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gbfmif wrote:

> boycott? What da hey -- Could you provide a bit more info on this?
>
> Look - I am an old underground DJ = Did not knuckle under to Play List -
> sure as heck did not do commercials - less I agreed with the message -  and
> ran the station my way - when on air
>
> Do not think I was of the Clyde Clifford or MOD Washington or KINT FM El
> Paso underground caliber, just loved the sounds as part of a SHOW and did
> my best to make it all flow together as a Show
>
> What is your trip?

Well I got this post first through the e-mail and answered it there.
But basically its been 20 years of more and more awful-ness in radio (and the
arts in general)
and I blame it on the fewer and fewer companies that control all this mess.
Here's an example of what I think is the problem
The new AOL/Warners is telling wall street that  Time in general
is going to get 31% earning growth in 2001 (The Industry Standard Mag.)
And Time magazine (that use to be known for quality journalism) will probably
be forced to make 20-30% profit.
Notice there is no concern in the worlds largest art/media company about
delivering
QUALITY.  That isn't even discussed!
Everything is upside down, and both the media and the arts suffer.
Radio is a part of that with almost all mainstream radio limited to playing
the recordings of
the Big 5 (Warners, BMG, EMI, Vivendi, Sony)
It is an endless mess of commercialization taken to extremes.

Now the boycott info
   * * *
It is time to stand up for local musicians and end the real boycott
the radio boycott of local music.

Do it because you support local music
Do it because you hate local radio
Do it because it'll be fun to stir things up for the first time in 20 years
Do this or anything you think would help or work better.

Thanks for adding your thoughts and keeping the thread moving,

to others reading this:
Please, for the sake of local musicians, don't drop out - instead
Support local musicians, and oppose the media/art monopolies by refusing

to by  products
advertised on local radio until local radio plays local music . Give
your comments and keep
this thread/boycott going, thanks

Tom Hendricks, editor of the zine Musea and Hunkasaurus of Hunkasaurus and
His

Pet Dog Guitar
http://musea.digitalchainsaw.com



>
>
> Tom Hendricks wrote:
>
> > gbfmif wrote:
> >
> > > Just curious - late 60's we had Beaker Street (AM) KAAY Little Rock -
> > > a SHOW with Clyd Clifford instead of just songs slapped together
> > > (Legend of USS Titanic, fed to Sniper etc.) Then MOD Washington around
> > > 69 (too many songs to identify, but again one seamlessly feeding to
> > > the next). Then KINT (FM) El Paso Underground (McKendry Springs -
> > > Flying Dutchman - Tonto's Expanding Head Band, White Elephant, Trans
> > > Europe Express, ClockWork Orange  etc.) - same period roughly. And a
> > > whole host of other stations not playing commercials (regularly) but
> > > great music played as a SHOW not just songs slapped together. I
> > > understand the "oldies" revival around 71, then the Disco (stuff)
> > > shortly after, however, I think there must be an economic untapped
> > > force out there for the "Undergroud Shows" (head music) on radio from
> > > those times.
> > >
> > > OK - I am an old fart underground DJ from long ago, but can not quite
> > > figure out current stations formats let alone listeners present
> > > apparent bias and proclivity to same same but nothing NEW and
> > > certainly no concept of a radio show.
> > >
> > > Does anyone else miss the old underground radio shows with the
> > > incorporation of new and old talent but in a context of song audio
> > > flow from song to song or do I just not know what station to tune or
> > > is this just the rantings of an old DJ sadly out of phase with today's
> > > world?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I couldn't agree with you more.
> > That's why I started this boycott, to stir things up, to get people
> > questioning why radio does nothing
> > cool any more, and refuses to support local music, etc.
> > Keep talking, I say.
> >
> > Now the boycott info
> >    * * *
> > It is time to stand up for local musicians and end the real boycott
> > the radio boycott of local music.
> >
> > Do it because you support local music
> > Do it because you hate local radio
> > Do it because it'll be fun to stir things up for the first time in 20
> > years.
> >
> > Thanks for adding your thoughts and keeping the thread moving,
> >
> > to others reading this:
> > Please, for the sake of local musicians, don't drop out - instead
> > Support local musicians, and oppose the media/art monopolies by refusing
> >
> > to by  products
> > advertised on local radio until local radio plays local music . Give
> > your comments and keep
> > this thread/boycott going, thanks
> >
> > Tom Hendricks, editor of the zine Musea and Hunkasaurus of Hunkasaurus
> > and
> > His
> >
> > Pet Dog Guitar
> > http://musea.digitalchainsaw.com