Back from Kentucky, and not a moment too soon. I was getting way too comfortable eating beef jerky and drinking coke in the car. Early on in the drive, we were treated to the wonders of XM radio, in all its no-commercial, centrally-programmed, DJ-is-totally-extraneous glory. It's inspiring to flip through the stations and experience the excellent fruit of state of the art demographic slice n' dice techniques. After sliding up and down a series of awful genre-specific playlists, we settled on the Playboy station, which featured weird, awkwardly lurid banter between a very zonked-out R&B singer and 2 very chipper ladies, presumably of the porno variety. This being a family 'blague, I won't get into the program content, but I'm happy to do a impression if you'd like (hit me up in the Comments). Anyway, I'm really not sure if there's a future for radio porn, because our XM privileges were revoked early in day 2 of the trip. Apparently, rental cars only give you a demo. I guess you're supposed to subscribe to the XM service for the reminder of your rental time. After lamenting our loss, it was back to the Ipod shuffle, which has a way of turning up at least one tune that's so out of step with the environment, it's perfect in a new way and totally flips you. This came on somewhere in West Virginia, with the relentless afternoon sun revealing an endless landscape while also lifting my head high above the beautiful green mountains. Maybe the XM radio programmers should consider building a genre around it. I think it's a worthy addition to the road songs from a few months back.
The System - I Won't Let Go
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