The last time I was in NYC, a local told me that one of the things he loved about living there was that, on an average day, just walking to work, he would see at least 5 things that would make the dinner table conversation in, say, Kansas.

P.S, you need to set up lastfm and audioscrobbler jonmc, the people need this information from you.

Well, capn, at the McPips Ponderosa, we usually listen to our tunes via the Apple Hi-Fi out on the porch*, so I don't know if either of those programs would work**.

*last night there were about 50 rug rats running around in the alley yelling and playing. another urban tableaux.

**I'm listening to "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" by the Mothers Of Invention, now, if that helps you in your quest for truth.

The last time I was in NYC, a local told me that one of the things he loved about living there was that, on an average day, just walking to work, he would see at least 5 things that would make the dinner table conversation in, say, Kansas.

I know what he means. One time me and a friend were walking down St. Marks at 5pm on a summer day, and a skinny dude in a pair of black bikini underwear, Docs and a cowboy hat, was walking with a hand-markered sign around his neck saying "I LOVE COCK." Anywhere else-scandal! In NYC, it was more like "Whaddaya want, a medal?" Maybe he just wanted a date, poor fella.

(I'm now on Barbara Lynn's version of "You Left The Water Running." I just put the thing on shuffle generally.)

There's a whatzit you can put on your (windows) PC, such that you plug in the iPod, run the whatzit, it reads the played tracks off the iPod queues them to be sent to lastfm, then launches iTunes.
It's less complicated than it sounds
Although it's recently stopped working for me and I haven't been arsed to sort it out.

with a hand-markered sign around his neck saying "I LOVE COCK." Anywhere else-scandal! In NYC, it was more like "Whaddaya want, a medal?"

Exactly, the proper response to that is:

"Hey Pal, Who doesn't?"

I'm rather fond of wattles myself.