Radiohead - Dollars & Cents

You know what? We're all way too busy. I mean, it's just too easy to do fifteen things at once these days. You download songs directly onto your phone. You get directions straight from the internet (which you have on your phone). Remember when dialing 4-1-1 used to be a 75 cent luxury reserved only for desperate moments? Those days, are gone.

Same goes for listening to music. We are passive. Putting on headphones is an exercise reserved strictly for sitting on the metro or going for a run. Nobody just sits, in their favorite easy chair in their house, no less, and just listens to music. Think about it, when was the last time you just lied on your bed, dimmed the lights, zoned out, and just listened to an entire album?

For many of you the answer is never.

So right now, my faithful two or three of you that will actually read this, please drop what you're doing. Listen to Radiohead's "Dollars & Cents". Let the baseline coo you into submission. Allow the strings to swell from ear to ear. Smile as the drums hammer away. Breathe deep. Close your eyes. Descansar (relax in Spanish). It will only take four minutes, then you can get back to whatever it is you were doing.