Do you listen to the radio much? (1 Viewer)

[Skrankio-X]

Radio 4 Eva.
I love listening to the radio powerfully but I just can't get anything decent music-wise. That fucking Tom Dunne dinosaur drives me mad altogether with his smiths/cure/joydivision stagnant twenty years ago guff. 2008AD man!

Oh for the days when I lived up North and Peel was on BBCR1.

That said, talking history on newstalk is quite good, there are some decent shows tucked away on Flirt FM if you can remember, and of Course Mary-Anne Hobbes and Rob Da Bank's shows on R1 have been the shit for some time now.

 

[Goodbye]

I get about half an hour of rte 1 in the morning and thats about it.

The odd time I'm stuck in places, like a shop or a taxi with spin fm on, I ... cant ... finish... the ... sentence

 

[Anthony]

I listen to edel on phantom most days. Then some Radio 1.

 

[rettucs]

FM 104, 98 FM, SPIN 103.8. all briliant.

do u work in spar?

 

[Mitchum]

not since Peel died.

only listen to the radio for news, weather and the odd documentary on Radio 1.

I feel the same way about Neighbours after Jim Robinson pegged out. I mean I've tried but it's just not the same.


Stick Lyric FM on now & again but rarely do the radio.

 

[Jill Hives]

I miss NPR and This American Life. Actually, they probably have podcasts -- I should investigate this today.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

do people sing songs about listening to podcasts, mp3s,
iTunes, soulseek, blogs, etc nowadays, in the same way
people used to sing about records or the spirit of the radio?

 

[hugh]

only in the car - newstalk and dublin city fm

i'm addicted to the live traffic reports on the latter

This is great ... Anthony got me into it. I love it. And they often play the best music. I was driving down the hill in Chapelizod a few weeks ago and yer man says "m50 blocked up ..... right turn at Con Colbert looking bad ...... Pearse street a bit sticky .... etc.... etc..... and here's a song by the Butthole Surfers". I kid you not .. nearly crashed the car.

Actually a lot of the stuff on Dublin City Fm can be really good. Random dialling in at any time can throw up all sorts of cool stuff. For example, a film review show where they discussed No Country For Old Men where the contributors actually knew what they were talking about and had interesting things to say and understood the whole context of it and had read Cormac McCarthys books etc.

Other than that, Edel's show on Phantom if I am in the car at the time, Alison's show on Today FM sometimes, RTE ONE for news, sometimes Matt Cooper or Newstalk.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

I miss NPR and This American Life. Actually, they probably have podcasts -- I should investigate this today.

That food show on NPR on Saturday afternoons is superb.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

This is great ... Anthony got me into it. I love it. And they often play the best music. I was driving down the hill in Chapelizod a few weeks ago and yer man says "m50 blocked up ..... right turn at Con Colbert looking bad ...... Pearse street a bit sticky .... etc.... etc..... and here's a song by the Butthole Surfers". I kid you not .. nearly crashed the car.

Actually a lot of the stuff on Dublin City Fm can be really good. Random dialling in at any time can throw up all sorts of cool stuff. For example, a film review show where they discussed No Country For Old Men where the contributors actually knew what they were talking about and had interesting things to say and understood the whole context of it and had read Cormac McCarthys books etc.

Other than that, Edel's show on Phantom if I am in the car at the time, Alison's show on Today FM sometimes, RTE ONE for news, sometimes Matt Cooper or Newstalk.

yeah, i've only caught bits and pieces of their other shows but
they seem pretty good - kinda amatuerish in parts, but there's
nothing wrong with that.

the music your man john plays is great. i've heard him play the
fall on occasion. i'm actually completely addicted to his way of
traffic reporting. even when the traffic grand, i'll still listen in!

"someone has texted in to enquire about the horse that was on
the m50 this morning...what?? there was a horse on the m50?
hahah - what happened?"
"<barely audible other voice>"
"oh...the horse on the m50 was hit by a truck...here's some belle
and sebastian"

 

[Lili Marlene]

I could listen to the shipping forecasts all day

soooo relaxing

totally overused in the aaaaarts though

 

[Mormon Nailer]

I listen to Morning Ireland in the morning.
On the way home form work I listen to Hook and might listen to the sports show on afterwards as I'm eating.
I normally have the radio on during the night and generally listen to Turdbody and Kenny till about 3.
I always set the alarm to catch Sunday Miscellany as well.
I never never never listen to music on the radio.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

'off the ball' on newstalk is probably the best show on t'radio
them's some funny peoples.

 

[coast to coast]

I fucking cant stand traffic reports. They should just have one channel for that and nothing else so if you want to listen to it you can and if not you can be left in peace!

I've been listening to Donal Dineen before I sleep but that means I only get about one or two songs before I'm kipping. Also it means I have to listen to their inane drivel in the morning when the alarm goes off (well, don't have to but y'know...)

Other than that... Newstalk for Off The Ball and other stuff and sports commentary on whatever channel its on.

I've started to avoid Phantom now, which is a pity, but frankly if I want to listen to tunes I have music I like to listen to. For background stuff I've started listening to Lyric's jazz thing on Sunday evening, and occasionally a bit of their contemporary show.

 

[fobster]

Listen to the radio occassionally, NEAR FM, Raidio na Life and DC (was Anna Livia) FM are good for metal shows and other uncatered-for genres.

 

[Franco]

Off The Ball.

"I like fish n' chips. And the players like fish n' chips."

 

[Mormon Nailer]

'off the ball' on newstalk is probably the best show on t'radio
them's some funny peoples.

I have absolutely no interest in bogball or pussyball so 90% of the show is a complete mystey to me

Still seeing as the alternatives are Dave Fanning or Tom Dunne I'll soldier on with the sport.

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

I'd like to hear Geddy Lee host a radio show like Dylan did.

 

[jane]

yeah, i've only caught bits and pieces of their other shows but
they seem pretty good - kinda amatuerish in parts, but there's
nothing wrong with that.

the music your man john plays is great. i've heard him play the
fall on occasion. i'm actually completely addicted to his way of
traffic reporting. even when the traffic grand, i'll still listen in!

"someone has texted in to enquire about the horse that was on
the m50 this morning...what?? there was a horse on the m50?
hahah - what happened?"
"<barely audible other voice>"
"oh...the horse on the m50 was hit by a truck...here's some belle
and sebastian"

I catch it sometimes in the mornings, and it's pretty good. I would take an amateurish labour of love over a slick commercial thing any day. Which is total hypocrisy because I don't listen to enough community radio to uphold that claim.

Hayworth, the NPR website is amazing and you can listen to pretty much anything they have on it.

There's this: http://www.thislife.org/ but not everything seems free?

And some of these don't work anymore, but I like the one about urban explorers: http://www.theamericaproject.org/

It would be my dream job to make documentaries for NPR. Love, love, love them. I don't love everything they do, but that's what makes me love them. They don't try to make all of their content please everyone because that makes everything bland.

Anna Livia kind of ends up like that by default, too. There was just a show on that was two dudes talking about WWII naval submarines.I listened for a minute, but it was far more anoraky than I could understand, but it made me glad there's a programme for people who like WWII subs.

 

[therealjohnny]

'off the ball' on newstalk is probably the best show on t'radio

That show is my cue to stick on a cd

bah

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