tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post1302208055134545010..comments2024-01-08T14:21:37.465-08:00Comments on Infinite Art Tournament: Public Radio SucksMichael5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-89837746173151402522007-07-31T17:59:00.000-07:002007-07-31T17:59:00.000-07:00@fingers: All right, then, here goes. Terry Gross...@fingers: All right, then, here goes. Terry Gross is a perfectly adequate arts-n-letters interview host, and I think her show deserves a wide listenership in her home town of Philadelphia. Yep. <BR/><BR/>BUT -- there is no reason for every other town not to have an arts-n-letters interview show of its own, many of them more interesting than the merely pretty good Fresh Aire.Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-37856832994993427212007-07-30T22:24:00.000-07:002007-07-30T22:24:00.000-07:00Jenny -- so next time, you can say "what the and.....Jenny -- so next time, you can say "what the and..." instead?<BR/><BR/>And Mr. 5000 -- you forgot to bitch (that's my contribution towards your R-rating) about Terry Gross. And yes, yes, Satellite Sisters...AAARGH...I tried to blot them out of my memory.fingerstothebonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-18058571155019555732007-07-30T19:10:00.000-07:002007-07-30T19:10:00.000-07:00@Jenny!: Yes, the plan is to use "suck" and also o...@Jenny!: Yes, the plan is to use "suck" and also occasionally "fucking." It's working -- I'm PG, now. (Which is good enough for me. We can't all be the AWARD-WINNING Queen of NC-17.)<BR/><BR/>@Karin: Yes -- I've noticed the half-finished interviews, too. We'll call that Point #6. But no, it appears that naughty words in the comments don't count. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure my mom doesn't know how to get to the comments, so you can let that fucking shit-mouth language fly!<BR/><BR/>@rebel: NRK is surely a reasonable rock radio station. I just wish it was the fourth-best rock station in PDX and trying hard to catch up, rather than heads and shoulders over the others. Is that asking so much?<BR/><BR/>@MDIC: The Mother Theresa factor! Yes, you've put your finger <I>right on it</I>!! That's Point #7. As for OPB... this is the station that gave us the "Satellite Sisters." God, that's <I>still</I> a painful memory.<BR/><BR/>@Jenny!, pt. 2: If you don't notice a "fucking," maybe it's time to ditch your fiance! Zing!<BR/><BR/>@Mom: Um... You really <I>don't</I> read the comments, right?Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-8446822165197566912007-07-30T08:32:00.000-07:002007-07-30T08:32:00.000-07:00The word 'fucking'...is like the word 'and' to me,...The word 'fucking'...is like the word 'and' to me, I don't even notice when it's used!Jenny!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02894594994831955679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-71034959108053488552007-07-29T22:17:00.000-07:002007-07-29T22:17:00.000-07:00Hey! Thanks for the post! Sorry I didn't notice it...Hey! Thanks for the post! Sorry I didn't notice it until three days later! (if it's any excuse... I was in misery and permanently glued to the couch)<BR/><BR/>You make some very good points. I still listen to NPR, though, every morning. It's good background noise. And it's also a good clock. I know I'm running late if they're in the middle of the business news, but I know it's early if Carl Castle is still delivering the news from Washington.<BR/><BR/>OPB does suck absolute balls. It's truly inexcusable. I don't even know why they bother. <BR/><BR/>The thing that irritates the hell out of me is when they announce their sponsors—they make them sound like freaking Mother Theresa. "Cargill—eliminating hunger through research and technology" or whatever the hell the tagline is. CARGILL??? HELPS PEOPLE?!?!?!? How? By force feeding them genetically modified grains after running every local farmer out of business?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-51194404850041228782007-07-29T18:39:00.000-07:002007-07-29T18:39:00.000-07:00People are always asking if I listen to NPR and I ...People are always asking if I listen to NPR and I don't & I've felt a little guilty about it. But from reading your post I guess I'm not missing much. <BR/><BR/>I listen to 94/7 KNRK which I don't think is owned by Clear Channel... no news but the music's good.Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835352917180439099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-77740877831472587882007-07-27T23:30:00.000-07:002007-07-27T23:30:00.000-07:00He said "fucking" too. (Sorry Michael's mom.)Mich...He said "fucking" too. <BR/>(Sorry Michael's mom.)<BR/><BR/>Michael, I'm with you on all points. NPR and PRI are bright shining diamonds compared to anything ClearChannel has to offer. Then again, ClearChannel doesn't set the bar very high.<BR/><BR/>I started listening to public radio back in the mid-90s after I got back from Senegal, ever so much wiser, you see, and was looking for some news in my news. <BR/><BR/>At the time NPR seemed really liberal to me and willing to challenge the status quo, though I can't at all be sure if that was true and things have drastically changed in public radio since then or I've marched so far Left that public radio, from this vantage point, appears to be in the pocket of Big Brother/Big Business. I really don't know.<BR/><BR/>What I do know, is that more often than not they're not asking enough questions, not probing deeply enough. I listen to their interviews, my questions come up, some of which they ask and then bam--it's thank you very much for stopping by. I'm left thinking, "That's it?! No, no, no, no, no. You're only half done, here! If I can think of 10 more questions, surely you can, too, Mara Liasson." It always makes me wonder which sponsor they'd offend by asking those really juicy important questions. <BR/><BR/>What's even worse, they're often not even reporting on things I want to know more about. They're leaving out so much, but they'll spend 12 minutes on the social life of gnats.<BR/><BR/>Fucking brilliant.<BR/>(Will that help bump you up to PG-13?)(Sorry Michael's mom.)Karinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678914679733770434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-55802985108768430452007-07-27T12:18:00.000-07:002007-07-27T12:18:00.000-07:00Is using the word suck your strategy for getting a...Is using the word suck your strategy for getting a PG rating??? I don't think I have ever listened to public radio!Jenny!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02894594994831955679noreply@blogger.com