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Re: The Daily Rant
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 10 Jun 1999 18:37:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> Hey all,
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> Fume. Arg. Spit. Gurgle.
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> The music radio stations here do what they call "45-minute music sets",
> where they play 45 minutes of music followe dby 15 minutes (!) of
> commercials. Now, while the DJ will never cut in to tell you what you've
> been listening to, they'll intersperse the music with minute-long station
> ID's, and not just a few more commercials (1). Every music station in
> northern Utah that I've listened to will do this.
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> Complaints:
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> a) It took me the better part of two weeks to find out the name of a new
> song I liked.
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> b) In a 45-minute music set, you'll hear probably 30-35 minues of music and
> 10-15 minutes of commercials and station ID's.
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> Is this practice the height of laziness, or what? Is this common elsewhere?
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> Second rant: Writing InstallShield apps. 'Nuff said.
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> Cheers,
> - jsproat
Even worse is watching an opera on BRAVO cable network. In most cases, they do
not identify the production, cast, conductor or even opera house. I took me 2
months to determine this basic info on a performance of Rossini's L'Italiana in
Algeri.
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| (...) That would be annoying. For serious art (as opposed to pop music), I'd expect this information would be very important to a large number of viewers. Weird. Steve (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Hey all, Fume. Arg. Spit. Gurgle. The music radio stations here do what they call "45-minute music sets", where they play 45 minutes of music followe dby 15 minutes (!) of commercials. Now, while the DJ will never cut in to tell you what you've been (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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