Siriusly...

This morning on my way to work I was listening to two of the Sirius stations that I listen to on a pretty regular basis, and was completely appalled at what I was hearing. (Both of these stations are definitely smutty stations - but what can I say? I spend a lot of time in the car, and no matter how many music channels I have, they still don't entertain me.)

One of the two stations was talking about potential relationship dealbreakers. There aren't a whole lot of things (especially superficial) that would be dealbreakers for me. At any rate, I was mildly amused by how superficial and sweet some people can be regarding dealbreakers, that is until the host put in her two cents. She started ranting and raving about how someone who liked country music was an automatic dealbreaker. She couldn't believe that the music even existed or that anyone was willing to spend a second of their lives listening to it and that if they did like it, then obviously she was far better than they and their backward ways were.

Don't get me wrong - country music is not my favorite, but I grew up listening to everything - and that includes Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, The Highway Men, Dixie Chicks, and many others. Some country (mostly mainstream) drives me bonkers - it's why I have 4 country stations on my sattelite radio that I've never listened to - but some of it is the best storytelling I've ever heard in my entire life (everyone go listen to Long Black Veil by Johnny Cash, or anyone of the artists who have covered it). To write of a human being simply because of their taste in music?! Abso-fucking-lutely absurd!

I'm not a fan of rap music (almost exclusively I despise it all). Nick loves a lot of it. We have most of Eminem and Ludacris's repoitoirs (don't mock me for my spelling). I don't hate him for it - nor does it make me think any less of him. I might think less of him if it were the only thing he listened to, but if you were to see our music collection - you'd probably think we were full-blown schizophrenics. We have rap, alternative, rock, metal, classic rock, pop, country, spoken word artists, and musicals - and we listen to ALL of it.

I suppose this diatribe is more about the fact that some people are so closed minded about trivial things. It makes me wonder if this woman who was freaking out about country music freaks out about more important issues like race or financial status or sexual orientation.

Needless to say - she pissed me off.