Heard on the Street

I spend a lot of time walking around New York City and sometimes I hear noteworthy songs -- either from stores, cars or just in the air.

The past two days provided two such occasions. This morning, I stopped outside the American Eagle store in Times Square because they were playing this gem:

I hadn't given "Brimful of Asha" a whole of thought since hearing it in a cornershop in London back in 1998. It's such a joyful song that I stopped walking and soaked it in.

Last night, on my walk home, I passed a dude on a tan Harley (I didn't know Harleys came in anything but black). He was blasting "It's Been Awhile" by the horrid Springfield Massachusetts band Staind. But despite essentially being a power ballad, I always liked that song.