Come on, now Alberta! Steady Eddie?
We can do better for nicknames than that, can't we? I mean, he hasn't done anything yet, and he's already Steady Eddie? We didn't call Ralph Klein "Shiny Kleiny" or something dumbass like that when he first came in, so why does Ed Stelmach get so much cred so fast?
I challenge citizens around the world to come up with something that didn't get off the nickname short bus. Or I challenge Albertans to wait until he does something first before we go around acting like he's our old High School buddy.
Steady Eddie... What if he gets Parkinson's? Steady Eddie... What if he gets an inner ear infection and starts falling down a lot?
Then we'll certainly look like a right jolly bunch of sots for jumping the gun like this.
Friday, December 15, 2006
Monday, December 04, 2006
Details, Details.
Dear 104.9,
I have to listen to your radio station for the Christmas season. It's always playing xmas tunes, and that's what's suitable for my store.
I tried tuning into your station for a couple of days in late November, but the seasonal music hadn't started yet... But, of course, your music was acceptable for the store, so I kept it on anyway. I know this really doesn't matter at all, but I noticed something pretty major within the first few moments of listening: I don't think your DJs are particularily fond of music.
It's pretty basic stuff: A nice woman's voice tells us something along the lines of "And now, the Andrews Sisters", and you start playing "Mr. Sandman" by the Chordettes. The Chordettes! Just because some ladies are singing doesn't mean that you're automatically playing the Andrews Sisters... I mean, the song wasn't even from the same era, and the Chordettes really, really don't sound like the Andrews Sisters apart from they are female, and they sing in unison/harmony.
Totally unreasonable rant, I know, but even the casual music listener that likes the music of the 50's would have noticed... Oh, and so far as that "we play music that would never embarass you" promo you run? I get it. No swearing, yelling, or speaking of booties, bitches, jelly, humps, lovely lady lumps, pimps, hos, sweater muffins, or... uh... ass cleavage... So as to not damage the delicate creampuffy insides of a shielded listener's life.
However, it is reasonable to believe that a 15-year old listener might get very embarassed if their parent/guardian was playing your radio station in the car while giving his/her friends a ride to school and decided to crank up the Celine Dion/Michael Bolton to extreme levels and say "Hey! This is that song you love so much, isn't it?".
Yep. Leaving one of your listeners embarassed.
But keep up the good work with the christmas tunes.
I have to listen to your radio station for the Christmas season. It's always playing xmas tunes, and that's what's suitable for my store.
I tried tuning into your station for a couple of days in late November, but the seasonal music hadn't started yet... But, of course, your music was acceptable for the store, so I kept it on anyway. I know this really doesn't matter at all, but I noticed something pretty major within the first few moments of listening: I don't think your DJs are particularily fond of music.
It's pretty basic stuff: A nice woman's voice tells us something along the lines of "And now, the Andrews Sisters", and you start playing "Mr. Sandman" by the Chordettes. The Chordettes! Just because some ladies are singing doesn't mean that you're automatically playing the Andrews Sisters... I mean, the song wasn't even from the same era, and the Chordettes really, really don't sound like the Andrews Sisters apart from they are female, and they sing in unison/harmony.
Totally unreasonable rant, I know, but even the casual music listener that likes the music of the 50's would have noticed... Oh, and so far as that "we play music that would never embarass you" promo you run? I get it. No swearing, yelling, or speaking of booties, bitches, jelly, humps, lovely lady lumps, pimps, hos, sweater muffins, or... uh... ass cleavage... So as to not damage the delicate creampuffy insides of a shielded listener's life.
However, it is reasonable to believe that a 15-year old listener might get very embarassed if their parent/guardian was playing your radio station in the car while giving his/her friends a ride to school and decided to crank up the Celine Dion/Michael Bolton to extreme levels and say "Hey! This is that song you love so much, isn't it?".
Yep. Leaving one of your listeners embarassed.
But keep up the good work with the christmas tunes.
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