Comments on: Singing in the Car

By: Dolores

Dolores — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:15:03 +0000

When I moved from Lubbock, TX to just outside DC, I thought I was in heaven, 2 NPR stations, Democracy Now on a different station, a CSPAN station and an all news/traffic/weather station. I never had music on at all! Eight years later and a much longer commuter to work each day, I listen to my eclectic assortment of songs: Dixie Chicks, Coldplay, Elvis, Buddy Holly(of course I’m from Lubbock!), Alejandro Fernandez, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Lila Downs, Rigo Tovar, Selena……and I was so glad to hear you also sing to the wonderful Patsy Cline!!!! I also love to sing at the top of my lungs, I no longer have my children in the car to tell me “oh don’t sing mommy, don’t sing”. I can sing all I want! I still listen to NPR for my news. But I have decided when I have to deal with all the idiots on the road every day to and from work, I need my music to soothe me, so I won’t be a beast when I get to work or when I get home.

By: Danny

Danny — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:38:22 +0000

Wow. That piece was easily good enough for NPR. Very impressed. Kudos.

By: janet

janet — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:03:19 +0000

I still listen to NPR, but usually on Saturday and Sunday mornings when “Car Talk” and “Wait, wait, don’t tell me ” and “American Life” play. But, I must admit, NPR is usually where I get my news, but I don’t listen that often. Sometimes I will drive in silence, just to get my mind focused before going to work. But I also have to confess that not only do I sing in my car, sometimes with the window down, but I dance in my seat, too. Drumming the steering while and moving my head up and down like one of those loose headed plastic dogs that people used to have in their car’s back windows. What ever happened to those? I guess bobble heads took over.
I think being informed on all the world’s crazy heartbreaking woes is way over rated. Just a side note, listening to “Democracy Now with Amy Goodman” can really contribute to that feeling of desperation.
Keep blogging Christie. I love how you put things.

By: Trudy

Trudy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:52:55 +0000

I SO relate to not listening to NPR. I find myself drawn to reading all the US newspapers and all the in-depth reports on tragedies in Africa, the Middle East, whatever, and find that there is nothing much I can do. Which, in turn, makes me feel guilty. If I stop reading I feel better, but as if I SHOULD be reading and becoming informed. How neurotic is this? BTW, love Stevie Ray Vaughn and Louis Armstrong too.