Reason no. 9,310 why I am buying XM/Sirius

You don't even need to listen to the radio to get songs stuck in your head. After watching a few hours of Benson yesterday on TV Land, I've been humming the theme all day around the house.

 

Sirius made roadtrips much, much, much better. Driving back on fall Sundays and getting every NFL game is awesome.

 

Why 9000, when you only need 2 to buy Sirius:

Regular radio is tremendously awful
Howard Stern on Sirius.

 

Howard Stern is a negative selling point.

 

I was listening to XM Big Tracks online the other day and heard "Girls With Guns" for the first time in years. What a great fucking song and it's getting tough to find awesome 80s songs that haven't been beat to death.

 

With a couple of summer road trips coming up, we got Sirius last week and love it. It made the seven-hour drive this past Saturday bearable. And we went with Sirius in spite of Stern.

 

I have both — Sirius for the car, XM for the house.

Sirius gets me through the long road trips, XM allows me to listen to MLB from around the country. Both give me ESPN Radio, since there's no affiliate in the area.

Worth every penny.

 

This post and A_F's harkened Fletch for me for some reason ...

Bubbler: Hey! You and Howard Stern!
Chief Carlin: Yeah, that's right.
Bubbler: I hate Howard Stern! punches picture

Really, probably the best choice is whichever service serves your sports needs. XM has baseball and the Big Ten, that clinched it for me. Had it been the other way around, I would have gone with Sirius.

 

XM has Big Ten, ACC and I believe Big East. And NASCAR. But MLB is the best feature.

Sirius has SEC, so you get Eli Gold and the Crimson Tide Radio Network.

XM also has Air America. If you tune in, you'll double the listenership.

 

Sirius having Howard Stern just makes it much more satisfying to have XM.

 

Anyone hear the Jerky Boys old school tape today on Stern?
The one where they call inquiring about helium for ballons so they can float their kid up in the house and have the dogs nip at his heels and hit him like a pinata? Had me dying.

Moreso when Eric the Midget nearly agreed to be floated up on balloons. if that happens ...

The Artie Roast thursday has the makings of a legendary show.

 

End of days.