Sirius

I've left you, dear readers, for much too long without my sage words of wisdom, or barring that, a quick laugh. I hope you all had a great Fourth of July - it was overcast here in Jersey, but hey, any day I can use the grill and not cook inside is a great day for me.

I want to talk about something near and dear to my heart today, and that's my Sirius radio. I have one in the car and in the bedroom and am aiming for one in the living room.

Oh, Domestic Goddess, you ask, why o why do you need to PAY for radio? Don't you want to listen to the repetitive commercials and obnoxious DJs who think they're funny and continous promotion and contests?

Dear readers, no. I abhor terrestial radio. And I'll tell you why. The first time you hear the Miller light commercial it's funny "Mr. cell phone holster man". The seventh time in a 30 min time frame, not so funny. DJs who are weak Howard Stern imitators (both black and white) not funny. Steve Harvey on WBLS in the morning (New York)......funny for about 10 min. How much slack jawed country talkin can a refined lady like me take? Don't get me started as to why I never hear Greyhound commercials on any stations but WBLS (New York)

Oh, Domestic Goddess, why does Sirius please you so?

Well, dear reader, although I am a refined lady, I do love Howard Stern. Yes. Now, I've said it, it's out. I've listen to him for nearly 25 years on and off. Yep, since high school. Now that that's out on the table, I also like Sirius for the following reasons:

Siriusly Sinatra - Nobody swings it like Frank.
Elvis Radio - Nobody sings it like the King.
Foxxhole - Where else can you hear Paul Mooney's riff on zoo animals and catching a taxi in New York. This is the guy who WROTE for Richard Pryor.
80s Channel - Like it or not, I'm a child of the 80s...."Sweet Dreams are made of this...."
Family and Kids - While in the car with the little ones, they love it!

there's more, but I won't bore you with the further outlining of my musical tastes, although I know you all are DYING to know.

The best part of Sirius? No commercials and no annoying jabbering DJs trying to make a name for themselves by being outrageous.

You can also listen online at www.sirius.com. I'm listening right now!

Back next time with more meanderings!

Old Music? Am I Old?

"Everytime I look in the mirror/All these lines in my face getting clearer
The past is gone/It went by like dusk to dawn.....
Isn't that the way/Everybody's got their dues in life to pay"
- Aerosmith "Dream on"

I can't believe that this song is actually 20 plus years old. It seems like just yesterday that I was singing along with the radio in high school. Now my 4 year old son knows most of the words - for those of you who know the song, it's especially hilarious at the end when the vocal goes up an octave - my son is right there with it!!!

My daughter on the other hand, prefers "Old Time Rock and Roll" although in her three year old vocals: "Wock and Woll".

I try not to think of myself as old, but I suppose I am when my top forty is now on the classics station. When did "Bille Jean" become a classic? Well, apparently it now. I try to listen to the newer songs, but some of them seem so repetitive and infantile (recalling that crap "In the Closet" which started off pretty interested, but degenerated into nothingness.)

I am by no means a music snob - I bobbed my head to 50-cent "In da Club" but at the same time shaking my head at the lyrics. In the olden days (smile) I listened to LLCool J talk about his radio and Rob Base talk about "It Takes Two". I won't deny that some of the urban songs today don't have great music and great beats, but I just can't bob my head to a song that is just so nasty and ugly toward women and other people in general. This is not to say every single modern song is like that - on the other hand you got the new-wave Keith Sweat boys begging and pleading for a girls love. No problem there, except the fact that they use the same phrases over and over again, and without fail, rhyme 'you' with 'you'.

Oh well, I suppose I'm just showing my age - not a problem...let me just get my knitting and scrapbooking and go in a corner and bob my head to New Edition, AC/DC, and good ol' Bruce Springsteen. And while I'm at it, I'll break out the really old stuff like Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. (Everybody loves somebody...sometimes.....)

Take care!