[omnivorette]

Why does everyone decide to call me before 9am on a Saturday????????

[GG Mora]

Can't get my proofreading done this morning because some bitch in Germany keeps overriding my jobs in the composition queue.

[omnivorette]

(Music) radio in NYC. Sucks so bad it's not even amusing.

[ngatti]

omnivorette, on Dec 3 2005, 12:55 PM, said:

(Music) radio in NYC. Sucks so bad it's not even amusing.

WQXR. Opera on Saturday afternoon. Currently listening to the final act of Romeo and Juliet.

If you can get WFDU (89.1?), saturday morning offers a playlist that's up your alley. Same station at 4:00PM does some nice adult/fokie/alt type stuff.

[omnivorette]

You mean WFMU? Yes, I like that one. And I do listen to WQXR but a lot of the time I feel like it's classical music greatest hits. I am also listening to the opera broadcast. And WNYC's music stuff is good a lot of the time too. WBGO too.

But in general? It's ridiculous how slim the radio pickins are in this city.

[ngatti]

omnivorette, on Dec 3 2005, 01:45 PM, said:

You mean WFMU? Yes, I like that one. And I do listen to WQXR but a lot of the time I feel like it's classical music greatest hits. I am also listening to the opera broadcast. And WNYC's music stuff is good a lot of the time too. WBGO too.

But in general? It's ridiculous how slim the radio pickins are in this city.

No FDU, FMU is 91.x

Try it. Lotsa bluegrass early in the morning. Country on Tues and thurs, 9-1 and folk on Saturday morning and afternoon.

89.10

If ya want some hardcore metal w/o commercials, WSOU 89.5

Satelite radio is making things worse and I don't find the satelite offerings any kind of attraction, either.

[omnivorette]

Ahhh...this is the Fairleigh Dickinson one, right? I've hit that a couple of times, liked it. I'll go back to it.

On FMU, 7 PM - 8 PM on Fridays, give a listen to:


Downtown Soulville with Mr. Fine Wine (Matt Weingarten, who is also an editor of New York Magazine)

Great show, and he's a great guy too.

[Aaron T]

I was excited that American Airlines finally changed their movies shown on Dec 1st - if I saw Must Love Dogs one more time I was going to puke in my airsickness bag.

I was pissed when I realized that the replacement was much much worse - A Shot in the Dark. I think I had seen this movie as a child and perhaps found it amusing. Slapstick in the worst way. I don't find these Peter Sellars / Blake Edwards Inspector Cleaseau movies to be funny at all but extremely annoying. I'm sure that some people find them witty priceless classics but I found watching this film to be like nails on a chalkboard.

Also why can't domestic airlines have individual seat back tv screens? Jet Blue & Song do and they are discount airlines yet I haven't seen such an entertainment option on a major carrier on a domestic route in coach or even first class. (I did take a united 777 flight years ago that had this but have not seen it since). (I am referring to individual tv screens with options to choose from, not necessarily satellite television).

[Rail Paul]

Aaron T, on Dec 3 2005, 03:33 PM, said:

Also why can't domestic airlines have individual seat back tv screens? Jet Blue & Song do and they are discount airlines yet I haven't seen such an entertainment option on a major carrier on a domestic route in coach or even first class. (I did take a united 777 flight years ago that had this but have not seen it since). (I am referring to individual tv screens with options to choose from, not necessarily satellite television).

Seatback TV is in the catalogues from both Airbus and Boeing, but no major US airline chooses to purchase the package for domestic services.

If I had to guess, I'd suspect it costs more to maintain, and isn't that important to customers relative to price in their decision to purchase. The major airlines tend to be competing in a downward spiral re: service to customers

[ngatti]

omnivorette, on Dec 3 2005, 02:10 PM, said:

Ahhh...this is the Fairleigh Dickinson one, right? I've hit that a couple of times, liked it. I'll go back to it.

On FMU, 7 PM - 8 PM on Fridays, give a listen to:


Downtown Soulville with Mr. Fine Wine (Matt Weingarten, who is also an editor of New York Magazine)

Great show, and he's a great guy too.

..and WBAI on Sunday at 9AM (99.5)

Early music. Monteverdi, Wheelkes, Byrd, etc...Lotsa Monteverdi though.

[mongo_jones]

fucking keith jackson, and his fake fucking folksiness.

[tanabutler]

mongo_jones, on Dec 3 2005, 02:59 PM, said:

fucking keith jackson, and his fake fucking folksiness.

What did he do?

[mongo_jones]

tanabutler, on Dec 3 2005, 05:35 PM, said:

mongo_jones, on Dec 3 2005, 02:59 PM, said:

fucking keith jackson, and his fake fucking folksiness.

What did he do?

just being himself.

[guajolote]

mongo_jones, on Dec 3 2005, 05:59 PM, said:

fucking keith jackson, and his fake fucking folksiness.

greatest football announcer ever

he did lose it about 5 years ago, and is tedious to listen to today. he should have stayed retired.

[Rail Paul]

guajolote, on Dec 3 2005, 08:23 PM, said:

mongo_jones, on Dec 3 2005, 05:59 PM, said:

fucking keith jackson, and his fake fucking folksiness.

greatest football announcer ever

he did lose it about 5 years ago, and is tedious to listen to today. he should have stayed retired.

great belt buckle on your avatar. I'll bet he gets held up at airline security frequently.