etc.

Way back in the heady days of file sharing before the Napster bubble burst, I did quite a bit of downloading, all the while trying to convince myself that there were no creative/intellectual property rights being violated since I mostly used the service to get my greedy paws on old music, music I probably couldn’t find in the shops even if I tried (which I mostly didn’t). So I have a lovely little trove of MP3s on my hard drive, remaindered from those rip-roaring days, and lately I have been pounding memory lane hard while transfering these files to disc for my own listening pleasure during the commute to work. Some of these bands cause me to hang my head in shame, but so what, my commute these days is positively soothed by the likes of:

• Siouxee and the Banshees
• King
• Soft Cell
• A Flock of Seagulls
• Elvis Costello
• Eddie Money
• Charlie Sexton
• Lisa Stansfield
• Talk Talk
• Talking Heads
• Ultravox
• Electric Light Orchestra
• Elvis Costello
• The La’s
• Bucks Fizz

Guilty pleasures, each one of them. We all have them, don’t we?