Down in the Boondocks

"My name is Dean Winchester. I‘m an Aquarius. I enjoy sunsets, long walks on the beach and frisky women. And I did not kill anyone.” Dean Winchester from Supernatural.

Isn't it great when you come across something new, whether it's a new author, a new song or a new TV show. One of the big perks of my job is that I constantly have new material coming across my desk so new discoveries are something that happens fairly frequently and regularly

Lately though I have noticed that I have been on a rather strange and perhaps worrisome trend. I seemed to have developed a fondness for what at best could be described as Rural Americana and at worst as Redneck or Hillbilly chic. Is there even such a term? If not then I just made it up and I added the chic part so it sounded just a little bit better, though I'm beginning to have qualms about even this.

It's a rather weird thing to be into and something that I am beginning to suspect lies entirely with my love for Supernatural. Not supernatural as is ghosts and zombies etc (though I enjoy that too) but Supernatural as in the TV show. You know the one. Cute guys, great music, the car (which deserves a show entirely of its own), funny one liners and a supporting cast that brings so much to an already great show.

Much of the show is set in the American Midwest, an area that I've never had a particular yearning to go and yet on some level I seem to be drawn to it. Maybe it's the music or perhaps it's that gun-ho attitude where people don't take crap from anyone and aren't afraid to shoot you if you do them wrong. Either way I've become hooked on this slice of American life.