In article , I.P. Yurin
wrote:

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:41:17 -0000, Stephanie Weil
wrote:
On Sep 17, 6:57 am, "Brenda Ann" wrote:

Were I at home now, I would give up on commercial radio, and spend the
paltry sum on XM or Sirius.. at least they program for more than the status
quo.

You're gonna pay for radio?!!! Sucka!

I'd rather take the money I'd save on pay-radio and instead spend it
on records, tapes, CDs and replacement diamonds for my hi-fi.

Good strategy. But also note that you can RECORD pay radio and make
lots of cheap tapes and CDs. Burn a couple of CDs per month and
satellite radio can pay for itself. (1 retail CD == 1 month of sat.
radio.)


And then there are always the hundreds of Internet audio feeds going
on if I don't want to "spin my own".


And what... you DON'T pay a monthly subscription for your internet
access???

Many people I've met have your same, odd attitude. And the
contradiction continues to puzzle me: why do you recoil at paying for
radio but happily accept paying for net access?

Because Radio & TV in the US is nothing but one long commercial. The
internet (at this point in time) offers a great deal more than that. I
do not pay for TV access. No cable. No satellite. No thanks.



The whole "radio/tv should be free and other media should not be" is
just a big headscratcher to those of us who try to approach life
logically.

I laugh at people who wear "logowear". Is your self-esteem so low that
you pay for the privilege of advertising your favorite sweatshop owner?



Stephanie Weil
New York City, USA

Which borough? (I'm also in NYC)