Comments on: The Summer Shindig http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/ Cold Leftovers .:|:. Utah Concerts, Movies and More Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:27:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Stuart http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-132 Stuart Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:50:25 +0000 http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-132 Good to hear from another fan of Parker! I have my radio broadcasting license and was a radio DJ at my high school back in the early '90s. I, too, listen to radio mostly for the DJ's -- oh yeah, those were fun times! When I don't want to hear DJ's, I listen to my iPod... mostly because most of the music I hear on the radio these days I don't like. Good to hear from another fan of Parker! I have my radio broadcasting license and was a radio DJ at my high school back in the early ’90s. I, too, listen to radio mostly for the DJ’s — oh yeah, those were fun times!

When I don’t want to hear DJ’s, I listen to my iPod… mostly because most of the music I hear on the radio these days I don’t like.

]]> By: GNR http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-111 GNR Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:41:52 +0000 http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-111 ZZ top RULES!!!! HAHAHAHA!!! ZZ top RULES!!!! HAHAHAHA!!!

]]> By: WFMU Said It Best http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-107 WFMU Said It Best Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:08:07 +0000 http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-107 "The rules guiding a Jack-formatted station are simple: Unlike a typical radio station, which regularly plays 300 or 400 hits of a particular genre, programmers on Jack stations select 700 to 1,000 songs of completely different genres. Then, they sequence them to create what radio programmers call "train wrecks" -- Billy Idol will follow Bob Marley, Elvis after Guns N' Roses, and so on. And Jack stations often (but not always) use a smart-alecky recorded voice, rather than a live DJ, to make short quips between songs...Programmers hope the looser Jack format will show just how edgy and fresh they can be. "We're not going to be constricted by radio rules," says Peter Smyth, CEO of Greater Media, which owns 19 radio stations and debuted its first Jack station, Ben-FM, on Mar. 22 in Philadelphia. "[We're doing] all the things satellite companies say we'll never do." "Listening to Jack is a bit like listening to an iPod set on shuffle. Sandy Sanderson of Canadian media company Rogers Communications (RG), who first developed the format for a Rogers station in Vancouver in late 2002, says he didn't initially have an iPod in mind, but admits there are similarities. And many think this is one of the keys to the Jack format's appeal, especially as broadcast stations compete with MP3s, Internet feeds, and satellite radio for consumers' ears." “The rules guiding a Jack-formatted station are simple: Unlike a typical radio station, which regularly plays 300 or 400 hits of a particular genre, programmers on Jack stations select 700 to 1,000 songs of completely different genres. Then, they sequence them to create what radio programmers call “train wrecks” — Billy Idol will follow Bob Marley, Elvis after Guns N’ Roses, and so on. And Jack stations often (but not always) use a smart-alecky recorded voice, rather than a live DJ, to make short quips between songs…Programmers hope the looser Jack format will show just how edgy and fresh they can be. “We’re not going to be constricted by radio rules,” says Peter Smyth, CEO of Greater Media, which owns 19 radio stations and debuted its first Jack station, Ben-FM, on Mar. 22 in Philadelphia. “[We’re doing] all the things satellite companies say we’ll never do.”

“Listening to Jack is a bit like listening to an iPod set on shuffle. Sandy Sanderson of Canadian media company Rogers Communications (RG), who first developed the format for a Rogers station in Vancouver in late 2002, says he didn’t initially have an iPod in mind, but admits there are similarities. And many think this is one of the keys to the Jack format’s appeal, especially as broadcast stations compete with MP3s, Internet feeds, and satellite radio for consumers’ ears.”

]]> By: CoyoteFugly http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-106 CoyoteFugly Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:28:26 +0000 http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-106 <p>THANK YOU!!! I've been saying that about JACK for a long time. I hate, hate, hate it! I've never listened to the end, but I'll check that Parker show out... Sounds good.</p> THANK YOU!!! I’ve been saying that about JACK for a long time. I hate, hate, hate it! I’ve never listened to the end, but I’ll check that Parker show out… Sounds good.

]]> By: ZZ Stop http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-108 ZZ Stop Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:08:53 +0000 http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-108 thanks for stopping by my site. I hate to disagree, but zz top sucked. I think they are just getting to old. NO ENERGY. IMO they are just getting to old. I dont like jack though they play to much pop songs. I am a rocker! I looked at the concerts on the 1019 page and there are some good bands coming soon. (especially the pumpkins and white strips). thanks for stopping by my site. I hate to disagree, but zz top sucked. I think they are just getting to old. NO ENERGY. IMO they are just getting to old. I dont like jack though they play to much pop songs. I am a rocker! I looked at the concerts on the 1019 page and there are some good bands coming soon. (especially the pumpkins and white strips).

]]> By: David Lay http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-105 David Lay Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:06:18 +0000 http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-105 Hold on Alex... You don't have that Power!! :) Hold on Alex… You don’t have that Power!! :)

]]> By: Alex http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-104 Alex Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:53:34 +0000 http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-104 I dig the Stray Cats. I don't dig you dissing JACK! Stations like JACK are becoming more common b/c too many freaks like yourself are landing jobs on the air. Oooo...you got LAYED (DLAYED) I dig the Stray Cats.
I don’t dig you dissing JACK!
Stations like JACK are becoming more common b/c too many freaks like yourself are landing jobs on the air. Oooo…you got LAYED (DLAYED)

]]> By: Jason http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-103 Jason Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:29:21 +0000 http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-103 wow dave...passionate about the radio much? But I would have loved to have seen stray cats. I luvs me some swing! wow dave…passionate about the radio much? But I would have loved to have seen stray cats. I luvs me some swing!

]]> By: david lay http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-102 david lay Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:38:37 +0000 http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-102 <p>WHOOOOAAAA Bobbert!!! JACK? NO way man! That is a bastardization of Radio. What makes radio radio are the DJ's, the personalities, the ability to add some subjectivity to what we listen to - To weed out the crap and to research and find the music that we will love. I have some serious, SERIOUS issues with JACK, dude... I was a broadcast major for a short time and I really wanted to be on the radio, so to me, JACK is like outsourcing jobs - very necessary jobs - to a damn iPod! Honestly!! (and not even an iPod that we have ANY control over) JACK is not intuitive, it's not clever, it's not good. Period. Listen to real radio, dude.... OK, I'm getting off of my soap box now...</p> WHOOOOAAAA Bobbert!!! JACK? NO way man! That is a bastardization of Radio. What makes radio radio are the DJ’s, the personalities, the ability to add some subjectivity to what we listen to - To weed out the crap and to research and find the music that we will love. I have some serious, SERIOUS issues with JACK, dude… I was a broadcast major for a short time and I really wanted to be on the radio, so to me, JACK is like outsourcing jobs - very necessary jobs - to a damn iPod! Honestly!! (and not even an iPod that we have ANY control over) JACK is not intuitive, it’s not clever, it’s not good. Period. Listen to real radio, dude…. OK, I’m getting off of my soap box now…

]]> By: Bobbert http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-101 Bobbert Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:12:34 +0000 http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-101 <p>sounds like the show was off the hook! I like parker but they talk too much. I like more music. I have been listening to JACK alot lately. The selection is kinda random, but soooooo much less talk!</p> sounds like the show was off the hook! I like parker but they talk too much. I like more music. I have been listening to JACK alot lately. The selection is kinda random, but soooooo much less talk!

]]> By: JimmyJJ http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-100 JimmyJJ Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:59:32 +0000 http://coldleftovers.com/the-summer-shindig/#comment-100 yeah it was fun. The "STray cat strut" and "I fought the law" were the highlights from Stray Cats. ZZ Top can do no wrong in my book. I thought The Pretenders were good, but I wish Chrissie Hynde would shut up about being a vegitarian and just sing! Anyway, thanks for the review. And you're right - There are a bunch of really good concerts coming to Utah this summer. yeah it was fun. The “STray cat strut” and “I fought the law” were the highlights from Stray Cats. ZZ Top can do no wrong in my book. I thought The Pretenders were good, but I wish Chrissie Hynde would shut up about being a vegitarian and just sing! Anyway, thanks for the review. And you’re right - There are a bunch of really good concerts coming to Utah this summer.

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