Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Tuesday, December 17 - Part 2

Ken has arrived here in New Columbia, Pennsylvania. He, too, endured traffic crawling through the snow and slush. In comparing notes on our drives, we realized one thing - something we should have planned for: traveling during the two weeks before Christmas means enduring radio programming that is largely nonstop Christmas carols and holiday songs, most of them second rate, by third tier pop singers. Here in rural Pennsylvania, where religious programming is more than well represented, its hard to ignore the fact that some of the worst Christmas music is performed by religious groups who can butcher a classic as ruthlessly as any pop singer or media celebrity. Our plan? Audio books. Conversation. Terry Gross. Peter Sagal. Maybe we'll start singing.

NPR's Terry Gross

2 comments:

  1. Ken knows a lot of songs, and I'll be he can sing harmony! Marco and Lucca can do the descant.

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  2. You have never driven off the road until you've heard me sing "O Holy Night" and when I sing it in falsetto...!

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