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You have finally landed on the one page on this entire site (and on the entire internet for that matter) that is purely without bullshit... my soapbox page. There are a lot of times during our show that, whether it's because of time constraints and other obligations, I don't always get to address some issues that I feel don't get the attention they deserve. There are even more times when I just don't feel like waiting until the show the next day to get some things off my chest. Thus, I have started the "Rob's Soapbox" page. If you have clicked on this page looking for someone to coddle your fragile sense of self-esteem, or tell you what you want to hear or to reinforce your outdated world view, then exit this page right now and go somewhere else. If you are in search of the last forum for reason and common sense left in the world, then sit back, relax, and enjoy. I make only one promise with this soapbox page... if you read long enough and often enough, you will eventually be offended. So here's my latest soapbox. Listen up, 'cause you just might learn something... |
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May 26, 2003 The Asinine Things You People Say... Part 9 I have started referring to my "favorite" (insert sarcasm here) phone calls into the show as "Hall of Fame" calls. Anytime I see on my computer screen that someone is ready to make a complete ass of themselves by making a comment we have addressed 1,000 times before, I now use that term. Over the next few weeks, months, Hell maybe years, I will document them all for you in this forum. Week number nine's entry is one that seems harmless enough on the surface, but is actually quite stupid (and I am here to explain why): "I love listening to you guys*your show is much better than (Insert another morning radio show here). I am certain that 99.9% of you that call in to say this are good people who are just trying to compliment your favorite morning show, which I greatly appreciate. Believe me, I never get tired of hearing that we are doing our job by connecting with you. However, there is no need to mention which show you used to listen to. There is no need to compare us to another morning radio show. You see, during the hours of 5-10am, my partners and I are doing our talk show. Therefore, we have no time to listen to other peoples' radio shows. Not only that, we have no desire to. To be fair, I will acknowledge that there are more than a few idiots in the radio business who tape competing shows and listen back to them. We, however don't do that. Whatever other shows do is meaningless to us, so why waste our time. We also have no desire to give free advertising to other shows on our program so stop mentioning them when you call in. Finally, the main point. My partners and I, for the most part, hate radio. We do not hang out with other radio people in town, we do not attend radio conventions and we do not sit around at the office for hours after our show and discuss industry gossip. Dawn and I have been in the radio industry for 14 years each, Arnie 11. We've made our value judgements and found that most people in the radio industry are insecure, narrow minded people who are obsessed with the radio and music industries, and interested in very little else. As a result, we socialize very little with others in this profession, and we know very little about what is going on in the "radio world." I couldn't name six other morning shows in town, out of 25 radio stations. So when you reference other shows in town, it rings hollow with us. There are some good people in the industry and we have tried to surround ourselves with those people. The rest are a waste. Radio people, for the most part are dirty, degenerate, go nowhere nit-wits who think the world revolves around being the first Dee-Jay to power mix the Scorpions with Madonna at the same time. Our show revolves around the real world. We try to talk about what most of you are already thinking about; relationships, money, world events, sports, entertainment, new movies, raising your kids, etc. Dee-Jays talk about how great it was to attend an industry-only concert that you, the listener had no chance of ever seeing (and therefore cannot, in any way relate to or care about!) Look, if this essay pisses you off, look at the bright side. The fact that we hate radio people so much has pretty much solidified the fact that we have no contacts in the business, and therefore, no chance of ever leaving this job. While other shows will leave town and become big national superstars on MTV, we will probably always be here; working for and with the only people in radio that can stand us.
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