Yesterday I called the city to find out how my apartment building could recycle our food scraps (I know, but I can’t bear to throw another egg shell or banana peel in the trash when I know they could be decomposing happily somewhere with other food scraps and greasy pizza boxes). While I’m sure most of the information can be found on their website, sometimes you just want to be able to ask a knowledgable city employee stupid questions. Conversation’s don’t come for free though. There’s a price to pay. I spent 15 minutes of precious time on hold. But, to my pleasant surprise, I was subjected not to generic, headache inducing muzak, but to song after song by all local musicians! The mayor’s recorded voice piped in every now and then to let me know about their special “On Hold” programming and directed me to this website, where I could peruse the whole playlist (which changes quarterly). This quarter features everything from the Purrs to the Medieval Women’s Choir. Don’t like the list? Do your civic duty and email arts.culture@seattle.gov to let them know who you’d like to hear while you’re on hold waiting to be chastized for not just finding the answer to your stupid question on their website.