80's Brit-pop alive and well in LA

This past week I enjoyed what must have been an exhaustive tour of those awkward little areas outside the changing rooms in LA's many womens clothing stores. I'm surprised by how much british music I heard, the same goes for the radio here, The Smiths and The Cure seem to get a lot of airtime.

I also feel like I heard 99 red balloons surprisingly often, but I can't be sure that "surprisingly often" != once.

I don't know what it is about clothing stores that make me want to write code. I've never longed for the cold logical comfort of Visual Studio so much as when asked to pick the best of three seemingly identical pairs of jeans. Maybe I'll scatter some hangers and rails around my office when I get home, or build a narrow, awkward, brightly coloured cubbyhole to stand in when I need a burst of motivation.

And, to the stores who had provided a sofa and a TV, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.