This is ridiculous.

I am a woman obsessed. Last week, I heard an insanely catchy synth-fuzz nugget on the radio while I was driving. Because it was on KCRW, where they play a bunch of songs without telling you what they are, and because I’d arrived at my destination (home), I got out of the car and went to look at the playlist online to find out what the song was. Turns out the KCRW site is confusing, difficult to navigate, and generally sucky. Also, either their clock is off, or my car clock is off, but whatever the case, it was not possible for me to locate this song. I then spent a good couple of hours googling the bands on the playlist, and exposing myself to music of varying levels of crappiness in the process. To add embarrassment to what was already an infuriating situation, my “research” also forced me to actually spend time on Myspace, which is apparently now like some sort of internet ghost town, populated by roving packs of feral, goth teens, and firmly devoid of any actual content or information. Anyway, at this point, most people would have probably given up on this pointless quest, but somehow the degree of difficulty I was experiencing just made me more determined to find this song. Eventually, and almost certainly by accident, I was able to put two and two together. The magical song is called “Hollywood”, and it’s by Marina & The Diamonds. SUCCESS!

The next thing I wanted to do was post the song on the blog. Stupid Imeem had stopped existing in the meantime (bought up by the accursed Myspace), so I had to/still have to find a thing that will let me embed an MP3 on a blog. NO, not link to a URL somewhere else on the internet, but please GIVE ME CODE TO EMBED THIS FUCKING THING. Is that too much to ask? Yes, yes it is. Because after looking at, oh I don’t know, six or seven alternatives, I was finally able to ascertain that no, none of these things will let me do the one thing that I need to do. I even texted a tech-oriented friend for suggestions, and since he is having the same issue, I feel entirely validated in  having utterly failed to solve the issue. So, the bottom line is, I simply cannot post this awesome “Hollywood” song. Is it more pathetic that I’ve now spent somewhere in the region of twenty man-hours trying to make this happen, or that in spite of my efforts, I haven’t worked out how to do it? Hm? OK, well the next best thing is a Youtube video of the song, so here it is.

Also, my iPod got “corrupted,” whatever the hell that means. So, tragically, I have at least temporarily lost all my precious Neil Young and Tom Petty and Royal Bangs. Literally the only music I have on my iPod right now is Marina & The Diamonds. I have to check the external hard drive, because unless I’m a total moron, I’ll have backed up my music library on it. No guarantees. But for the time being: Marina & The Diamonds.