[ SECRET POST #3825 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3825 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[fscom]

05. http://i.imgur.com/TX5xQO9.png

[(Anonymous)]

I would point out that this doesn't make you a bad music fan at all

But I also get the sense that this is maybe a secret that's here to fill up numbers so *shrug*

[(Anonymous)]

Nah, I don't think it makes you a bad fan. I miss listening to the radio, to be honest. But radio isn't as interesting and the playlists aren't as diverse as they used to be, so you're pretty much left with services like Spotify.

[(Anonymous)]

Echoing the "doesn't make you a bad fan" thing. My dad worked in radio, so I totally understand the longing to listen to a radio station again (and heck, sometimes I do still listen to the radio even now).

And with Spotify it's even nicer, 'cause you can tailor the playlist to what you want to hear.

I have noticed I've been listening to Spotify more than my CDs lately, too. But I'm glad I still have my CDs, in case I'm ever without internet for some reason :).

(Are CDs still as popular now as they used to be? Seems most people I've encountered are listening to music on iPods and their phones and whatnot now.)

[metal_equine]

I really love the "related artists" function on Spotify. It can take you in interesting directions.

I also put together playlists with all artists that perform on any festival I go to, because there's always the chance for new discoveries.

Eta: Not sure about CDs, but vinyl has had a bit of increased popularity mainly in the rock/metal side of things, I think?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure about CDs. I like to have some, if only to give the artist more support (I usually also follow them on Spotify), but my computer doesn't even have a CD slot anymore, and it's getting harder to find CD players.

[(Anonymous)]

as someone who worked in radio back when radio was a viable career, you keep rockin' that feel. I'd hate to see a media format just die out from disuse, and I like finding out that people still like the format of randomness + inserted ads and banter over 100% personal control.

back in my day there was a lot of screaming that CDs would kill radio, hilariously enough. Took mp3s and 15 years to finally start the death process.

[(Anonymous)]

Was it really mp3s, though? I figure they played a part, but I personally think the death of radio has a lot to do with the fact that we went from lots of stations that were run more independently than they are now, where DJs had more freedom to choose what music they played rather than being limited to whatever the mega corporation decided they had to play. Also the loss of local talent in DJs and radio shows, so now radio sounds kind of samey no matter where you are.

[(Anonymous)]

oh, absolutely. That was a major contributing factor (and the direct reason I lost my job - the station realized it could save money by going satellite instead of having local DJs). I simplified it for the sake of a comment but it really was a perfect storm of this shift to canned, packaged satellite radio stations finally having the technology to fake being local rising at the same time that downloading and streaming music began to gain a good technological foothold. It isn't so much that a megacorp is telling the jocks what to play, it's that there is one single radio station in Cali or Texas or something piping music (ironically, over the internet) to the local affiliate. The tags mentioning your local station's call letters? Pre-recorded and computer-inserted. Just like TV, really.

I haven't tried spotify personally but like OP I've used what are basically online radio stations and I do like that there's some radio-like feel to them. Pandora with ads can't really do the same because once you get locked into an artist or genre, there's less variety than a hits station.

[fishnchips]

My main problem with radio stations where I live is that they all have this tiny playlist of the same 20 songs and they play them over and over again. And it kind of gets annoying after a while. This is probably a local problem, though. In general, I actually do like radio. Just not the stations I get around here.

[(Anonymous)]

That happens where I live, too. I worked at a data entry place for a time, and they'd alternate between the local top 40 and country stations, and there were certain songs that got played over and over and over and over again.

There is an AM station in my area that I enjoy listening to when possible. It plays a lot of oldies music, and sometimes stuff that doesn't get as much airplay on your typical oldies station at that.

And then every so often it'll throw in some 1940s big band song (there's even an hourlong show on the weekends dedicated to music from the 1930s and 1940s, with a smattering of '50s and '60s stuff sprinkled in depending on the theme), or it'll play more modern stuff like Norah Jones or Colbie Calliat or Michael Buble (LOTS of Michael Buble). It'll also play the old Casey Kasem countdowns from the 1970s that another poster here mentioned on weekends. It's a very odd mix of music that tends to get played on there sometimes, but that's what I tend to like about the station :p.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah

They just... play shitty music mostly

[cbrachyrhynchos]

I think aggressive consolidation, marketing triangulation, and the explosion of talk outrage radio were bigger factors.

I still listen to the radio

[peachesandbones]

Part of it is that I am a luddite, and part of it is that listening to radio announcers and ads makes me feel less alone when I'm driving.

Rock on, anon!

[(Anonymous)]

What's wrong with radio? (I mean, besides play lists determined by corporations.)

I love when I have a rental car with satellite radio and can listen to old re-runs of Casey Kasem's American Top 40 on 70s on 7 (I wasn't even alive until 1979, I just like his announcing.)

[cbrachyrhynchos]

AM became a wasteland of conservative talk. FM became a wasteland of stations that play Fleetwood Mack, not because anyone employed there appreciates Fleetwood Mack, but because "The Chain" is the most popular and least offensive track for baby boomers who shop at Publix, own Hondas, and go to movies on the weekend. (As an alternative, listen to the wasteland of contemporary country, loaded with songs liberally dropping marketing buzzwords to make middle-aged, middle-class, white people feel better about their office job.)

[(Anonymous)]

I've only recently downgraded from Premium to Free due to money troubles, and I really don't get why people gripe about the ads so much. I do however have a special sort of hatred for the fact that I am at the mercy of random shuffle if I happen to be anywhere but in front of a computer. I put a lot of work into those playlists, goddamnit.

[(Anonymous)]

I haven't bought a CD in years, even before I got Spotify and then started paying them, I was just listening to everything online. I do miss the experience of a cd, of listening to every song and learning every word sometimes. But now I can listen to soooooo much stuff!

That said, I still listen to the radio in the car. We have a really great local independent alt rock station in town and a decent enough rock station that I listen to in the car when I'm too lazy to play with cords (which is most of the time). Funny thing about the radio these days is they all seem to go to commercial at the same time, so you can't just flip to another station to avoid the commercials. They're ALL on commercial! It's times like those I wished that I'd just plugged in the damn alt cords.

Also, I'm digging the function where once a playlist ends, Spotify will just start playing similar stuff for you. Really nifty. It makes playlists feel a little more radio-y since you'll hear new, similar stuff not on your playlist.

[(Anonymous)]

Funny thing about the radio these days is they all seem to go to commercial at the same time, so you can't just flip to another station to avoid the commercials. They're ALL on commercial!

YES. This bugs me, too!

[(Anonymous)]

I actually like the radio for learning about new songs, but I typically only listen to it in the car. At home it's Spotify premium.