Who knows The Who, take two

Not being able to drive my manual transmission yet--PT is getting me slowly back in fighting shape--I've taken to using Lyft car services combined with the odd bus and streetcar trip.

I got into a Lyft car yesterday and was treated to a track off The Who's Quadrophenia album. I told the driver that he needed 'surround sound' in order to really appreciate the music. He agreed & simply turned up the volume and we rocked out for the remainder of the of the song. As it turned out, he hadn't grown up knowing who The Who were. He told me that he the particular song we were listening to was featured on one of his favorite cop shows. Liking the track, he decided to look up the band & became a solid Who fan after that. I have been listening to The Who, it feels like, my whole life. This is true probably because I have older siblings who had a pretty decent record collection. And music seemed to be a staple in our household. I thought it fascinating that the Lyft driver either had not been exposed to or had not noticed The Who before a few years ago. I'm almost fifty and the guy, about seven years younger than me, had never heard of Pinball Wizard, Pete Townsend smashing his guitar on stage or drummer Keith Moon OD'ing.



Anyway, we're sliding fast toward Christmas with not much planned. We've put an offer on a house. This will be our third offer. We've sort of been averaging one offer a week. The others were outbid. I imagine we'll be outbid again. Alas, no new digs for Christmas. :)