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11 by Bradley R Weissenberger_Archive
gmilner wrote:They're playing a live, uninterrupted R.E.M. show from London in what sounds like '85 or so.

R.E.M.? "Reckoning"- and "Fables"-era? Live on XM?

"So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)"?
"9-9"?
"Old Man Kensey"?
"Auctioneer (Another Engine)"?

That is some beautiful rock music. Sign me up.

toomanyhelicopters wrote:aha then! the part about going back home to be near family and/or friends i understand 100 percently...

I have no family or friends in Idaho.

Jesus H.

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12 by gmilner_Archive
Yup, heard all of the above. They opened the show with "Hyena," but that was the only song from "Lifes Rich Pageant" they played, so it must've been before it came out. Kind of ballsy to open a show with a song nobody had probably heard.

What's interesting about this Cure show they're playing is how much the rhythm section sounds like the Berry/Mills. They both have that '80s new wave danceable thing going on.

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13 by toomanyhelicopters_Archive
bradley, i don't get it then, at all. with your answer, i thought you were drawing some kind of parallel, just as i'm moving back to chicago because that's where all of my family and many of my friends are, that's why you moved back to boise. i clearly didn't understand your answer then. the other reason i'm moving back to chicago is that i find it to be, in general, a much better town to live in than DC. i automatically assumed you weren't suggesting that boise is a better town to live in than chicago. so i guess i didn't even remotely understand your answer to my question then. why *did* you move to boise if not to be near family and/or friends?

oh SHIT! i think i just got it now, you had to get outta chicago cause you knew i'd be moving back shortly? okay, now i get it, right? it was a slam? shit maign! nicely executed. or am i still clueless? okay, i'll save you the trouble of responding "both".

thanks for your answer then.
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15 by Hiwatt_Archive
gmilner wrote:I like the idea of regional radio, but as far as I'm concerned Clear Channel and Viacom have pretty much made radio the same nationally anyway. On a lot of stations, there's not even a live DJ, just someone taped at a studio somewhere and shipped with the playlist.

Weirdly, I'm reading this post as I sit in a cafe near my house in Brooklyn (yeah, I'm one of those annoying guys today), and this place is playing satellite radio right now--XM, I think. They're playing a live, ununinterrupted R.E.M. show from London in what sounds like '85 or so. I have no idea what channel it is or anything. I know the general feeling about R.E.M. on this board, but I have to say it's bringing back lots of nice memories, and it sounds a lot better than the crappy R.E.M. show I saw around the same time.

They just announced it--it is XM, and this is some sort of channel devoted to live shows, and right now it's all stuff taped for the BBC. Okay, now it's the Cure live from Birmingham...


The "not even a live dj" reminds me of The Simpsons episode where Bart chooses to win an elephant.

XM is worth the $10 a month-get it.
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17 by only here_Archive
Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote:I pity the poor people at Sirius and XM Radio who have to take my calls on about, oh, a monthly basis.

S/XM: "May I help you?"
BRW: "Yeah, when will you be offering the Major League Baseball package?"
S/XM: "I'm sorry, sir. We do not offer Major League Baseball at this time. However, we do offer over a hundred channels, including ESPN and the National Football Lea--"
BRW: "Goddam it! If I wanted football, I'd order football! If I wanted hockey, I'd order hockey! I WANT BASEBALL! You get it? Baseball! If you offer baseball, I'll sign up for life! FOR LIFE!!! I'll pay you $1000 a month! Do you understand? I live in Idaho! No baseball on the radio in Idaho! Get me my goddam baseball!"
S/XM: "I'm sorry, sir. We do not offer Major League Baseball at this time. Is there anything else that I can help you with today?"
BRW: "Yeah, when will you be offering the Major League Baseball package?"


that makes this seem sort of half-hearted.
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