Archive for the 'Radio' Category


XM/Sirius

What kind of crazy fucked-up world do we live in where two competitors spend each other to death, dragging their stocks down, to the point where the FCC has no recourse but to allow them to merge. At least Sirius knew it was about content.  The XM’ers had some fancy idea that the word "satellite" […]

Radio Last

Last night I had a dreamYou were in itAnd I was in it with youAnd everyone I knowAnd everyone you know was in my dream I was at a radio convention.  And there was a band playing on stage.  Their number resembled Vanilla Fudge’s reworking of "You Keep Me Hangin’ On".  The lead singer was […]

What Dies First

CD sales or radio? I’ll argue that radio started to fall first, and therefore CD sales are tanking even more than they would in a healthy exhibition environment. In case you’re out of the loop, CD sales are in FREE FALL!  Oh, the majors don’t want to broadcast the story, because they don’t know what […]

So Tired

Radio is still king.  What we want is an outlet that’s ALIVE, that’s programmed by PEOPLE, to turn us on to great music. I love everything on my iPod, but I don’t want to listen to it in my car.  Because it provides no SURPRISES! But delving deeper into the radio realm, one must dismiss […]