Fan Girl Wannabe

Whew! That was tiring! I spent 14 of 30 hours between Wed & Thur driving through the middle section of Illinois and northwestern Indiana. Its 6+ hours each way, so I asked my NBF if I could borrow some books-on-tape from her officially “in storage” library. I selected “Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Tracy Chevalier, and “About a Boy” by Nick Hornby. I was really looking forward to them, but the rental car only had a CD player. Drat. I had to content myself with a rock-n-roll retrospective instead.
I have decided though, that I’m going to need new road music, because there is a very good chance I’ll be making this trip monthly. Of course, I’ll still attempt the audio-books thing, and who here doesn’t think that Billy Crystal reading Christopher Moore’s “Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal” would be the most perfect entertainment EVAH?! (Except for the part where you'd drive off the road into a ditch and land upside down because you snorted Red Bull out your nose - Again!)  I wonder how you can make requests for these things? But really, there is no substitute for good road music. Unfortunately, after 20 yrs or so, the shine has kinda worn off of “Bat Out of Hell.” And while I love Elvis to death, I’m thinking The Clash might be more my speed this year. Also, some Blue Oyster Cult (Mirrors), maybe some AC/DC to replace Meatloaf, definitely need to replace my long-lost Donnie Iris (Back on the Streets). Some Rush would be good. And there’s always my Beach Boys anthology. And some Go-gos to mix it up a bit. Also, The Mavericks. Some of these are already on my amazon wish list, but I usually put the more mellow stuff there. I tend to forget to add music to the list anyway – I use my list as more of a “reading” list. But really, it’s time for new music in the car. 

Stay tuned for more observations and thoughts from the road...  I've got stuff about food, and small towns and life and and and... truly, you should all be glad I don't make voice posts, LOL.