I love the random discovery aspect of music. I recently had to drive to Pristina, Kosovo and experience the endless misery of the border crossings on the way.

I love the random discovery aspect of music. I recently had to drive to Pristina, Kosovo and experience the endless misery of the border crossings on the way. I spent more total time in the lines waiting to cross the border than I did driving from Austria. And that cloud had a silver lining, because at each border, I discovered new music belting out from the hundreds of other drivers also waiting in the hell of border crossing. Nothing would Shazaam, however. The licks and melodies and clear synth lines, or strumming chords of quaint (to me) nearly unrecognisable string instruments that were belting out over the fields were very enticing, and I could really only get a taste of the music these folks were listening to. On the way back out (the hell was repeated) I noticed the stalls on the side of the road at the Kosovo border, selling cheap CD's of local artists .. so I took the swing and bought a whole, random set of them. Artists I would never have known. And, while a lot of the Kosovo rap is irksome and mundane (at least of my selection), there are a number of gems in the mix - stuff that I really, really like for some reason. And I'd never, in my life, have encountered it if not for those border crossings. Music really transcends mans banal nature and turns us all into angels.