A Few Reasons...

I am the new owner of a spanking new satellite radio system and I have to tell you ...it kicks ass! A friend of mine introduced me to SIRIUS radio while we were working at the nuclear facility in Aiken, SC. I always thought that it was cool and I found it interesting to think about satellites beaming down at my car. I kept mentioning to the boy..."I really want satellite radio" (pretty fucking subtle, right?)> Well, the boy came through and performed a preemtive strike. He bought me SIRIUS for my birthday and gave it to me early before I went out and bought it. Here are some things I like about serious radio and a few examples of why:

Left of Center: Satellite radio's version of college radio. While they tend to play the same 30 songs over and over again (The Kills, Postal Service, Ryan Adams, etc.), it beats the pants off of listening to the wanker DJ's on my local college radio station.

NPR: Not only is there one but two NPR channels. You can never get enough liberal journalism. Not to mention my increasing disgust with CNN. They may have the single worst anchor people that ask the same damn question over and over again in a different way..."Would you say Catholics support this new Pope?" "How do Catholics feel about Pope Benedict the whatever?" "Will Catholics back the new pope with as much zeal and John Paul II" blah blah blah.

Back Spin: Old school hip hop with some occasional new school classics. So far today I have heard Grandmaster Flash, Curtis Blow, KRS-1, Snoop Dogg and Dre, Funky 4+1, Queen Latifah (before she got all glam) and all the Run DMC I can stomach! It's just so good. It just confirms how incredibly crappy hip hop is today.

Pure Jazz: No new contemporary jazz but good old stuff. Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charley Parker, Tholonius Monk, Herbie Hancock, and everyone else you could ever imagine. There's something to be said about driving on a sunny day with jazz in the background.

HardAttack: All metal/hardcore all the time. I think I have heard every song off Master of Puppets over the past week..which is a good thing. The boy loves this one. Every time I get in my car after he has been driving, I start the car and get blasted out by Lamb of God or Messuggah.

And the best part of it all...I can stream it through my computer at work. So while I am trying to figure out what the hell source code is and how I edit it I can rock out to the Sugar Hill Gang. Not so bad. Not so bad at all.