With high hopes, I gave Spotify’s new DJ feature a thorough shakedown yesterday. Alas, in my experience, it’s pretty lame. For one thing, it thinks that if I listen to ’80s music labeled “heavy metal,” then I will also want to hear current music labeled “heavy metal” (despite never actually having listened to any). For … Read more
I haven’t really fretted over new year’s resolutions in some time. This isn’t because I think I’m too cool for them or find them silly or anything else, but simply because I never had much luck with them. My successful life changes have come on their (my) own time. I am, however, trying to approach … Read more
Several years ago we had some friends over for dinner and games. One of our guests remembered a song she wanted us to hear, and she pulled her phone out to play it. “Here, let me go connect that to the stereo,” I said. She waved me off; nah, just play it here. So we … Read more