radio four.

not often would i condone such a rediculous corner of the British Broadcasting Corporation's arsenal of airwave shows. i'll be honest, its not usually my bag. far to much talking and discussing and not enough slammin' music. its enough to make travolta eat a pair of flares!

but tonight, while waiting around for a score, we chucked on the radio in the wheels, and
scanning the airwaves stumbled across a rather scufflin' little discussion on the radio. radio four to be exact.

the first was around the fact that top dollah presenters on the bbc not having to declare their earnings to the public.

• what's wrong with that i hear you ask? well, in all fairness, i wouldn't demand to know mr joe bloggs who works in the local twenty four hour garage's yearly income before taxx, because that is personal information which he is entititled to keep private. however, the owner of that garage knows how much he is paying that guy for the job, and anyone else who is a part of that company can ask to know. sooo using this theory... since we all pay (presumably) our tv license. we are therefore a stakeholder of the bbc, a public service company. hence, i wana know, why the fuck you're giving jonathon ross a rediculous multi 6 figure salaryy. silly bastards. thats a rediculous amount of money for anyone to have, how can you even justify it?

the second was about the digital switchover and the effect analogue switch off of radio to DAB in 2015.

• we at rinse! obviously are fans of retro media as it were, still rocking an analogue four track to lay down recordings and so forth, soo it was interesting to see that although we're all for vinyl, casettes, and everything lo fi and analogue lovers, we would actually support a digital switch. fuck, i mean in 6 years technology would have moved on significantly, our needs as media consumers would have increased, with wanting content on demand, re listening facilities, a greater choice of programming and so forth. the way this to be delivered - the digital switch.
  
  the argument against was the fact that smaller independant radio stations who have invested so much all ready into analogue broadcast equiptment would then need to upgrade their gear, but wouldn't have the massive funding the more commercial stations have and particularly the bbc. soo i hear you scream, the voice of independant music is lost in the analogue switch off. no avenue outside the corporate monster.
  
  not true... see point incase that so many people are now branching out to using the internet for musical exposure, self promoting their music, indie radio online, podcasts and so on. there are still avenues within the digital world, for hardcore and independant bodies to get heard. it's all about updating your methods and swinging with the times.
  
  and if you're still yearning to put out on analogue, surely there would still be a way of broadcasting analogue signals in the style of pirate radio - im not sure on the specifics of how much of a analogue switch off there will be - wether there would be infrastrructure in place to be able to broadcast and receive. i can't see why not. so even that is an option.
  
  when you think about it, it doesnt seem like there much of an argument is there? johnny bawbags traditionalist needs to realise how shits moving on, boundaries are being expanded, and technology is advancing. get on that shit.

so there it was, a pretty concise re-iteration of what went down in the car earlier. it turns out radio 4 can be a good little conversation point on a one cloudy sundays eve, when waiting to score drugs.

go discuss. x