From: "Robert Comer" 

Yep, that's a pretty good song.

There's a lot of good songs on the country stations right now...

- Bob Comer


"Ellen K"  wrote in message
news:d09c62.fa8445{at}harborwebs.com...
>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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