From: "Glenn Meadows" 

And that's really the tip of the iceberg my friends....

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Glenn M.
"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
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>>  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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