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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Sad day for NYC radio |
| Date | Sun, 05 Jun 2005 03:57:35 -0400 |
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From: "Greg Cagle" <gregc@gregcagle.com>
>> Its awful. Its like listening to some other guys iPod on shuffle.
>
> We've got "Charlie" here in Portland - it unexpectedly replaced our
> local oldies station a few weeks ago. You've described it perfectly
> with your ipod comment, except that I'm not sure if I like the guy
> who owns the ipod 8^).
The two stations in Boston that have switched to similar formats (one
calls their format "Whatever," the other one "Mike") both explicitly
made the iPod connection when they did so. In theory, I like the
concept behind this format, because it's what I've been saying for
years: get rid of the genre and time-period restrictions and play what
you like. That's the theory, though. The reality is that both of
these stations now play each other's old playlists as well as their
own, and their old playlists were dead boring. Now they're just
boring and slightly random.
There's so much other good radio in Boston, however (WMBR is the ne
plus ultra of the college station, and WERS isn't far behind, and WBUR
is the best NPR station in the country and WGBH plays jazz all night,
and WEEI has the Sox games and WFNX is as good or better than the much
more hyped Indie 103.3 in L.A.) that I can't imagine why I would ever
listen to either of these stations.
Speaking of Boston, fans of the best lil pop band in Jamaica Plain,
the Mittens -- which I think includes me and Anna Borg and maybe Jason
Damas -- will be pleased to know that they won Best New Local Band in
the WFNX/Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll. Everyone else:
http://www.mittensmusic.cjb.net/
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