Since When Is Matchbox 20 Considered Classic Rock?

My life is forever altered if this is true. I heard a Matchbook 20 song on an online “radio station” that was supposed to be pure classic rock. I now know how my parents feel. The songs of my youth are deemed old. However, Matchbox 20 is neither “Classic” or “Rock”. Ugh. I’ll be doing the “mom dance” while driving and saying “Matchbox TWENTEEEEE” as my child looks on in amused horror.

Actually, check this out: pandora.com it is associated with the Music Genome Project. It’s free! Just sign up, tell it an artist or song that you think is really neat, and it will compile a list of songs that are similar in quality, tone, melody, a whole gaggle of conditions. You can also tell it if you like the song or not, and it will alter the upcoming songs accordingly. Pretty neat. Only couple of bummers: The music is licenced so you can only skip so many songs on one “channel” an hour. BUT! You can have as many channels as you like, so you can just jump to another one! Also, if you like a song and want to listen to it again, there is not an option to restart. meh, could be worse.

I was not at the bus stop at 6:13 this morning, and was resigned to missing it. I was on my stoop as the driver pulled away from the stop. To my surprise he stopped right in front of my house and picked me up! I was so pleased. I guess there is a bonus to being the only person the bus that dresses up in business casual at 6:13 in the morning. You get recognized. That is another neat thing: the people that ride the bus that early are the same people everyday, with the same driver. It’s handy for situations like the one described above.
Hope everyone is having a grand Friday. Congratulations to my Mother and my Stepfather on their 15th Wedding Anniversary yesterday! Here are some neat facts about July 31:

1498 – On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.

1588 – The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England.

1954 – First ascent of K2, by an Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio.

1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.

2007 – Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.