Bootcamp returned to the Urban neighborhood today — in fact, we visited The City, which promises “today’s hottest urban hits and a few of the big ones from yesterday.”

It wasn’t as bad as I’d feared, at least when I had the volume way down and the song of the moment wasn’t too bass-heavy. But when I had the volume up a little to help mask the conversations in the office next door, it was just like being next to one of “those” cars — you know, the ones with the thumping bass. The good news, such as it was, is that I didn’t notice any overtly profane lyrics.

There are cities I really enjoy visiting — this isn’t one of them.

Sometimes, I astonish myself. I don’t know why I predicted a C for Bluegrass Junction. After all, I like folk music; I loved the music in O Brother, Where Art Thou?; and “Orange Blossom Special” has always been one of my favorites. So I guess I must’ve been asleep when I made my prediction for today.

At any rate, I was wrong. I enjoyed listening to Bluegrass Junction all day — it was even good music to program by, and that’s not easy for me to say about music with strong vocals and lyrics.

This is definitely a channel to which I’ll return frequently!