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June 19, 2008 9:08 AM

Calling your personal online radio station the best of everything seems designed to provoke controversy. But in this case it's just one "mature consumer" taking a stand against big media and youth oriented marketing. Be sure to read the about page.

As I walked the convention floor, I wondered; does anybody believe in the value of the mature audience any more? Anybody?... I began envisioning a music format 'for the rest of us.'

posted by Grod (24 comments total)

If there are people out there who have been pining for this kind of format, more power to him.

That said, eeeew.
posted by everichon at 9:14 AM on June 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

Liar. It appears he never plays the best of Vietnamese psychedelic-black metal.
posted by Jimbob at 9:18 AM on June 19, 2008

So it's just like google, only slow, doesn't return plain text and shows fewer results per page?
posted by DU at 9:19 AM on June 19, 2008

d'oh, wrong thread (OR IS IT??)
posted by DU at 9:19 AM on June 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

Is a "format" the same as a guy with a computer and a big stack of inoffensive music from the last fifty years? Because if it is then my Dad is sitting on a fucking goldmine.

Ironically, I haven't installed the Jetcast Player, but I'll bet you my Dad has.
posted by Jofus at 9:23 AM on June 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

This sounds like something I might enjoy. But then again, I'm boring.
posted by Faint of Butt at 9:23 AM on June 19, 2008

Jetcast™ is a product of Tubgirl Enterprises.
posted by fleetmouse at 9:24 AM on June 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

Ray Electronics we done designed us a site!

Was it just me, or did the mouseover on the stream links cause the text to go into an epileptic fit?
posted by The Power Nap at 9:28 AM on June 19, 2008

The format sounds a lot like "Mike-FM" up here in Massachusetts - innocuous, recognizable, "older" music - and their slogan is "we play everything". Coincidence?
posted by yhbc at 9:30 AM on June 19, 2008

Jesus H. Christ. The 'music for the rest of us without all that new crap' formula is incredibly common. The answer to homeboy's question is "Yes, people believe in the mature audience, and they constantly cater to its persecution complex."
posted by mkb at 9:41 AM on June 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

Is a "format" the same as a guy with a computer and a big stack of inoffensive music from the last fifty years?

Plus Faith Hill and Carrie Underwood.
posted by Caduceus at 9:43 AM on June 19, 2008

It's been a while since I've even listened to the radio, but last I checked, the top three radio stations where I live could all be classified as "adult contemporary." Methinks Bob Bruno doth protest too much about no one caring about the mature audience.
posted by chrominance at 9:46 AM on June 19, 2008

My oldies station is, and probably will remain, Brainwashed: spinning classix* from those endless high school summers.

* Nurse With Wound, Current 93, Death In June, and Coil.
posted by everichon at 9:49 AM on June 19, 2008 [3 favorites]

If he's targeting the "mature adult" market, then he needs to get back on the AM band.
posted by Chinese Jet Pilot at 10:33 AM on June 19, 2008

It's my parents' crappy record collection, taking a stand against big media.

Actually, I'm going to send them this. It 's a great introduction to the wonderful world of internet radio without all that annoying... unfamiliar music.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 10:41 AM on June 19, 2008

Ok, 10 minutes. That was all I could take before I wanted to hop in the Fleetwood and go search out the early bird special.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 10:42 AM on June 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

So this station has a library of 3,000 songs, while I listening to music by myself have a library of 13,000+ and don't really consider that anything to brag about.
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 10:47 AM on June 19, 2008

You kids get off my frequency.
posted by Kinbote at 11:26 AM on June 19, 2008

Well that’s my story, (the Readers' Digest version anyway) of how and why, The Best of Everything® came to be.

Well, now. Given the nature of his Best Of Everything selections, that's a pretty appropriate way to describe how he came up with his list.
posted by kozad at 11:31 AM on June 19, 2008

I should be in his target group - middle-aged white male. But looking at that list of album covers makes me want to run to the stereo and play the White Stripes at a volume that would cause Mpls-St Paul Int'l to ground all flights. This is nothing more than a collection I'd expect to hear at my dentist's office, except even my dentist has better taste in music than this.
posted by Ber at 12:34 PM on June 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

Hey Ber, you know none of us kids are listening to the White Stripes anymore, right? Maybe it's time you shuffle your walker down to the dining hall, they're serving tapioca today.

;)
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 1:20 PM on June 19, 2008

Tapioca! Jebus, I'd rather stay in my room and watch the Weather Channel. Wake me up for Friday night fish sticks.
posted by Ber at 9:08 AM on June 20, 2008

And turn down that goddamn Lawrence Welk racket!
posted by kcds at 12:54 PM on June 20, 2008

What a hoot! I guess this Internets thing is just the bees' knees, now, ain't it?
posted by kozad at 10:55 PM on June 20, 2008