The Death of Radio - Bilge

W woofmutt Member Seattilite Telstar Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 2639	W woofmutt Posted posted on Sat, Jun 13, 2009 7:14 AM Yeah yeah yeah, mainstream country music sucks. But y'know what sucks even more? Mainstream country radio. They'll play a fairly crappy song titled Johnny Cash but they won't actually play any songs by Johnny Cash. Then after the fairly crappy music the on air "personalities" come on and talk for 7 minutes about American Idol or make such pointless jokes and laugh so much that they must be stoned. Then 6 minutes of commercials. Then 2 minutes of explosion sounds and song clip crammed station promos with a "Sunday Sunday SUNDAY!!!" type announcer telling you how amazing the station is and how much music they play. Then Rascal Flatts. Yeah, that's all old news. So here's why I'm venting... Shooter Jennings is coming to the Seattle area and this weekend 100.7 The Wolf (Seattle's biggest and worst country radio station) is giving away tickets to Shooter's show. Nothing unusual with all that except The Wolf never friggin ever plays Shooter Jennings' music and never ever would. What's even funnier is the station is making a big deal about giving away the tickets all weekend with these loud exploding voice promos that say something along the lines "Shooter Jennings has authorized 100.7 The Wolf to make this weekend super cool!!!" Why "super cool"? because the Shooter Jennings promo is also tied to a Wendy's new coffee Frosty promo. Huh? I wonder if anyone at 100.7 The Wolf has ever heard any Shooter Jennings songs. Sample Shooter Jennings lyric: He spread us all along the highway, cuffed us all and turned us away And started pokin’ round the truck for cake And we all stood there high as a kite, and he found it alright And don’t y’all make light of the number one dope dog in the state That mutt found the joint in my pocket that was buried and locked up In the back of the trailer underneath the guitars and the piano seat And off we went to jail all locked up in a cell Charged with possession of that sweet leaf OK, maybe the tie in with a fast food joint makes sense. But hey, 100.7 The Wolf! Yuh know what would be ha-ha-hee-larry-ass??? When your station is giving away tickets to a particular artist wouldn't it be somethin' else if you actually played some of that artist's music? What's that? You would but if you did you wouldn't be able to play a Rascal Flatts song that hour and your listeners might change the station if they hear something new and unfamiliar? Oh, sorry. For a moment I forgot that you suck rocks. UPDATE! After 6 or more hellacious hours of Seattle's worst country music station, 100.7 The Wolf, (during which they didn't play a single Shooter Jennings song) I winned me some Shooter Jennings tickets. On air I corrected them about what day the show they're giving away tickets to is achulky happening. If it weren't for all the morons in the world how would the rest of us feel so dang smart? (below the line) woofmutt [ Edited by: woofmutt 2009-06-13 23:03 ]

Yeah yeah yeah, mainstream country music sucks. But y'know what sucks even more? Mainstream country radio.

They'll play a fairly crappy song titled Johnny Cash but they won't actually play any songs by Johnny Cash. Then after the fairly crappy music the on air "personalities" come on and talk for 7 minutes about American Idol or make such pointless jokes and laugh so much that they must be stoned. Then 6 minutes of commercials. Then 2 minutes of explosion sounds and song clip crammed station promos with a "Sunday Sunday SUNDAY!!!" type announcer telling you how amazing the station is and how much music they play. Then Rascal Flatts.

Yeah, that's all old news. So here's why I'm venting...

Shooter Jennings is coming to the Seattle area and this weekend 100.7 The Wolf (Seattle's biggest and worst country radio station) is giving away tickets to Shooter's show. Nothing unusual with all that except The Wolf never friggin ever plays Shooter Jennings' music and never ever would.

What's even funnier is the station is making a big deal about giving away the tickets all weekend with these loud exploding voice promos that say something along the lines "Shooter Jennings has authorized 100.7 The Wolf to make this weekend super cool!!!"

Why "super cool"? because the Shooter Jennings promo is also tied to a Wendy's new coffee Frosty promo.

Huh?

I wonder if anyone at 100.7 The Wolf has ever heard any Shooter Jennings songs.

Sample Shooter Jennings lyric:

He spread us all along the highway, cuffed us all and turned us away
And started pokin’ round the truck for cake
And we all stood there high as a kite, and he found it alright
And don’t y’all make light of the number one dope dog in the state
That mutt found the joint in my pocket that was buried and locked up
In the back of the trailer underneath the guitars and the piano seat
And off we went to jail all locked up in a cell
Charged with possession of that sweet leaf

OK, maybe the tie in with a fast food joint makes sense.

But hey, 100.7 The Wolf! Yuh know what would be ha-ha-hee-larry-ass??? When your station is giving away tickets to a particular artist wouldn't it be somethin' else if you actually played some of that artist's music?

What's that? You would but if you did you wouldn't be able to play a Rascal Flatts song that hour and your listeners might change the station if they hear something new and unfamiliar?

Oh, sorry. For a moment I forgot that you suck rocks.

UPDATE! After 6 or more hellacious hours of Seattle's worst country music station, 100.7 The Wolf, (during which they didn't play a single Shooter Jennings song) I winned me some Shooter Jennings tickets. On air I corrected them about what day the show they're giving away tickets to is achulky happening.

If it weren't for all the morons in the world how would the rest of us feel so dang smart?

(below the line)

woofmutt

[ Edited by: woofmutt 2009-06-13 23:03 ]

Post #461408 by woofmutt on Sat, Jun 13, 2009 7:14 AM