Radio
During these long summer days, I often wonder what possesses my neighbours, when they have their radios blaring at full volume. The sunshine makes them happy, so they want to share this happiness by forcing everyone to listen to the drivel that comes from most uk radio stations.
We could & should have decent radio in this country. Most other countries in the world have sensible broadcasts. The germans are a good example of what can be turned into an artform. i.e. horspiegal? Radio 3 does get close to this brilliance sometimes e.g. with ‘Between the Ears’ or ‘The wire’ or some of their excellent radio plays. Examples of the latter can be found on ubuweb (e.g. with Scanner & Ergo Phizmiz.
By selecting the best, from my point of view, my weekly digest consists of: Gilles Peterson (radio 1), planet latino (radio Scotland), alt 60s (radio 2), mixing it & jazz on 3 (radio 3) & various programmes from Resonance fm. This is enough for me to cope with at the moment, but I do feel that it is a medium that has been sidelined, because of television that has now become trash. Young people are returning to decent sensible radio i.e. radio Scotland & ignoring all that insane, dj talking garbage, that the radio stations think that the young want & what in effect is more of that reality tv crap candy for the ears.
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