British singer-songwriter and music it girl Adele made headlines last week announcing that her new album 25 (clever) would not be available on Spotify and other “free” music streaming sources.

Hmm.

Rest assured, fans, my latest album, Still Playing at 33 1/3 is available not only on Spotify but everywhere!

Let the record show that Spotify, through various intermediaries, does compensate its artists. I’m a nobody and I still get a check from them every few months for like nine dollars.

Way to take a stand, Adele, but I think you could use your platform to combat other evils in the world.

For what it’s worth I do like Adele as a singer and a songwriter and, well, the other qualities generally found in female pop stars. I’ve liked several of her previous songs, thought I can’t say I liked “Hello.” (That would be Adele’s new smash-hit single.) As for the rest of the album, unavailable to us Spotify apologists…

guess I’ll never know.