Best night ever
Couldn't be sure but it probably happened within the last 25 years, somewhere in the Northern hemisphere. Sorry, can't be more specific.

Radio - 6 Music all the time now. When I worked for a living I was subjected to a god-awful commercial station called "The Pulse." Quite what this was the pulse OF I never quite got my head round - possibly a fossil or a frozen wooly mammoth.

Eight songs on constant repeat, adverts for cheap carpets and DJ's who thought that TALKING VERY LOUDLY AT ALL TIMES made whatever they said sound funny.

I despise commercial radio with a vehement passion.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 20 May 2011, 19:35, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I hear you brother. Amen to the demise of crap commercial radio.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 20 May 2011, 19:44, Reply)

"Hey hey! Here's a great new song by Lady Gaga"
This great new song is neither great, nor new, nor, strictly speaking, a song.

It was written many years ago by a very wealthy fat anonymous Belgian who is extremely grateful for local radio the world over.

It is "performed" - perhaps more appropriately sponsored - by a fame-crazed halfwit who has been lucky enough to bump into some uberpimps who call themselves promoters. Uberpimps realise that they can manipulate the halfwit through hoops.

Backing singers/musicians perform the dirge through an autotuner and dull technicians slap it into radio friendly shape.

Commercial radio stations are paid good money to put it on heavy rotation - uberpimps make their money out of downloads and merchandise.

Exploitative wank - the whole lot of it. And that's our fucking culture.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 20 May 2011, 19:59, Reply)

CHERRY CHERRY BOOM BOOM

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 20 May 2011, 20:01, Reply)

Nation Radio
round here is one of those that plays good - OK music, but feels the need to have terrible DJs who think they are hilarious and a disproportionate number of annoying adverts for garage doors. Seriously, how big is the market in South Wales for garage doors? especially amongst people who like rock music?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 May 2011, 20:21, Reply)

Things may have changed recently
But the BBC used to pay huge amounts of money for any half good DJ and put them on at 03.00 on Radio Penzance, just to keep them in the fold.

That's why commercial DJ's are shite.

I could actually do with a new garage door though.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 20 May 2011, 20:29, Reply)

this sounds like conspiracy talk!

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 May 2011, 20:33, Reply)