Bart, with his predilection for musicals ( see Bart and the Bowl of Cherries ), has a natural partiality to show songs of the last century. This is not surprising given the last time he listened to the radio was in 1964. Your average agriculturalist might gravitate to country music but Bart is a stalwart of Tin Pan Alley, so much so he has assembled his own Tin Pan Avenue, hoping that the tin might blossom in some way. Bart's first preference is for a mineral boom but failing that a crop of hit songs would hit the right note. Granny Eggwhistle, our ever resourceful photographer, says 'he's whistling Dixie'.