[78-L] Is that your Vinyl answer?

[David Lennick]

Thank you..I can't stand McLean. I never hear an entire Prairie Home Companion 
broadcast but get it in bits in pieces when I happen to be in the car, and I 
don't even mind the News from Lake Woebegon. Although I have to admit I didn't 
care for him about 20 years ago and found his fans always seemed to like Peter 
Gzowski, who also wasn't a fave of mine (and I worked with the putz for a 
couple of years).

Altman's movie didn't do a thing for me though.

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "agp" <agp2176 at verizon.net>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 3:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Too late to circle the wagons
> 
> 
>> At 22:23 11/08/2009, you wrote:
>>> with a few programs thrown in like
>>> Prairie Home Companion and Car Talk on the weekends.
>> I could do without Prairie Home Companion and its pretentiousness.
>> Give me the Vinyl Cafe on CBC Radio One any day.
>>
>> T
> 
> 
> Interesting what sounds pretentious to one sounds OK to another.
> 
> I can't think of anyone on Public Radio whom I find  more obnoxious and 
> overly mannered  than  Stewart (Stuart?) McLean on Vinyl Cafe.  The only 
> part of Prairie Home Companion that really rubs me the wrong way is the 
> Report from  Lake Woebegone,  and McLean frequently offers his own pale 
> imitation of it,  which is even worse.    The pitch of his voice for me is 
> like nails on the blackboard.  And...I find most of the music McLean plays 
> to be about as dull and forgettable as what you hear on Open Mike night at 
> the local college watering hole.
> 
> But hey,  that's just me...even the worst of Public Radio is about ten times 
> better than most commercial radio these days.
> 
> And, regardless of our individual tastes,  I do think there has been a 
> general decline in the quality of public radio,  both on the local and 
> network fronts.  We are all the poorer for that.
> 
> Taylor 
>