I am…26.58 % mainstream in my musical listening habits. Kinda surprising – I would've guessed I was about 80% mainstream. Actually I probably am 80% mainstream if this site could look at my CD collection. But my online music listening habits (which are tracked by last.fm and which is where these stats are drawn from) are probably a lot more focussed on new bands that I hear about online. And if I'm honest, I'm a bit more conscious that by streaming what I'm listening to to this blog, I'm helping create a virtual representation of myself. So on my computer, I listen to hipster cred bands like Wilco, obscure singer-songwriters like Sam Baker and trendy but perhaps not yet broken newcomers like Lily Allen. Meanwhile, at home in the CD player, it's all Spice Girls, all the time! 
[Edit: Except I just looked at the last.fm sidebar and realised that Anne Murray's “Could I Have This Dance” has been sitting there for about a week. Embarrassing but it played at my grandpa's funeral so I wanted to hear it again when I got home. No shame in that! What'd we learn in 503? Never apologize for your reading habits. I guess the same should apply to your music listening habits. Unless you like Nickelback. There really is no excuse for that! 
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