So this morning I went for the first time to a new dentist in my new city, and had a surprisingly pleasant experience. (I know, right? Dentist. PLEASANT. What the?)

Everyone was very nice, my appointment started only 20 minutes after it was scheduled to begin, the hygienist chatted just the right amount (i.e., hardly at all), the cleaning and x-raying processes took less time than I’d grown accustomed to at my previous dentist.

OH also they had pretty images of a tropical paradise on the ceiling light panels, so as to give patients something agreeable to look at whilst leaning back in the chair. Does everyone do this? I’d never seen it before. Lovely.

The best part, though, was the music. I realized after a few minutes in the chair that it was no easy listening station filling the airwaves at my new house of dentistry — instead I registered some Eagles, some Clash, some Billy Joel, and some Queen. Right on! The last of these was “Somebody to Love,” which I enjoy very much (and not just because of the Glee version, awesome as that was).

(Now, it has occurred to me that maybe I am just growing old, and that while this is not my idea of easy listening or Muzak, it may be someone else’s. BUT I WON’T BELIEVE IT.)

There must be some wrestling over control of the music in this little dental office, though, because after the Queen there was a brief silence, before the music started up again, this time more of the Top 40 ilk. I shit you not, the good Lady Gaga herself was singing as I ponied up the co-pay.

I am totally sticking with these dentist dudes. That’s my kind of place.

PS: Moderately clever and enjoyable Gaga-Glee video follows: