The Sattelite has gone screwy. I think the lightining last night messed it up, it's all fuzzy now. That's why I'm online and have been for most of the day. I've been really bored.
Sucks when you don't really have any friends or good health for that matter. I just wish I had better health, the friends part I've given up on. Cause most times I put so much into that and get nothing. So I'm just going to focus on myself now. I've always put others first before myself, but what good has that done for me. Not much, just get stepped on and used.
I guess I've never really quite been my true self since my father passed away when I was 11. I don't think I ever really grew up. I mean of course I did, but you know what I mean. I'm not big on doing the grown up things for fun I'd rather go to arcades and play with toys. Not go out drinking, clubbing, or getting laid on a weekly basis. I'm the one who just seems to still be that 11 year old kid who is the same person, but now is 22 a little bit taller, a lot bigger, and health problems. Maybe it's just all in my head, but I really don't think so. Some people say I need to go see a shrink and not a doctor. They say most of my problems stem from psychological things. But people who tell me that aren't experts. I don't really know anymore. In fact I really don't know much of anything anymore. Everyone else has grown up except for me I think.
Thursday, June 26, 2003
State of Radio in Kansas City
It's has been discussed lately that the station 96.5 that holds the claim of being Kansas City's alternative radio station will soon be changing to talk sports radio. 96.5 is from what I heard the number 14th station in Kansas City. I remember a few years ago there were only 3 or so less FM Stations. You had your Pop Mix 93, Country KFKF 94.1, Oldies on 94.9, Classical 96.5, 98.1 Soft Rock, 98.9 The Rock, 99.7 soft rock, 101 The Fox Classic Rock, 102 KY rock/classic rock music, 103 Jamz urban music, 104.3 Young Country, 106.5 Smooth Jazz, 107 The X Alternative music. That was how the stations were when I was in High School. Then bing bang boom the Alternative Station that winter changed to 107.3 Soul Music. I was quite furious about this at the time.
Alternative means a choice away from the conventional. Music that wasn't the mainstream was labeled alternative and I enjoyed that because it was great music that was different. However, if a type of music is suppose to be alternative meaning different or outside the convntional norms from society that means it should not be found on mainstream territory, which FM is a part of the mainstream media. Meaning that this music no longer could be considered alternative once it became the norm in society. Nirvana was once considered Alternative music then it became mainstream, Pearl Jam was considered alternative then it became mainstream, No Doubt was considered alternative and they became mainstream big time. All these groups and many more broke out as alternative artist then became mainstream, no longer needing to be under a radio station label as alternative.
The Alternative music in the early 90's was grunge, the alternative in the mid 90's was ska which was what I was into. Now the alternative is this punk music. Which a lot of it is rather pop punkish. With this being said is the 96.5 The Buzz really alternative, yes it's an alternative choice from the other styles of music you can hear in Kansas City, is the music really alternative, not really. It's a lot like the music that is played on the World Famous KROQ 106.7 in Los Angeles, California. Which I must say is a radio station that is way better organized than the Buzz and has a lot more support from it's owners and it's listeners. Listners to this so called "alternative" music in Kansas City don't last forever they grow up and their taste grows. It has been shown in the past that Alternative music in Kansas City as for as radio stations goes only last for little short periods of time and never has a large enough solid backing. We are city full of radio flippers never really sticking to listening to one radio station.
This has been bugging me lately because this is all I hear about is 96.5 and some of the listener who decide to call into the radio station saying that we need our jobs or we need and alternative. True people are going to be out of jobs, hey we didn't choose being DJs, i you want to stay DJs go find another radio stations if you are afraid you are going to lose your job, that's just common sense. Hey I want to be a DJ too, but if I were really into it I'd continue and if I got fired I'd go find another radio station, whether it be in the same city or a new one. Then onto the matter of losing an alternative station, that's what college radio is for. College Radio is alternative. It's usually not mainstream music. If more people would help out colleges with radio stations there would be more alternative choices.
Also I heard people calling into the Buzz saying stuff "like hey you guys can't go cause I don't want to listen to no Planet" and "man the people on the Planet are talking crap and are always talking not playing good music" Hey how would you know if you love the Buzz so much. See that's the problem. If you love a station so much and don't want to see it go then just listen that station. That is like a big reason why lots of radio stations disapear. When you don't have listeners advertisers don't want to waste money on those stations because they don't get anything at it. Without advertising radio doesn't really have other resources for money.
They tried the alternative music thing and it didn't work out. So I say go on try out the Sports Talk radio or Talk Radio, which ever the owners of the radio station are going to try next. Best of Luck to them in the fickle city of Kansas City. Kansas City has lots of people who live and breath sports so maybe sports talk on FM would be very successful. I remember when I was in High School that's all anyone cared about except me and a few other people.
However, I'm ok with things moving on and changing because who needs radio when you can listen to CDs. No commercials and only the music that you truely enjoy instead of half of the shit you don't even want to listen to again, because they play it like every 15 minutes.
It's has been discussed lately that the station 96.5 that holds the claim of being Kansas City's alternative radio station will soon be changing to talk sports radio. 96.5 is from what I heard the number 14th station in Kansas City. I remember a few years ago there were only 3 or so less FM Stations. You had your Pop Mix 93, Country KFKF 94.1, Oldies on 94.9, Classical 96.5, 98.1 Soft Rock, 98.9 The Rock, 99.7 soft rock, 101 The Fox Classic Rock, 102 KY rock/classic rock music, 103 Jamz urban music, 104.3 Young Country, 106.5 Smooth Jazz, 107 The X Alternative music. That was how the stations were when I was in High School. Then bing bang boom the Alternative Station that winter changed to 107.3 Soul Music. I was quite furious about this at the time.
Alternative means a choice away from the conventional. Music that wasn't the mainstream was labeled alternative and I enjoyed that because it was great music that was different. However, if a type of music is suppose to be alternative meaning different or outside the convntional norms from society that means it should not be found on mainstream territory, which FM is a part of the mainstream media. Meaning that this music no longer could be considered alternative once it became the norm in society. Nirvana was once considered Alternative music then it became mainstream, Pearl Jam was considered alternative then it became mainstream, No Doubt was considered alternative and they became mainstream big time. All these groups and many more broke out as alternative artist then became mainstream, no longer needing to be under a radio station label as alternative.
The Alternative music in the early 90's was grunge, the alternative in the mid 90's was ska which was what I was into. Now the alternative is this punk music. Which a lot of it is rather pop punkish. With this being said is the 96.5 The Buzz really alternative, yes it's an alternative choice from the other styles of music you can hear in Kansas City, is the music really alternative, not really. It's a lot like the music that is played on the World Famous KROQ 106.7 in Los Angeles, California. Which I must say is a radio station that is way better organized than the Buzz and has a lot more support from it's owners and it's listeners. Listners to this so called "alternative" music in Kansas City don't last forever they grow up and their taste grows. It has been shown in the past that Alternative music in Kansas City as for as radio stations goes only last for little short periods of time and never has a large enough solid backing. We are city full of radio flippers never really sticking to listening to one radio station.
This has been bugging me lately because this is all I hear about is 96.5 and some of the listener who decide to call into the radio station saying that we need our jobs or we need and alternative. True people are going to be out of jobs, hey we didn't choose being DJs, i you want to stay DJs go find another radio stations if you are afraid you are going to lose your job, that's just common sense. Hey I want to be a DJ too, but if I were really into it I'd continue and if I got fired I'd go find another radio station, whether it be in the same city or a new one. Then onto the matter of losing an alternative station, that's what college radio is for. College Radio is alternative. It's usually not mainstream music. If more people would help out colleges with radio stations there would be more alternative choices.
Also I heard people calling into the Buzz saying stuff "like hey you guys can't go cause I don't want to listen to no Planet" and "man the people on the Planet are talking crap and are always talking not playing good music" Hey how would you know if you love the Buzz so much. See that's the problem. If you love a station so much and don't want to see it go then just listen that station. That is like a big reason why lots of radio stations disapear. When you don't have listeners advertisers don't want to waste money on those stations because they don't get anything at it. Without advertising radio doesn't really have other resources for money.
They tried the alternative music thing and it didn't work out. So I say go on try out the Sports Talk radio or Talk Radio, which ever the owners of the radio station are going to try next. Best of Luck to them in the fickle city of Kansas City. Kansas City has lots of people who live and breath sports so maybe sports talk on FM would be very successful. I remember when I was in High School that's all anyone cared about except me and a few other people.
However, I'm ok with things moving on and changing because who needs radio when you can listen to CDs. No commercials and only the music that you truely enjoy instead of half of the shit you don't even want to listen to again, because they play it like every 15 minutes.
Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Well went to the movies today because the AC is broken in our house. Now it looks like it will be a couple of weeks because we need to get a completely new one. So went and saw From Justin to Kelly or whatever it is called. It was a bad movie, but I wasn't expecting it to be great. It was like Grease, but not totally. Some of the songs were good. I wouldn't recomend it however. IF you really want to see it I'd say wait till it comes on video unless your AC brakes down or you are extremely bored.
That's it for now, because it's gettin' hot in herre. HAHAHA
That's it for now, because it's gettin' hot in herre. HAHAHA
Monday, June 23, 2003
Lately I've been on this kick of downloading songs from movies I liked in the 80's and from when I was in High School which wasn't too long ago. Just a lot of those songs are better than a lot of stuff that is out right now. Plus they are songs that just put me in a better mood. Man I wish I was in a band. I could come up with better lyrics then some of these artists on that the play nonstop on the radio. That's one of the many things I've always wanted to do was be in a band. But everyone tells me I can't sing, but have you heard a lot of the people out, especially in rock music. They aren't really singing. Plus I tried to learn and instrument, don't have the patients. Maybe some day somebody will give me a chance and some confidence about being in a band, but that's very doubtful that will ever happen.
Sunday, June 22, 2003
Saturday, June 21, 2003
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Tuesday, June 17, 2003
An Interesting Day
First I got up earlier then normal because I just couldn't sleep. So then I get ready to go with my mom and sister to lunch because I figure I might as well go. Then they tell me we are going to Red Robbins, which is new here but there are tons of them in California. Well this one gal takes our drink order but informs us she's not our waitress. So pretty typical dining experience so far. Then we order our food. Then the waitress comes back and asks my sister did you go to Blue Springs High School and my sister is like no and the waitress goes you look familar from somewhere and my sister says Hall McCarter. It turns out she was one of my sisters friends from Junior High Lisa, who I always thought was the coolest friend my sister had. They hadn't seen each other since 9 grade. So it was cool to see her. I've never bumped into someone from Junior High. In fact I haven't bumped into anyone from High School either this summer.
Then went with my sister to see Hollywood Homicide. It was an ok movie. Wasn't expecting it to be great anyways so I wasn't disapointed. My sister got a kick out of the chase scene when all the local Helicopter ladies showed up to cover the chase. My sisters favorite Jennifer York from KTLA was in it. That's probably because KTLA is the only LA station they get here at home on the sattelite so that's why she thinks it's so cool. Anyway Hollywood Homicide doesn't have much action, and it's not tons of laughs, but if you are looking to past the time by it's an ok movie to see.
First I got up earlier then normal because I just couldn't sleep. So then I get ready to go with my mom and sister to lunch because I figure I might as well go. Then they tell me we are going to Red Robbins, which is new here but there are tons of them in California. Well this one gal takes our drink order but informs us she's not our waitress. So pretty typical dining experience so far. Then we order our food. Then the waitress comes back and asks my sister did you go to Blue Springs High School and my sister is like no and the waitress goes you look familar from somewhere and my sister says Hall McCarter. It turns out she was one of my sisters friends from Junior High Lisa, who I always thought was the coolest friend my sister had. They hadn't seen each other since 9 grade. So it was cool to see her. I've never bumped into someone from Junior High. In fact I haven't bumped into anyone from High School either this summer.
Then went with my sister to see Hollywood Homicide. It was an ok movie. Wasn't expecting it to be great anyways so I wasn't disapointed. My sister got a kick out of the chase scene when all the local Helicopter ladies showed up to cover the chase. My sisters favorite Jennifer York from KTLA was in it. That's probably because KTLA is the only LA station they get here at home on the sattelite so that's why she thinks it's so cool. Anyway Hollywood Homicide doesn't have much action, and it's not tons of laughs, but if you are looking to past the time by it's an ok movie to see.
Monday, June 16, 2003
Well today I renewed my drivers licsense here in Missouri. Which sucks cause I had to pay 15 dollars and it expires in 2009. What if I decide to stay in California after my extra semester? Then I would have this licsense I paid too much for. Anyhow the cool thing is since I'm over 21 my picture has moved from the left side to the right side. So that is cool. That's about all I can say about it. Plus my picture doesn't even look that bad. At least I don't look like a drug addict like I did in my last licsense.
My neck and head hurt really bad. I really think I need to have a doctor examine my neck. I think I have a thyroid problem or something. That's probably what my problem was last summer, except it just wasn't noticeable as it is now. Whatever he problem is I really don't want to have to go through surgery. That's one thing I just really don't want to know about. My dad had surgery a lot and he's not alive now so what did all those surgeries do for him? Made him weak and they obviously didn't help him beat cancer. The only way most people can is if it's a low risk cancer or they got tons of money. Because if you got tons of money, they seem to give you better treatment and care. Also they are much nicer to you and don't treat you like shit when you are there.
My neck and head hurt really bad. I really think I need to have a doctor examine my neck. I think I have a thyroid problem or something. That's probably what my problem was last summer, except it just wasn't noticeable as it is now. Whatever he problem is I really don't want to have to go through surgery. That's one thing I just really don't want to know about. My dad had surgery a lot and he's not alive now so what did all those surgeries do for him? Made him weak and they obviously didn't help him beat cancer. The only way most people can is if it's a low risk cancer or they got tons of money. Because if you got tons of money, they seem to give you better treatment and care. Also they are much nicer to you and don't treat you like shit when you are there.
Thursday, June 12, 2003
Onesome: Quoth- Do you use quotations much? ..at all? What is your favorite quote? ...and why, pray tell?
Not really. I usually only use quotes for papers or presentations. Well most of my favorite quotes are from the bible or from songs, because they usually convey my feelings or ideas about life better than anything I could come up with on my own. I have too many favorite quotes just to name one.
Twosome: the Raven- The symbol of the raven has a lot of mythology and superstition attached. How are you in this area? Do you avoid ladders with black cats perched on them on Friday the thirteenth? ...or do you just toss a pinch of salt over your shoulder and move along about your business? Hmmm?
I'm a little superstious, but not overly so. I do avoid ladders because I've seen a lot fall, and cats I don't like anyway that much really. I have tossed salt over my shoulder, but that was just when I was joking. I believe personally if you believe in something strongly and keep saying it's going to happen it's likely going to happen.
Threesome: Nevermore- ...and the softball of the week: What is it that you've tried that is on the "Nevermore" list? ...and do people even dare to bring it up around you?
Eating healthy nevermore. Bicycling is nevermore. People bring the eating healthy up, but when you have only one life why starve yourself or not enjoy what you are eating at all? Seems stupid to me. Bicycling I just don't do anymore, but that's because my bicycle's brakes are shitty.
Not really. I usually only use quotes for papers or presentations. Well most of my favorite quotes are from the bible or from songs, because they usually convey my feelings or ideas about life better than anything I could come up with on my own. I have too many favorite quotes just to name one.
Twosome: the Raven- The symbol of the raven has a lot of mythology and superstition attached. How are you in this area? Do you avoid ladders with black cats perched on them on Friday the thirteenth? ...or do you just toss a pinch of salt over your shoulder and move along about your business? Hmmm?
I'm a little superstious, but not overly so. I do avoid ladders because I've seen a lot fall, and cats I don't like anyway that much really. I have tossed salt over my shoulder, but that was just when I was joking. I believe personally if you believe in something strongly and keep saying it's going to happen it's likely going to happen.
Threesome: Nevermore- ...and the softball of the week: What is it that you've tried that is on the "Nevermore" list? ...and do people even dare to bring it up around you?
Eating healthy nevermore. Bicycling is nevermore. People bring the eating healthy up, but when you have only one life why starve yourself or not enjoy what you are eating at all? Seems stupid to me. Bicycling I just don't do anymore, but that's because my bicycle's brakes are shitty.
Whoa Blogger has changed a bit. Not like I'm good at this html and designing my website anyway.
Yesterday went to Branson, MO. Went to Silver Dollar City it was ok. Road a few rollercoasters and rollercoaster type rides. I also go five new wrestling DVDs so I'm catching up on all the Shawn Michaels matches I have missed. I also got my Buffy The Vampire Slayer season 4 DVDs and I'm enjoying all the special features on there. Very cool.
Yesterday went to Branson, MO. Went to Silver Dollar City it was ok. Road a few rollercoasters and rollercoaster type rides. I also go five new wrestling DVDs so I'm catching up on all the Shawn Michaels matches I have missed. I also got my Buffy The Vampire Slayer season 4 DVDs and I'm enjoying all the special features on there. Very cool.
Sunday, June 08, 2003
Well the concert on Saturday wasn't that good. Plus the friend that I went with has changed a lot. Based on things I've learned, he's definately not the same person I was friends with. So I'm pretty sure I will no longer be hanging out with him anymore.
Not much is going good for me lately. Life goes on I guess.
Not much is going good for me lately. Life goes on I guess.
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