How Do I Know What I Think Until I See What I Say?

As I mentioned on Monday, Elmo gets six months of free satellite radio. And one of the most awesome channels on the free satellite radio is called First Wave, which is classic alternative music.* They play a lot of The Smiths and The Cure and many other bands that start with "The" (and also Duran Duran), along with a bunch of other songs from bands that were, like, one hit wonders. And this week, I heard "Pure" by The Lightning Seeds.** Here it is: This song is the epitome of new wave 80s alternative music. It sounds like Alphaville and the Pet Shop Boys and The Cure and OMD and every song from a John Hughes soundtrack ever. In other words, this song RULES. I have a number of stories I could tell to narrate this song, but they're really all about longing and skater boys and dances, and they're probably best channeled into the stuff I write so that you can subject yourself to them voluntarily rather than being forced to endure them here in public. Let&#