Makin' Music... sort of

We don't have any way to listen to music here except through the TV. Even then it's usually just commercials because our local channels don't get sound so no Saturday Night Live or late show bands, either. We also don't get PBS anymore which means Austin City Limits and Soundstage are gone. What's an inmate to do?

I absolutely love music in nearly any form. To "listen" to music, I ask my folks to send lyrics to familiar songs for me to sing. There's nothing to hear except voice, but it's a taste of home. The only hard part is that sometimes I think I can remember a song only to have it sent to me, then not knowing even one bar of the tune.

I got a pack of lyrics from my mom of bands I remember - Weezer, All-American rejects, Semisconic, Manu Chao, of Montreal and a couple of others. It was like a brand new station with all new programming and some of the guys really wanted to hear it. We stayed up until the early morning as I sat on my bunk rocking tracks that came out years ago. Imagine a campfire concert without the fire or guitar. (Oh, what I would do for a guitar.) The guys were jumping in on familiar tunes. It was great. That's how we get our music fix here.