not true. very restrictive playlists. i know a couple of people there and mostly they get to play a minimal number of tunes they select themselves. there are obvious "specialist" shows, but daytime, no way.
― gaz (gaz), Saturday, 1 November 2003 06:25 (twenty years ago) link
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Saturday, 1 November 2003 10:57 (twenty years ago) link
its the same old stupidity isn't it? hire someone who lives and loves music as a dj then tell them to play what you want them to play.
might as well hire comedians as djs. like jjj.
― gaz (gaz), Saturday, 1 November 2003 11:02 (twenty years ago) link
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Saturday, 1 November 2003 11:21 (twenty years ago) link
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Saturday, 1 November 2003 11:22 (twenty years ago) link
― colin barnet, Sunday, 2 November 2003 16:51 (twenty years ago) link
― steve, Sunday, 2 November 2003 23:08 (twenty years ago) link
― mentalist (mentalist), Sunday, 2 November 2003 23:50 (twenty years ago) link
― steve, Monday, 3 November 2003 00:36 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 3 November 2003 01:09 (twenty years ago) link
Why am i the work of the devil?
You give us too much credit to call the ramshackle bunch that happen to write on The Alternative, a team.
Tim Finney:
The entire point that i meant to get across was that JJJ need to do more then just replace limp bizkit with mogwai. Musical taste is entirely subjective. So is taste in musical presenters. It's foolish for JJJ to say "We will only play this certain type of music, and we will only hire this certain type of on air presenter." If that's their mission plan, it's a surefire quick way to find themselves totally irrelevant to everyone.
Rather they need to look at the big white canvas. And then work out how to paint the bigger picture. What do they want to achieve? What are taxpayers paying for that they can't get on the commercial radio alternatives? Which of these goals are self defeating? They need to have a long hard look at whether or not rating better, and promoting youth arts are mutually exclusive goals.
Thats all i meant by the Mogwai/Limp Bizkit dichotomy. To suggest that the 2 goals ARE mutually exclusive.
― ExistAngst, Tuesday, 11 November 2003 15:42 (twenty years ago) link
kingsmill interview. bizarre kanye/lil wayne binary in there. having said that, if alex lloyd's pr was hassling me i wouldn't play him either. (i'd probably shoot myself but that's another thread.)
― "woah man, flügelhorn" (haitch), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 03:24 (fourteen years ago) link
good interview. i've always liked his attitude and there's no question he's got a good head on his shoulders. doesn't make me much more interested in listening to the station these days tho
― more posts that will never be released (electricsound), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 04:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah that is a great interview. I like his attitude - he's direct and forthright and doesn't let people go diva on his ass. He'd be a good boss to have.
― My boss say I can't not do this (Trayce), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 04:57 (fourteen years ago) link