Embarassing disclosure: I’ve had the chorus to “Party in the USA” by, of all people, Miley Cyrus in my head for the last two days. I place the blame squarely on the Party School episode of This American Life (which is fascinating and humorous, by the way). Damn You, Ira Glass!

In a related bit of music news, my boss sent along a great hack to be able to use Spotify in the U.S. (it’s a streaming music app that’s based in Sweden, where the licensing and distribution rights have been negotiated completely differently). The service is really good, the music streams immediately, and there’s a great radio feature that allows for discovery of new music via genre and decade.