I love the internet. It has allowed me to watch so many movies and TV shows, download gigabytes of music, and publish my thoughts and written work. Maybe one-day the whole world would be wi-fi just as the radio is today, free for everyone who chooses to listen.
Just a thought I had while I was listening to the radio station 108.0(formerly 107.1). They transmit different forms of electronic music without the common interruption from advertisements or boring DJs. I could already imagine most pessimistic purists tainting its existence with accusations of hypocrisy. I don't really care. I think it plays great music and it entertains me.
Maybe one day it would also end up having ads. There is no such thing as a free lunch yo! Even the airwaves have become subject to property distribution, taking it away from its true owners -- the people!
Even with the internet, I guess. Internet Service Providers must be hoarding lots of profit. Maybe one day the internet would be free for all and all this technological monopoly would be stopped. Maybe in the future, wi-fi would be world wide and available for all.
1 comment:
Radio music is a dying practice. More and more dialogue and advertisements consume time better spent playing music. Of course it has its perks, advertisements pay the bills and the host keeps things fresh, but at one point it all became just the ads and the host.
Remember when Mtv still played music? Now it’s a montage of reality shows and ten minutes of ads with music played two hours to a day. Things become what they aren’t. Remember when driving was convenient? Internet without pop ups? Cereals without synergy with brands that have no business being on a cereal box?
See: wheaties 1998. it has coupons for levi’s brand jeans.
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