Posts tagged "music"

country

whenever i’m on the road for work i stay in a hampton inn. the prices are decent, there’s free albeit crappy breakfast and each room in every hotel is furnished exactly the same, which means you know exactly what you’re going to get. as part of the standard room furnishings there’s a clock radio that has buttons labeled ‘talk,’ ‘rock,’ ‘oldies,’ and ‘pop’ that are programmed to the corresponding local radio station. last night in london, ky., i turned on the radio to ease the loneliness only to find every button led to a different country music station.

aug. 16, 2011, london, ky.

americana

if a pub in ireland has american beer on tap - and the ones in the bigger towns always do - it’s bud heavy followed by coors light and miller genuine draft. the bar bands LOVE johnny cash too. we’ve heard ‘folsom prison blues’ at least three times.

june 27, 2011, dingle, county kerry, ireland