etc.

When my favourite radio station started playing Eminem, I was outraged. They are supposed to be a rock/alternative station, and they have been known to do things for shock value in the past, but this? I complained to various family members about this new development, and I also almost called in to the station to leave one of those rambling diatribe messages because yes, I too have some edge in me.

But then a funny thing happened: I started to like the song. The one I’m talking about it Lose Yourself, from the 8 Mile soundtrack. Jason rightly notes that the song is “surprisingly uplifting, positive, and even poignant”, and I couldn’t agree more. So even though, strictly speaking, The Edge should not be playing rap, I’m a happy little clam as long as they are playing this one.

And who ever would have thought that we’d be saying this: how about that new Nirvana song?