Letters to the Editor

• Eh. Jack's okay.

  [Read the article: You don't know Jack?]
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  I have an MP3 CD player, a 20 gig Sony MP3 Walkman, and a Sirius receiver. If I remember to bring my equipment with me in the car, and all the stuff that runs on batteries is charged, I can really listen to whatever *I* want. But if I forgot the Sirius and the batteries ran out on the CD player and the Walkman... well, two or three years ago the classic rock station turned into smooth jazz, and recently the alt rock station turned into Latin music. There is exactly *one* station left in Baltimore that plays rock (at different places in the state you can pick up DC or Delaware rock stations, but not if it's raining.) And that station is obsessed with its obnoxious radio personalities yammering instead of playing some damn music -- especially in the morning. I hate hearing people talk on the radio. Hate, hate, hate. If I wanted talk, I'd talk. Or I'd talk to myself. Or I'd listen to my passenger talk. Shut up and play some music already. So I like Jack because, while half its playlist is crap, it has far, far less DJ patter than less automated stations do, and at least so far it has fewer commercials.

  Truth is, though, I do try to be careful to charge and bring the rest of the musical equipment. Because after spending $250 on MP3 players and $13/month on Sirius, I really should *never* have to listen to what other people want to play. Or what computers I don't own and program with my playlists want to play, either.

  Permalink Thursday, January 12, 2006 09:22 AM