I accidently heard "It's 5:00 O'Clock Somewhere" and have to say
I really liked it.   :)

> From: "Robert Comer" 
> Ewwwwww, for you to say something like that...
> Even I have noticed the degrade in quality in pop radio -- I always listened
> to it because it at least changed some with the times and there was new
> material out there, but in the last couple of years I'm having an awful time
> with it, it's either same-o stuff done worse, or it's sampling up the wazoo,
> neither new, nor interesting. :(
> I've even stooped low enough to start listening to country stations to get
> away from it.  (Yes, I have no doubt they do the same, but at least it's new
> to me.)
> - Bob Comer
> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:42e63343{at}w3.nls.net...
>> And that's really the tip of the iceberg my friends....
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Glenn M.
>> "Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>> news:npsae192rhsgcm8mfkvusn7m22f24a4ro2{at}4ax.com...
>>>> Radio sucks around here.
>>> 
>>> Here's one reason why:
>>> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,163537,00.html
>>> 
>>> ===
>>> I always say when people ask me that the so-called vipers of the movie
>>> business would not last a day in the record business. Now Eliot
>>> Spitzer's office has decided to prove the point.
>>> 
>>> "Please be advised that in this week's Jennifer Lopez Top 40 Spin
>>> Increase of 236 we bought 63 spins at a cost of $3,600."
>>> 
>>> "Please be advised that in this week's Good Charlotte Top 40 Spin
>>> Increase of 61 we bought approximately 250 spins at a cost of
$17K ."
>>> 
>>> Ironically, it didn't help, as the memo notes that the company actually
>>> lost spins - or plays of the record - even though they laid out money
>>> for them.
>>> 
>>> See above: The internal memos from Sony Music, revealed today in the New
>>> York state attorney general's investigation of payola at the company,
>>> will be mind blowing to those who are not so jaded to think records are
>>> played on the radio because they're good. We've all known for a long
>>> time that contemporary pop music stinks. We hear
"hits" on the radio and
>>> wonder, "How can this be?"
>>> 
>>> Now we know. And memos from both Sony's Columbia and Epic Records senior
>>> vice presidents of promotions circa 2002-2003 - whose names are redacted
>>> in the reports but are well known in the industry - spell out who to pay
>>> and what to pay them in order to get the company's records on the air.
>>> 
>>> From Epic, home of J-Lo, a memo from Nov. 12, 2002, a
"rate" card that
>>> shows radio stations in the Top 23 markets will receive $1000, Markets
>>> 23-100 get $800, lower markets $500. "If a record
receives less than 75
>>> spins at any given radio station, we will not pay the full
rate," the
>>> memo to DJs states. "We look forward to breaking many
records together
>>> in the future."
>>> 
>>> ...
>>> 
>>> ===
>>> 
>>> /m
>>> 
>>> On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:08:00 -0400, Mike '/m'
 wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 23:12:28 -0400, Gregg N

>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Mike '/m' wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> ~$350 for the iPod kit, or $700 for the 6-CD
changer option -- it was
>>>>>> an
>>>>>> easy decision.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> /m
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> I chose the third option, which is to have neither.
For me, it would
>>>>> cost $350 + $300 = $650, because I don't currently own
an ipod. Plus, I
>>>>> am reluctant to have the kit installed because I
understand it involves
>>>>> taking apart the dashboard to some extent. I don't
know if I trust the
>>>>> dealership to do that without screwing something up.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Does it take up much space in the glovebox? Did they
have to cut a hole
>>>>> anywhere?
>>>> 
>>>> re: cost - that is your choice.  Radio sucks around here.  The good
>>>> stations (college stations) are fairly low-poewered and
quickly fade in
>>>> the hills.
>>>> 
>>>> The dealership I used is most excellent.  I have been
going there since
>>>> 1984. (they used to sell Mazdas also, the current car is
the first BMW I
>>>> bought from them).  From the looks of things, they may
have removed the
>>>> glove box, I don't see the need to remove part of the
dashboard.  But if
>>>> they did, it's fine now.  You are correct, if dashboard removal is
>>>> involved, you need to have confidence in your dealer.
>>>> 
>>>> In the glove box, all you have is a wire with a connector on it that
>>>> plugs into the bottom of the iPod.  So the space taken up
in the glove
>>>> box consists of the iPod and the wire, which for all intents and
>>>> purposes means the space taken up by the iPod.   Once you
connect the
>>>> iPod, the display shows only "BMW" and the
controls don't work, so there
>>>> is no temptation to look at the song that is playing or use the iPOd
>>>> controls while you are driving.  Probably done to keep the lawyers
>>>> happy.  iPod battery is charged whilst connected.
>>>> 
>>>> In the top back left of the glove box it looks like a 1/4
inch hole was
>>>> drilled for the wire to go through.  A rubber grommet was put in the
>>>> hole.  A very clean installation.
>>>> 
>>>> What I would really like to do, and I had started to
design the system
>>>> before I found out about the iPod option, was to place a
ruggedized PC
>>>> in the car, and feed its audio output into the car stereo.
 When the car
>>>> is in the garage, the PC would be a part of my home
wireless network, so
>>>> I would be able to move music back and forth easily.
>>>> 
>>>> /m
>>> 
>> 
>> 

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