radio, radio It's hard to quell the excitement when I read this afternoon that FINALLY after a decade or so of waiting Willie will release his reggae album this year. Ha--check out the cover art (Wal-Mart is going to change it to a palm tree for their stores). We got a taste of Willie done reggae last year on the Toots and the Maytals tribute album True Love but it looks like Willie's long lost album will finally get its day in the sun this week.
Speaking of day in the sun, let's talk about the radio choices here as we drive around the island. We have Radio Cayman, which broadcasts news and local issue call-in programs as well as general reggae and country music, which is usually a good bet. I usually stick to that or the one w/popular "rock" (Coldplay, Gavin, etc), or even the KISS-FM franchise (again...they play Kelly Clarkson). There's also a country station, and while I don't mind the old country guys (pre-80's) I think this station goes out of its way to play the worst songs...you know when an artist with little talent gets a hit they have to fill in their album with, well filler. It's pretty funny the stuff they play, actually. Listening to the radio is a new venture for me, since the past two years have been primarilly NPR and news programs, something not heard of down here. It's a nice change, I feel like I'm a normal person (typically not good) and my own age for once (except I still shy away from 50 cent and Mariah Carey's latest crap).

Of course I'm a simple man. I would be happy with all Tom Petty, all the time. Well, Tom and Willie. And maybe Dylan. And the Beach Boys. And Jimmy. My mp3 player comes in handy (not on the road...you should see some of these drivers), I have like 4500 songs in it. But I still tend to stay just listenin' to the same things, the occasional Counting Crow or U2; but mainly just ol' Tom. And that's alright with me.

/fluff for a weekend.  ¶ 7/10/2005 07:02:00 PM