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Music...

Its bad enough in America to listen to the radio and hear the same 20 songs on every station interspersed with commericals that take up a large portion of the airwaves.

I could go on about the music machine in america, but thats not the point.

When I came to Italy last time, I remeber hearing new and innovative songs, that is where I first heard of the Gorillaz (who are amazing) and lots of other really cool songs.

This time, in Rome, our hotel had TV (no TV in Orvieto) and so I wathced some News programming in the mornings while getting ready for the day. Apparently music videos are news, because from 7-8am that is what was on. Sadly, I saw very very very few songs that I didnt already know. There were a couple that I will have to look up when I get back home, but other than that it has been pretty much like watching MTV in america (except that there actualy WERE music videos).

To add insult to injury, restaurants here play a lot of our top 40 songs. Last night we went to a very nice restaurant that was literaly down a few flights of stairs and inside some caves that date back to the ancient Eutruscans. Sadly, instead of some nice clichè Italian music, we heard Lady Gaga, Sting, the Police, and pretty much anything you could expect in the states. It was a weird mish mash of music, and it didnt really fit a dinner that was 25 Euros or about $40... (yea it was expensive, but it was amazing!)

Music I have liked here:

• Bastard Sons of Dioniso (need to wait till I have faster internet to bother figuring out which song I heard) check them out though!
• The random accordian dude that walks around and harasses you for change between songs
• The big ole pipe organ in the Duomo
• The dude that stands outside the Duomo that plays his violin for change
• The dude that plays the jazz sax outside of the Duomo for change (or maybe for fun, he was drinking beer...)