Straight Outta Geostationary Orbit
So, I’m flipping around the seemingly endless radio dial. On Howard 100, Stern is egging on some poor schmuck caller to talk about his gay experiences. Alt Nation has some good stuff going, but I’m just not feeling it. I drift past NPR Now and ESPNNews - and my finger suddenly stops when I hear that familiar refrain:
lookin for the one they call Eazy
But here’s a flash, they never seize me
And I fall in love with satellite radio all over again. Backspin, Channel 43.
MCG got it for Christmas. But until a few weeks ago, I didn’t have the chance to get a listen to it. After 20 minutes in his car, to say I was intrigued would be an understatement. You mean, I can save up to 30 bands, and when they come on it will tell me and give me the option to switch? A ridiculous amount of commercial-free music choices? 24 hour comedy stations? Local traffic every eight minutes? Where do I freaking sign up?
The worst part about this? Now I’m a Stern fan. God help me, I tried to avoid it at first, but I just had to know what the big deal was. Now, I’m hooked. There are exceptions, of course, and his show isn’t always full-on strong (thus the channel flipping this morning) - but overall the man is entertaining in a way I never thought would be possible on the radio. And in a way, it isn’t - certainly not on terrestrial radio anymore.
It breaks my heart, just the tiniest little bit, to say goodbye to our local DJ friends. Well, ok, not really. When the most passably listenable radio station (97X, imho) still pretty much blows, I can happily say the small amount of money I pay for Sirius is money very well spent.
Gax wrote:
Sirius has the NFL Sunday Ticket equivalent for radio. FTW. Though that’s about all I know about Sirius.
Recently DirecTV switched our music channels from Music Choice to XM. XM blows.
Posted on 28-Mar-06 at 11:10 am | Permalink
Andy wrote:
Aye, Sirius radio is a Godsend. No more static on the radio, no annoying car commercials telling me there’s never been a better time to buy, and no annoying morning DJ to sound like a buzz saw in my ear when I’m my grumpiest. Got it at the restaurant, got in the car. No FM transmitter, it’s hard wired, baby, for a pure digital sound.
Posted on 30-Mar-06 at 11:07 pm | Permalink
Teh One wrote:
Dear god, you really aren’t the man I thought you were. Howard Stern? I used to set my alarm to his morning show way back when, just so I’d get up and TURN HIM OFF! Even his voice is annoying.
Posted on 31-Mar-06 at 1:26 pm | Permalink
Kent wrote:
Ahh, the comments of a person who has not listened to the show.
Posted on 31-Mar-06 at 2:20 pm | Permalink
Teh One wrote:
I just said that I HAVE listened to his show. I listened to his show about 5 years ago, when he was still on regular radio. If it’s changed since then, knowing what I know about Stern, it could only be worse.
Posted on 31-Mar-06 at 2:52 pm | Permalink
Kent wrote:
Actually, you didn’t say you listened to his show, you said you turned it off. The second comment only proves that you do/did not ever listen to his show. Can it be raunchy? Occasionally. But that is not what the show is really about. You may have heard it one or two times when something like that was going on, then coupled that with his “shock jock” reputation, and thus formed your opinion.
Posted on 01-Apr-06 at 12:43 am | Permalink
Gax wrote:
What about Flyin Brian and the Morning Freak Show?
/got nothin’
//old skool
Posted on 03-Apr-06 at 8:27 am | Permalink
kate wrote:
Howard Stern is funny MOST of the time and provides an alternative to local crap. Personally, I like FirstWave - New Tampa traffic killing me softly just feels better while listening to Berlin.
Posted on 03-Apr-06 at 9:30 am | Permalink
Kent wrote:
Personally Jeff, I love the Cleeveland Wheeler, and Scott Shannon morning zoo.
Posted on 03-Apr-06 at 5:26 pm | Permalink
thegax wrote:
Now there’s some old school for ya.
Posted on 04-Apr-06 at 3:54 am | Permalink
Teh One wrote:
I wonder if anyone’s told AO it’s April yet…
Posted on 10-Apr-06 at 11:12 am | Permalink
Ashley wrote:
You know, I had a blast fiddling with the Sirius this weekend. I might just have to get it myself.
Posted on 10-Apr-06 at 8:38 pm | Permalink