A born misfit, grew up with "beatnik envy," slid through the "hippie" scene, skidded into oblivion with the punk scene, recovered only to find myself wondering what it all means. As "Mr. Natural," of the old Zap Comix replied: "Don't mean shit." Well, yeah, it does, but not what we think it does. Like Todd Rundgren sang (on A Wizard, A True Star), "There is always more..."

Where was I...?: HOLY... What a life I lead. Since last March I've been busy with moving. Being responsible for an elderly, disabled and increasingly senile mother and seven (that's right, 7) cats is a 24/7/365 thing. I was offline most of the time since April 1st - I was running Windows ME on an old Compaq with dial-up, and I let everything languish. Then I bought me a spankin' new iMac and slipped into a broadband connection, and I've been configuring and tweaking until recently. I finally reconnected with Soundclick, and I found I really missed being able to access so much excellent music that unfortunately never gets the radio exposure it deserves (I'm so sick of Top 40 I could hurl); I really miss the s