So --I have an 11.5 hour drive from DC to GA...and no iPod connector for the rental car. Hey no problem! I am in America! Radio Stations will be in all-English, with lots of great music, right? Here's how it went:
Virginia: Channel surfing...let's see...country music. (um. no) ...commercial...commercial...commercial... country music (still, no)...I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (what the?)...religious channel (no), Rush Limbaugh (NO!), commercial...commercial...country music (UGH)...Tears for Fears (Great! oh wait....it is the end of the song. Damn.)...commercial... (stops car as cat has peed in his box, which now needs to be emptied)...commercial...Bob Seger: Night Moves (ok--this will have to do).
North Carolina: commercial.....commercial....country music (this is getting monotonous)...commercial....foreign language channel (WHAT!? I had 21 years of foreign language radio! I want ENGLISH!)...commercial (stops car to get gas...this area looks dangerous, reminds self that people carry guns here....gets back in car and goes to next exit to get gas).....country music (zzzzzzz)... (Come on! How about Simple Minds? Alphaville? Shriekback? anything 80's? Please?) ...commercial...country music...Silent Night (really? you're killing me! it's the 20th of NOVEMBER!)...Bob Seger: Night Moves (again....well, ok)
South Carolina: Deck the Halls (now I am getting mad) ...commercial....commercial....more country music (even the cat looks pissed off)...commercial.....country music ( my finger is cramping from all the channel changing)...KC and the Sunshine Band (great! finally- something to keep me awake!)...commercial...(stops car..cat has peed again...could be worse, right?)...Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (someone shoot me)....Bob Seger: Night Moves (WHAT! Seger must have some kind of hold on the South)
Georgia (YAY!): let's see what we have here ......commercial......commercial.....country music (uh oh).....Bob Seger: Night Moves (I am a living episode of the Twilight Zone).....wait! what is this? OMD?!! (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark ) Could it be??? YES--it is!---an ALL 80's radio station! I LOVE Georgia!
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