Thank you for the music-

I realize with dismay that I have left behind my ipod, a relatively new piece of technology to which I have acquired quite the attachment. Furthermore the Porsche, being a 1991, had only a Blankpunt cassette player for a stereo. Have you tried to buy a cassette tape in the last few years? Not an easy feat. So, for my three day drive, I am left at the mercy of Scandinavian radio. Though for much of the trip there is no reception, I don’t know if that’s the fault of the antenna or that I am in the middle of Jutland. I pass the time instead doing calculations from kilometers to miles to figure out how fast I’m going, and the answer is usually “incredibly.” So when Barry Manilow’s “Mandy” finally comes in clearly, I’ve never been so happy to hear a Bee-Gee. For a solid couple of hours, I get a taste of mainstream music in Denmark today. While the Scandinavians have a reputation for birthing a large number of death-metal bands, the radio clearly leans towards sugary pop music. Think of the bands from the area that made it big worldwide- Abba, Ace of Base, the Cardigans, “Barbie Girl.” And that was the good stuff! While the stations do play mainly American music- lots of Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, Pink, etc. I do get to hear some current gems. I’m quite certain these were the words to a particular favorite- “I wanna have your babies- I’m serious like rabies- They’re poppin up like daisies- here’s a baby, there’s a baby, babies, babies, babies!” Well, it’s that or listening to the wind whip through the sunroof at 150 miles an hour, so babies, babies, babies it is. The choices in Sweden are considerably better, and I find a station of “Heep-Happ Klassiks” which included “Ice-Ice Baby” “Cool like that” and Warren G’s “Regulators” (Mount up.) I must say I rather enjoyed cruising into Malmo to “Funky Cold Medina”