{"id":31,"date":"2005-05-24T09:16:12","date_gmt":"2005-05-24T16:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/archives\/2005\/05\/24\/ethel\/"},"modified":"2005-05-24T09:21:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-24T16:21:00","slug":"ethel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/2005\/05\/24\/ethel\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, I got e-mail wondering if Cliff Burnstein was drinking some hootch,
or…<\/p>\n

If you don’t know what Ethel is, you’re still listening to FM radio.<\/p>\n

Please read today’s "New York Times" on Mark Cuban<\/a> and simultaneous delivery
of movies to homes and theatres.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, he’s talking about a DVD option, but
hate to clue you in, the disc is dead.\u00c2\u00a0 While Hollywood is debating DRM standards
for HD discs, the customer has moved on.\u00c2\u00a0 And it’s not only movies, it’s
radio too.<\/p>\n

FM radio just isn’t hip.\u00c2\u00a0 There, I said it.\u00c2\u00a0 It doesn’t deliver the radio
EXPERIENCE!\u00c2\u00a0 FM radio delivers commercials, plain and simple.\u00c2\u00a0 FM’s customer base is CORPORATIONS, ADVERTISERS, not PEOPLE!\u00c2\u00a0 Radio, when done right, is a living, breathing thing.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s not something to divert your attention on a boring drive, not something to kill time, it’s something you LIVE FOR!\u00c2\u00a0 My car was in the shop for ten days and I felt withdrawal pangs as serious as the loss of a
love.\u00c2\u00a0 Back in the 80s people might have WANTED their MTV, but they NEED their XM.\u00c2\u00a0 Because out of the speakers comes a whole WORLD!<\/p>\n

Ethel is XM’s modern rock channel.\u00c2\u00a0 Or maybe you call it alternative rock.\u00c2\u00a0
If it happened before Nirvana, it’s on Fred, channel 44, if it happened
thereafter, it’s on Ethel, channel 47.<\/p>\n

Oh, it might also be on Lucy, channel 54, where they play ALL the greatest
hits of alternative rock.\u00c2\u00a0 And could even be on XMU, channel 43, which is where
the TRUE hipsters hang out, where the music is BORN!\u00c2\u00a0 But if you want to be
turned on to the best in modern rock today, just tune in Ethel.\u00c2\u00a0 THAT’S what
Cliff Burnstein is addicted to.\u00c2\u00a0 THAT’S where he hears about all the new bands.<\/p>\n

Then again, he does have Christine print out the reviews of all the highest
rated acts on pitchformedia.com<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Oops, did I give away a secret??<\/p>\n

The old music business is dead.\u00c2\u00a0 People like Clive Davis and Andy Lack just
don’t know it yet.\u00c2\u00a0 Seeing that the old system still has some life in it, they
think it’s going to exist FOREVER!\u00c2\u00a0 But just like e-mail killed fax machines,
the old system’s gonna die OVERNIGHT!\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, admit it, you thought computers
were for nerds, but when you heard about this folder on AOL ten years ago
entitled "Insider Tips" (the predecessor of the Velvet Rope), you went to CompUSA, bought a machine and signed up for AOL just to PLAY!<\/p>\n

And you haven’t looked back.<\/p>\n

You’ve given up your AOL address.<\/p>\n

You surf the Web as if you were doing it your whole life.<\/p>\n

If you’re ripping CDs, if you’re still SENDING people CDs, then you’re so
2001.\u00c2\u00a0 Now it’s about MP3s.\u00c2\u00a0 You e-mail them, you send them as IM attachments,
the disc is IRRELEVANT!\u00c2\u00a0 Adding bonus features to the CD is like throwing a
saddle in with every horse.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s shining up the past and ignoring the FUTURE! <\/p>\n

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