Turn Your Radio On

I've spent most of the evening reading and writing here in the home office (read: relaxing and screwing around in the converted dining room) and listening to music.  At first, I had my Madeleine Peyroux station playing on Pandora, but come 6:00 it was time to turn on NPR and enjoy A Prairie Home Companion for some of that old timey radio show flavor that we are missing out on.  My grandma still talks about sitting in the evenings and listening to the Grand Ole Opry and Kay Kyser and Kraft Music Hall long before they ever got a television. 

Listen to the music in the air...

I love how PHC works to keep alive the classic medium of radio and the format of the radio variety show.  Tonight was a show commemorating what would have been Bill Monroe's 100th birthday, and with the number of guests who used to play with Monroe, it was really something. 

(I realize this post has nothing to do with otakudom, but I don't care.)