The Sirius Seduction of Catherine S

[cathschaffstump]

Last week, we bought our new electric blue Touring. It comes with Features (TM) and with bonuses. One of the bonuses is 3 months of free Sirius XM.

"Pshaw!" said the Stumps. "We will not keep this Sirius one second more than necessary. We are beyond that. We have a Nano, and we know where the jazz station is on the dial. We are Unimpressed."

Catherine asked the dealer, "Will we have to shut this off?"

"No," says Kandy (her real name). "Believe me, they will not let you keep it a minute longer. But you will get offers for continuing it, I'm sure."

"We won't need them," said Bryon.

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The mistake was turning it on. Kandy, who must have known what she was doing, managed to leave Sirius XM set to the 80s on 8. Like all creatures of my time, I enjoy the music of my college years. Every regular radio station that plays 80s music plays a set. Right now, I'm hearing songs that I haven't heard in years. I'm not making any kind of quality statement about the music, okay? Some of it *is* bad. But I can't remember the last time I head "Cult of Personality" or the theme from Miami Vice.

Would Sirius XM be worth the bourgeois fee if we could get some depth in our favorite kinds of music? And if it has 80s, what else might it have?

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