Soundtrack!

As you know, the most important feature of the road trip is the music. If you don’t bring an adequate supply of cds (none of our Maudes have had MP3 docs yet. Some day…) you might, say, end up driving along the Mexican border in Arizona hearing endless Mariachi bands on the radio, and sort of go a little crazy. When you hear your first hour of Mariachi music, you’re like, yay! I love Mariachi music! This is fun and brassy! But then, after like, hour four, you’re like “Isn’t there some static I could listen to or something? Why is that cactus looking at me like that? Aarrrgh Bats!”

In any case, we luckily have a ready-made soundtrack for our Gulf Coast adventures, supplied by none other than the fabulous Digney Fignus. I highly recommend picking up Digney’s cds if you a) like music; b) like to dance; c) have a pulse. Seriously, though, we all need to do our part to keep crap like the Jonas brothers (sorry, Lisa) from being disseminated as “music” when there are real, talented artists out there who don’t have corporate backing, and therefore have to work much harder to get their sound heard. Even though their sound is SO MUCH BETTER. Only you can prevent formulaic melody and insipid lyrics. And forest fires.

For your viewing and listening pleasure, here's a video of Digney's big hit from the 80's, Girl with the Curious hand.

Please note how annoying MTV veejays were, even then. Also, find Gail Huff! She fails to mention in the linked-to profile that she got her start in Digney's video. I will mention that I got my start in one of Digney's videos: Do the Walk.

I will be happy to sign autographs upon my return.