Right-Wing Bias of PBS

[A-1 (imported)]

Flutes, Organs and Bubbles, OH MY!

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[Blaise (imported)]

Flutes, Organs and Bubbles, OH MY!

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That's right. This is a forum about not having flutes and organs. CBS News used a Vivaldi piece for their monring news show in the early eighties--the one that began with footage of cows passing gas in Vermont--invisible bubbles, I suppose. However, the music still enchants me. Vivaldi wrote some great music.

[bobov (imported)]

Don't forget this is also a forum about ball parks ... parking your balls. You know what I mean. Champagne bubbles at castration clinics would be a great idea - suggesting how precious yet how easily burst are our balls. Lawrence Welk and his entire Orchestra could be there to accompany the proceedings. Imagine Old Softee strapped to a gurney and being wheeled to the castration room while Lawrence Welk played and grinned in the background - a successful horror movie might be based on this picture. See http://greasetank.com/Greasetank/waiting.htm

[An Onymus (imported)]

As to classical music on the radio--it's unquestionably losing popularity, as are classical recordings in general, as well as symphony orchestras, ballet companies, operas and that general type of thing. But you can still get classical music on internet radio. Not sure what the quality is--I don't listen to that type of music much. I think you can also get classical channels on satellite radio. A few shortwave stations do classical music, but you need a very good--and therefore very expensive--receiver for decent tone quality. Possibly some second hand ones in reasonable shape can be purchased on ebay.

[Blaise (imported)]

Don't forget this is also a forum about ball parks ... parking your balls. You know what I mean. Champagne bubbles at castration clinics would be a great idea - suggesting how precious yet how easily burst are our balls. Lawrence Welk and his entire Orchestra could be there to accompany the proceedings. Imagine Old Softee strapped to a gurney and being wheeled to the castration room while Lawrence Welk played and grinned in the background - a successful horror movie might be based on this picture. See http://greasetank.com/Greasetank/waiting.htm

Not going to happen. :-\ The Lawrence Welk part, anyway. I have been celibate for so long that I would probaby not notice the difference.

[Blaise (imported)]

As to classical music on the radio--it's unquestionably losing popularity, as are classical recordings in general, as well as symphony orchestras, ballet companies, operas and that general type of thing. But you can still get classical music on internet radio. Not sure what the quality is--I don't listen to that type of music much. I think you can also get classical channels on satellite radio. A few shortwave stations do classical music, but you need a very good--and therefore very expensive--receiver for decent tone quality. Possibly some second hand ones in reasonable shape can be purchased on ebay.

NPR has a 24 hour service that runs from 11:00 p.m. unitl 5:00 a.m. in Baton Rouge. I own several hundred compact discs, mostly classical music. We have a good jazz station here and a good college station.

[Blaise (imported)]

Not at all true in Minnesota and surrounding areas. Minnesota Public Radio, the pre-eminent such system in the country, covers all of Minnesota large parts of Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Iowa, part of Michigan, an area of Idaho, and a chunk of California, in its broadcast range. In its upper midwest reaches it tallys about 1 in 6 listeners, according to the Arbitron ratings. Not bad for a "dead" genre, huh. 95% classical and in very large measure listener supported through their contributions. Bach rocks, and I dig Vivaldi - so whoever bad-mouthed him - go blow your reed clear into the wind! Minneapolis and St Paul area has an extremely active and lively arts and music scene. Many many theatre companies, including ballet, a couple of opera companies, a world class symphony orchestra, a similarly classed chamber orchestra, and a highly regarded GAY orchestra, as well. The arts and music scene in your area may be in atrophy, but not here. Glad I'm not THERE - would be boring.

Minnesota has long had a great music scene. That makes it one of the places where I am considering retirement. Here in Baton Rouge, we do have classical music.

Although Public radio here does not play classical music during the day and, during the early evening, it plays only "popular" (not light) classical music,

Louisiana State University has a world class department of music. They have an opera company that does great productions. For a small city, we have a good symphony. I have heard major works by Mahler and Bach performed here.

Compact disc sales of classical music may be off, but, after one has a good collection of recordings, one does not have to buy every new recording of a work.

[An Onymus (imported)]

All I know is what I read in the papers and on the internet, or hear on CNN. Guess I haven't spent enough time in Krister's kitchen.

[Blaise (imported)]

Or in my semi or my pick-up truck...

Gee, you sound like my former wife.

[An Onymus (imported)]

I want to point out, I didn't intend to suggest that it was a good thing that classical music had lost some of its popularity. Somebody had commented that he couldn't get classical music he liked on the radio, and I was pointing out, that that sort of music is available from a number of sources, other than regular FM radio. As is often the case, those who lack something, simply haven't made a conscientious effort to locate and obtain it.

I get this picture of Krister, in his habit, tooling along in a semi while the classical piece, "Galop" (better known to some folks as the theme from the Lone Ranger) plays on the radio or cassette. Giddyup!