tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post108678832318622849..comments2024-03-26T12:23:35.307-05:00Comments on The Buck Stops Here: Public RadioStuart Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1087871689017186102004-06-21T21:34:00.000-05:002004-06-21T21:34:00.000-05:00npr and the classist, er, classical music station ...npr and the classist, er, classical music station is another example of taxing the poor to subsidize the rich elites. town orchestras run the same way- how many towns have publicly funded heavy metal bands?<br />welcome to the post-scarcity economy - have you tried googling for classical internet radio?<br />one perk is that much of it is in the public domain.<br />any you can select for a variety of propaganda streams, or none, instead of that mindnumbing gore-speak. like rush limbaugh, i can listen for a few minutes with interests, then it gets increasing irritating.<br />hell is a job where someone else chooses the radio station. classical + npr might be the lesser evil in such a setting - but it's an evil, unless there's genuine consensus and unanimity.<br />One reason for the decline is more commercial classical stations. classical music doesn't need nationalism or socialism to keep it alive.gthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12889694926704693924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1086819270217141632004-06-09T17:14:00.000-05:002004-06-09T17:14:00.000-05:00Stuart, it's once again impossible to comment unde...Stuart, it's once again impossible to comment under one's own name without registering with Blogger. That was fixed a week or two ago, but I thought you might like to know that it's un-fixed.<br /><br />I thought I'd share an editorial by my co-editor & founder of San Francisco Classical Voice, Bob Commanday, on the many online streaming-classical-music audio outlets now accessible. Given that the <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfcv.org%2Farts_revs%2Feditorial_1_28_03.html">piece </A> is about a year and a half old, I'd guess that there's even more out there today. Anyway, it's chock full of good links. <br /><br />Michelle Dulak, www.sfcv.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com