New car, new music

Okay, it's new to me, even if it isn't new new.  I loved my car, it was great and it worked great and I had it just the way I liked it.  Sure it had some built-up layers of junk that had accumulated under the seats, but I had all the CDs I like in the glove box, and it was just comfortable.  Then someone ran a red light and sideswiped me, and even though there wasn't a lot of damage, there was enough that it was totaled.  Great.  I get to do my least favorite thing in the whole world, which is shop for a car.  I don't like buying from car dealerships, because even the most pleasant experience feels like a sham.  I don't like buying from private parties, because even though most people are probably fine, I'm worried I'll get the one that's trying to sell me a lemon.

Whatever.  I got through it, and now I have a car to drive again, and that's great.  More importantly, it has a good stereo, and it can play CDs, and I can also plug in... my ipod!  Wow.  I've arrived.

I forgot to put all the CDs back in this car this morning, and I don't have an adapter cable yet, so I was stuck listening to the radio, where i heard an old Shins song, and I was reminded that I like the Shins and I should listen to them again.

"New Slang" was pretty big for a while there, especially after that movie Garden State came out, but I think one of my favorites was/is "Kissing The Lipless," from their second album Chutes Too Narrow: