RSS FeedFlaws of Traditional Radio
Let me begin by saying that Kid Rock should be dead. Flat out dead. I don't care how, but by now it should have happened. John Lennon gets assassinated and Kid Rock gets to make a new song (something about summer and rhyming things with things and sampling good songs). Why is he alive.
My job has Sirius satellite radio, which might be cool except it's the same inane crap that's annoyed me about conventional radio since high school. We hear 5 stations, a different genre/era each day.
Monday is Classic Rock (pop style), Tuesday is 90's to Today, Wed is 80's Pop, Thur is Classic Rock (Rock Style), Fri is Country. Thursday is the best, since there is just a lot of great music from the the classic rock time frame. We always get Zepplin and Creedance and all the great stuff, most of which I like. Tuesday is ok when good 90's alternative gets in (like today, we started with Pumpkins, Counting Crows, a few others I can't remember), but it always gets around to the crappy Kid Rock song and some other song about a girl wanting to start a fight (VERY ANNOYING SONG).
I don't know if there is good music on this Sirius thing, but I've decided that it would probably still annoy the hell out of me, because it comes with most of the inherit flaws of traditional radio (from what I've heard).
1) Repetitiveness
I don't know how often new songs are mixed in, but every day we hear pretty much the same songs, and most times, two or three times, and it's usually the really annoying songs that get the most playtime. Kid Rock and the Girl Fighting song with the Na Nahs comes on at least once an hour it seems to me. A good playlist should have great songs, everytime, and not repeat them. Hardly at all they should be repeated. Because, if you are doing it right, there is a LOT of good music to listen to. Radio is not doing it right.
2)Breaks for Talking
There aren't any commercials since Sirius is paid radio, but there are still DJ's annoyingly talking about whatever thing their being told to say, and little sounds and clips and crap that tells you what you are listening to, in case "music" isn't a good enough definition. And then some girl comes on and sings the Simpsons theme song in such a way that sullies Elfman's tune forever.
On Friday, hicks get to call in and request country songs by SINGING THEM.
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
3) There really ought to be three things but I think two will do it.
So there you have it. Kid Rock needs to die and I need to be able to listen to Pandora at work. Or throw an indie station in on Mon. We don't need another classic rock day, and one that isn't that great to begin with.
My job has Sirius satellite radio, which might be cool except it's the same inane crap that's annoyed me about conventional radio since high school. We hear 5 stations, a different genre/era each day.
Monday is Classic Rock (pop style), Tuesday is 90's to Today, Wed is 80's Pop, Thur is Classic Rock (Rock Style), Fri is Country. Thursday is the best, since there is just a lot of great music from the the classic rock time frame. We always get Zepplin and Creedance and all the great stuff, most of which I like. Tuesday is ok when good 90's alternative gets in (like today, we started with Pumpkins, Counting Crows, a few others I can't remember), but it always gets around to the crappy Kid Rock song and some other song about a girl wanting to start a fight (VERY ANNOYING SONG).
I don't know if there is good music on this Sirius thing, but I've decided that it would probably still annoy the hell out of me, because it comes with most of the inherit flaws of traditional radio (from what I've heard).
1) Repetitiveness
I don't know how often new songs are mixed in, but every day we hear pretty much the same songs, and most times, two or three times, and it's usually the really annoying songs that get the most playtime. Kid Rock and the Girl Fighting song with the Na Nahs comes on at least once an hour it seems to me. A good playlist should have great songs, everytime, and not repeat them. Hardly at all they should be repeated. Because, if you are doing it right, there is a LOT of good music to listen to. Radio is not doing it right.
2)Breaks for Talking
There aren't any commercials since Sirius is paid radio, but there are still DJ's annoyingly talking about whatever thing their being told to say, and little sounds and clips and crap that tells you what you are listening to, in case "music" isn't a good enough definition. And then some girl comes on and sings the Simpsons theme song in such a way that sullies Elfman's tune forever.
On Friday, hicks get to call in and request country songs by SINGING THEM.
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
Sirius Suits: We need something that'll make people wanna listen to this country station and keep paying for something that is free already.
DJ: Hmm. Well country is inherintly annoying, so that must be the aspect that draws people to it. What can make it moreso?
SS: Let drunken hicks call in and request songs?
DJ: No. Even better: let them SING the requests. All off-key and badly. People will love it.
DJ: Hmm. Well country is inherintly annoying, so that must be the aspect that draws people to it. What can make it moreso?
SS: Let drunken hicks call in and request songs?
DJ: No. Even better: let them SING the requests. All off-key and badly. People will love it.
3) There really ought to be three things but I think two will do it.
So there you have it. Kid Rock needs to die and I need to be able to listen to Pandora at work. Or throw an indie station in on Mon. We don't need another classic rock day, and one that isn't that great to begin with.
Cartoon Network CEO Resigns; ATHF On Case
#Cartoon Network, #ATHF, #Bombs, #Bomb Scare, #Boston, #Post 9/11 America, #Real News, #Guerrilla Marketing
In the wake of a Boston bomb scare which turned out to be nothing more than Guerrilla Marketing, it seems that the CEO of Cartoon Network has officially stepped down, and CN parent company Turner has payed over 2 million dollars in restitution to the city of Boston. Probably not what CN envisioned when they launched the ad campaign, but then again, who could have foreseen this? Was CN wronged? Is this just kneejerk reactions to a post-9/11 America? Or did you also think the little Moon Man flipping you off was about to esplode? Vent in the comments!
I Hope You Can See This Cause I'm Doing It As Hard As I Can
#ATHF, #Aqua Teen Hunger Force, #Terrorism, #Stupid People, #Boston, #News, #Bombs, #Cartoon Network
Apparently, yesterday there was a series of suspicious looking objects in Boston, which people thought were bombs. Turns out they were actually LED boards of the Moonanites from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, in an elaborate gorilla marketing campaign. You heard me right: People actually mistook marketing for explosive devices.
Of course, they were placed under bridges, subways and other public places, and they were lit up, so I can see how your average person would mistake it for a bomb, just like they must mistake their television or microwave for one on a daily basis. "Aha! Made in Taiwan you say? Well the authorities will be hearing of this!" A day and several scary news stories later, people are now mad at the company that did the marketing campaign, interference inc, and are demanding that they and Cartoon Network, along with their parent company, Turner Broadcasting, be held accountable, which may include a fine of $500,000, which is what was spent to avert this disaster.
Attorney General Martha Coakley says the scare was not necessarily unfounded. "For those who responded to it, professionals, it had a very sinister appearance," Coakley said. "It had a battery behind it and wires."
Later that day, several RC Cars were taken from small children to be destroyed. The children are awaiting trial for their crimes against the government.
Check after the break for a video of the hanging of the Mooninites.
Of course, they were placed under bridges, subways and other public places, and they were lit up, so I can see how your average person would mistake it for a bomb, just like they must mistake their television or microwave for one on a daily basis. "Aha! Made in Taiwan you say? Well the authorities will be hearing of this!" A day and several scary news stories later, people are now mad at the company that did the marketing campaign, interference inc, and are demanding that they and Cartoon Network, along with their parent company, Turner Broadcasting, be held accountable, which may include a fine of $500,000, which is what was spent to avert this disaster.
Attorney General Martha Coakley says the scare was not necessarily unfounded. "For those who responded to it, professionals, it had a very sinister appearance," Coakley said. "It had a battery behind it and wires."
Later that day, several RC Cars were taken from small children to be destroyed. The children are awaiting trial for their crimes against the government.
Check after the break for a video of the hanging of the Mooninites.