I just got back from a short but lovely trip to Los Angeles. In the midst of the work that I had to do I managed to see quite a few of the people on my, “must visit” list. In seeing those people I managed to drive a few hundred miles around the Los Angeles area (shame on my gas consumption) in the span of five days.
During my time in the car, most of which was spent alone, I listened to KCRW (www.kcrw.com). KCRW is probably the best radio station I’ve ever encountered and my five LA days made me realize how much I missed it. I can listen to it on my computer yes, but the only thing that I miss about driving in LA is listening to that radio station’s music shows and being constantly bombarded with good music, new music, interesting music, provocative music.
There is something about driving and listening that can’t be emulated by sitting in front of a computer and listening. Your mind is free to wipe out all other thoughts and focus on the road in front of you and the sound in your ears. Although, I am ultimately in love with the idea of not driving, that mindless pursuit of interesting sounds is something that can’t be had in any other situation.
So I say to you, if you live in Los Angeles, listen to KCRW. You have no idea what a gem you have until you move away from it and miss it like I do.
