I'm posting a day early because I have a little leisure time, but I won't the rest of the day or tomorrow. I just hope the weather cooperates with our picnics today. Thunderstorms are predicted for late this afternoon, but I hope they hold off until tonight.

This week's selection made me chuckle. Perhaps it was more influential than I realize, but I can't believe this choice, as I assumed this band was merely a "one hit wonder". Well, I can since it's a British newspaper, but it just doesn't strike me as one that many of you will support, but let's see if anyone give a rat's rump. The Human League - Dare (1981)

Until Dare, synthesisers meant solemnity. Phil Oakey's reinvention of the group as chirpy popsters, complete with two flailing, girl-next-door vocalists, feminised electronica. Without this...and Oakey's lop-sided haircut, squads of new romantics and synth-pop acts would have been lost.

As I mentioned, this is likely a stretch, and is solidified by the shortest argument, by the critic, for its place on the list. Just freakin' weird in my estimation.

G Swish