Listen to this song. Right now.

A song that sustained me through many a year, that. Well, that and 'Wouldn't it be nice'.

Let it be known that headphones are better than the speakers built into a four year old Powerbook.

You are quite right. "Wouldn't it be nice" is also great.

I hadn't expected the extent to how much of a difference big speakers make. After a (near) lifetime of headphone exclusivity, it's almost as if they're entirely new songs.

The Beach Boys have always left me luke warm. I'm both surprised and delighted to have had this impression, if not blown apart, at least challenged...

heh, i don't actually have a single beach boys song in my collection.

However, I can strongly recommend the entire 3 EPs album by The Beta Band. Not listened to it in ages, and then a drunken night a few weeks back led to me and a bunch of mates jumping around at 2 in the morning singing along to Dry The Rain. V cool ...