Solo with "The Soloist"

Thanks to book-lending ROUTE 1 reader and hot-air balloon addict BEKAH P., we've all been given the opportunity to discover "THE SOLOIST" by STEVE LOPEZ.
Music-nut KERSTIN (currently vacationing in RENO, NEV.) read the book by the LOS ANGELES TIMES columnist and immediately bookmarked SoCal classical station KUSC (find it here) -- because it is the favorite station of the book's focus, street-living musician NATHANIEL AYERS.
I started reading the book, and I immediately began taking notes (must be a journalist thing).
"Music is a meditation, a reverie, a respite from madness," Lopez writes upon observing its effect on Ayers. "It is his way of being alone without fear."
I love that description of music. It fits everyone's life to some degree.
Who hasn't relied on music to tether us to the familiar when we're in unfamiliar surroundings? Who hasn't filled the house with musical sounds when there's no one around to speak with?
The girls are in Nevada and Jill is camping with some girlfriends. That gives me a great opportunity to sit and read.
And you know, Kerstin was right: KUSC is a pretty darn good radio station, too.