Ha! Thanks. I re-read the author's paragraph. On first read, I thought he's using alight in the sense of "lighting." In that case, it's not a verb. I assumed

Ha! Thanks. I re-read the author's paragraph. On first read, I thought he's using alight in the sense of "lighting." In that case, it's not a verb. I assumed this because even show DJ's who are "just pressing play" still touch the dials. It's just that the board isn't plugged in. edit: it appears there's a non-OE meaning that I overlooked too [0] from mis-interpreting the text. [0] http://www.dictionary.com/browse/alighting http://www.dictionary.com/browse/alighting