i've been trying not to let little things bother me, but there's something that always seems to get on my nerves and i'm not sure that i'm in the wrong for being upset by it. here's the story
when i get in my car, my cd player will automatically start either a. the cd you were listening to last or b. the radio. typical car function, right? wrong! you see, my car, if i had a cd in there, likes to start about 30 seconds to a minute past the portion of the song that i paused/stopped the car at. i've mentioned in the past my deep love for music, and how it effects me on a daily basis.
now i'm aware that a. its only a few moments of music that i'm missing out on and b. i can rewind it if it bothers me that much. but its the principle of that matter. when i'm listening to a song, and i have to pause the song, its typically for a good reason. thats not my issue. my issue is that if i stop listening to a song at point b, i don't want to pick back up at point c. i want to hear point b and c.
it'd be like if was trying to watch CSI. I watched 10 minutes of this 30 min program, and pause it to do the dishes. it takes me 30 mins to do the dishes. when i go to finish watching the program, instead of it starting at the spot where i paused it, it starts 5 mins later. I've officially missed 5 possibly crucial moments of this show.
i'm sure some of you are thinking "sean....you listen to alot of the same music...shouldn't you already know the songs, so you don't have to worry about missing any of it". some of you might also be thinking "what are you worrying about? you don't even listen to full songs anyways"
well, to those people i say.......good point.
i'm sure i'm just splitting hairs over here, but it does get annoying. i enjoy singing in my car (don't bother asking me to in front of you..i wont.) and it'd be nice to pick back up at "you're my precious little girl" when attempting to jam out to they might be giants in my 2 door ford.
on another, somewhat related note. the only good song coldplay has ever made was yellow. anytime 96.5 the buzz plays a coldplay song that is not yellow, it annoys me. not because "I can't take listening to coldplay" because i can. mainly because they play them so often. i'm not a big fan of "mainstream" radio. they claim they play what you want, but we all know otherwise. more like "we play what is popular right now, in hopes that since you are listening to us, you will like these songs"
i'm fully aware of my alternatives to radio, including different radio stations or xm radio. but here's the thing. its a machine. one day, a record company will start being really nice to your radio station. then the next you know, your radio station will start getting either some really nice cool prizes or some exclusive songs/interviews. that's when the real trouble begins. once your radio station starts getting some pretty swank free stuff or publicity, then its 'payback' time. next you know, that song you heard once or twice last week is now on every hour on the hour.
talk radio isn't much better either. not for the same reasons, obviously, but still somewhat. i don't want to hear you talk about stuff that you care about. as a radio show host, i know you have creative freedom to talk about what ever you want. but as the listener, if its not something i would be talking about as well, then i don't care. the only exception is if what you are talking about is so interesting, that i want to listen and talk.
i've always thought it would be fun being a radio host. i don't think i have the voice for it though. i squeak sometimes since i'm apparently still a 22 year old man stuck in a 15 year old's body. nor do i have the degree that apparently you need. i also heard if you are good, you get paid good. if your not, well i think you can figure that part out.
well, lets see. i went from being upset at my cd player in my car, to disliking radio now days, to my former future aspirations to be a radio show host. pretty busy for the total of 9 people that will read part of this, get bored, and probably never make it to this attempt at predicting the future and making a joke.
i digress
-sean
questionOFTHEday-
desert island
long extention cord
dvd player and tv
only one movie....
and as a reply to last week
yes sometimes i do end up answering my own questions
for instance - Motion City Soundtrack- I Am The Movie.
typical answer for me, but really the only cd I could listen to and never really ever get tired of it.
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