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Here is (one of) my problem(s): I feel like I do all of the talking here on this blog, and this makes me uncomfortable – I do care about you and would love to know your thoughts rather than just spewing mine all of the time. BUT I also have a debilitating fear that if I ask questions in any of my posts, no one will answer and I’ll look like a right fool and probably end up crying over it. So here is my solution, which hopefully makes everyone happy: I’m going to post some songs and ask a few questions and you can write/answer in the comments and it’ll be a blast.

AND because I’m about to start watching a movie and then it’ll be the weekend and then I’m going away for a few days, I won’t be checking my emails from now until, like, Wednesday, so by then I’ll either have some responses (yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!) or none, but if it’s the latter I’m banking on the fact that I will have forgotten about the post by then because my memory is so terrible (unless you count my ability to remember the lyrics to songs I didn’t like from 1999) and we can just move on as if I’d never tried to stir up the comfortable little system we had going before this post. *gasps for air* 

Does this sound like a good plan? No? Hush, you.

While listening to older CDs over the past month or so I’ve been rediscovering songs and bands I’ve loved for years but which have been replaced on my high-rotation piles by the albums and bands that have grabbed my attention in more recent times. I am (mostly) convinced that introducing someone to a good song is the equivalent of helping an old lady across the street (although if you ever have to choose between the two, pick the old lady); my hope is that you’ll enjoy those I've listed below and then introduce me to one/some of your favourites in return. SO: here’s a mini playlist of a few of my favourite songs for a quiet, neutral or bordering-on-melancholic mood:

Sweet Song – Blur

I Thought You Were God –  Clare Bowditch

There is No Such Place – Augie March

I Don’t Blame You – Cat Power

Feeling Oblivion – Turin Brakes

Black Cherry – Goldfrapp

Have a listen to the YouTube videos or find the songs in Grooveshark, then do a good deed by letting me know your favourite quiet song, or a beloved song/band you’ve recently rediscovered. You’re also allowed to tell me that you passionately hate quiet or bordering-on-melancholic music.

Or, if none of that takes your fancy, you could respond to one or more of the following:

1. A band you still love that was first introduced to you by a sibling or parent.

2. A song you’re slightly embarrassed to admit that you loved in high school.

3. A song that always reminds you of something.

OR, if none of these apply/you have no desire to answer any of them, you could just say hi. I really don’t mind (I DO! Please write to me!). Here goes...