respects) of Elvis Costello so I’ve acquired a taste by osmosis.

But, I should add that I’m not a big music buff as should be obvious to most folks. I consider music to be nice background noise to distract me from my desire to turn on my true friend, the TV, while I’m working.