My "new" radio, the view from the parking lot, and the T-Mobile store across the street where I bought the First Hiptop Sold in York County.

I usually don't listen to music while driving. I can't stand the radio because I hate having to flip around and still only find crap. Plus I consider DJs amongst the lowest forms of life. I have no respect for a profession where you can fit the job description inside the instrumental break of Todd Rundgren's "Bang My Drum All Day." But having a tape deck will change all that. I've already dug up all my old college-era tapes... So here's the ancient music you can expect to find blasting from my Sundance right now.

• Several They Might Be Giants compilation tapes
• An interesting mix: Side 1 is Violent Femmes and Side 2 is Sophie B. Hawkins
• Stay Awake, the uber-rare Disney modern remix album
• Brave Little Toaster soundtrack, dubbed directly from a VHS recording. Most of the songs are on Side 2
• A mix tape in honor of a road trip through Canada, NY and CT. Called "Why Would You Terror a Shivan Dragon" because we played a lot of Magic on that trip.
• An old mix tape of Mike's that I copied, entitled "Ernest's Magic Chicken and Spaghetti." The reference is lost on me.

By the way, I reserved a copy of GTA Vice City today. Probably pointless to do so, since Toys R Us always seems to stock hundreds of copies, but what the hell. In store on Halloween, which means it's going to be fighting with the big Animal Crossing Halloween celebration for dominance in my household.