Highway Star
“When your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in,” the late great Father of Gonzo once said, “the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas… with the music at top volume and at least a pint of ether.” Throw in GNR’s Welcome to the Jungle and the drive will probably be one strange brew of vicious nightmares and endless fantasies, pretty much like what Hunter S. Thompson had in mind one shitty trip to Middle America at the start of his career.
On the road, hook up with a nice girl (preferably, more and more people are saying, at the less fashionable side of Vegas) and I don’t know what else you are going to need. Maybe a little more zest to the stock audio system of your car. That must be how Highway Stars do it. Now, not many music journo consider Deep Purple a great band (as if their opinion on that subject were of any importance, receiving records and writing, as they do, at the pleasure of record companies), but try playing Highway Star on your auto when you take to the road and you will know how insanely ridiculous the song comes down. These lads never really hit it big time, hounded as the band was of internal schism. But their output, still, was generally decent.
But that is inconsequential. Good music worthy of air time on your car’s audio system is only important in relation to how it comes out of the speakers. From onboard MP3 players to killer speaker system, Mobile Sound seeks to provide an easy-reference archive on the lowdowns and latest trends on souping up your car’s audio system. Of course, you don’t have to acquire a great deal of fear and loathing, nor any pretensions on being a Highway Star (duh), to improve on the stock audio system of your car. It’s hard to imagine who will not take pains to put music into one’s life. As they say, life would be a mistake without music.
