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When we left the Lamar, we got back into the Volvo and onto the highway. Andrew put on the radio, moving between stations until he found the local country one. Soon, he was turning the volume way up, and he and Matt were belting out along with Keith, lowering the windows so the whole highway could hear them...
...Country radio, I learned, is simultaneously the most fun and the most embarrassing music to sing along to in public. To do it, one must let go of all pride, adopt a serious twang, and periodically howl. Often, the words one must howl are ‘country’ or ‘love,’ but in one currently popular case, ‘alcohol.’ In three years living together, Matt and Andrew have suffered greater embarrassments. They howl with pride...
...Andrew said, offering Matt his fist. “28!” And they commenced with their customary pound. (Every time they entered a new state, Matt and Andrew consecrated the moment by touching fists.) A few minutes later, Matt plugged in the radio adapter they’d bought for their iPod and hit play. Slow piano filled with the car, and then Marc Cohen’s voice, and then the drums: “Put on my blue suede sho-oes, …touch down in the land of the De-elta blues?...
...street corner as their stereo blasted the Eagles’ “Take it Easy.” Then he asked Andrew to take his picture. Days later, “Sweet Home Alabama” would welcome us to Birmingham. For purposes of cultural immersion, pop radio is often sufficient, in its limited, capitalist way. After all, even the locals listen to Clear Channel. But sometimes, an i-Pod is also useful...
Matt J. Glazer ’06 and Andrew H. Golis ’06 passed many of the hours they spent driving listening to the radio. By the end of the summer, they had a vast knowledge of top-40 country music—and even a favorite song: “As Good As I Once Was” by Toby Keith. Keith is also the artist behind “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue,” a post-9/11 song whose enthusiastic patriotism made national headlines...