Songs of the Times

So I’m driving home from campus, a-listenin’ to the radio. Got a fistful of errands to run before I can come to light back at the Funny Farm, so I need the radio to keep me company for a while. Seemed like half the day that NPR had been moaning on while Rome burned (again!).

Enough, already, of the stürm und drang! How much of this can any one human being listen to without losing its mind? A click of the button sent the radio dial surfing across the airwaves to the cowboys. The Cistern (that’s “City Western”) station tuned in just in time for the start of this:

And you thought cowboys have no sense of humor?

Y’all come over for some of that home-made wine, y’hear? We’ll be needing it…