This Little Habit

Still with me? In honor of the Rapture hoopla, I thought maybe I'd borrow the title of the last track for this show: Woke Up Laughing -- because that's what everyone *else* is doing today while the believers take stock of their disappointment … but instead, I'm calling it This Little Habit because you know, even if it WAS the end of the world, this is exactly what I'd still be doing …

And it's not just me: lots of digital ink was spilt this week on "end of the world" music selections -- whatever folks choose to be listening to as they check out. For me, the tunes run the gamut from the brandnewness of Adele to the eternalities of Van Morrison's 1968 masterpiece, Astral Weeks and Robert Palmer's 1980 release Clues. I was reminded of the Palmer track when a few moments of it played over the closing credits of Pineapple Express, which I watched recently; such is the nature of This Little Habit: watching movies (or doing most anything) but thinking music…. right up until the end.