Right, the step into middleaged, right – wing middle classdom seems to be inevitable, as the Daily Mail agrees with me on the BBC Radio3 issue:
“Breakfast on Radio 3 ‘has become Radio 2.5,’ say listeners who accuse BBC of cultural vandalism”
Well, unfortunately I have to agree with them. The hyperactive presentation reminds you of the worst excesses of Chris Evans, and the music is as demanding as an episode of ‘Murder she wrote’.
You really have to ask yourself: what were they thinking?
You know you have reached the stage of being a grumpy old man when you start complaining about Radio3 scheduling, but there we are.
Until recently there used to be three shows in the morning that would deliver pretty much continuous classical music.
Now there is ‘Essential Classics’, which sounds to me like a compilation CD from Morrisons. There are now ‘daily brainteasers’ and some guests who are asked to talk about their love of music.
If the controller of Radio3, a chap called Roger Wright, would try any harder to make this sound like ‘Classic FM’, all he would need to do now is introduce commercials.
All I want from his station is as much good music as possible, the works always in their entirety, I playlist so I can see what’s playing and as little talking as possible. You think he would get that.
please, oh please let Sarah Palin run for presidency, so we can have Bachmann, Perry and the Palster herself slugging it out on prime time tv.
Best TV ever!
Thank you, your noodly appendage.
If you ever wandered why the newspaper industry is ailing, have a look at this Slashdot poll: 40% (9502 votes) don’t take a daily newspaper home and never have. That is truly astonishing.
We are staring at a generation that gets its news online (or radio/TV) only.
No wonder FoxNews is so successful.
Picture by Jamiejohn
Well, the general uprising of the looting wankers this week destroyed most independent vinyl, dvd’s and cds in a warehouse in Enfield:
I have no doubt that if you’re here you’ll have heard the news that the PIAS distribution centre in Enfield has been burnt down during the London riots. What you may not be aware of is that the warehouse contained the physical stock for many of Britain’s Indie records labels. The subsequent loss of income and cash flow problems that this act of mindless vandalism will bring about may well be enough to push many of the smaller operators out of business.
Our aim is to try and rally the music industry, both on the artist and the audience sides, and see if we can raise some money to see those affected through the tough times ahead.
So please visit Label Love and help the independent music industry in the UK. You know you want to.
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