Sirius XM Meanderings...

Wow. 

Two and a half months it's been since I posted.  Time flies when you're having fun, have a new job and no longer are treated like a truant teenager....

But since I need to get back in the swing of things, before I address some of the socio-political happenings of late, I thought I'd visit Sisius XM radio.  I recently renewed my subscription and have been listening to various channels on my daily commutes.and have some thoughts on the pay-per-listen channel.

--  It occurred to me that several singers had or have morphed into divas.  I don't know if this is peculiar to singers, necessarily, but I find it odd that women like Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Dionne Warwick, Beyonce, Whitney Houston and, to an extent, Jennifer Hudson, all have diva-like qualities.  I readily agree that they have great voices -- God-given, but human trained -- but is it absolutely necessary for them to act like they're God's gift to humanity?

--  I listen to the channels for the 70's, 80's and 90's.  If I don't like what's on one station, I turn it to the others until I find something I like.  One day I was listening to the 70's on Seven and Olivia Newton-John 's Please Mister Please came on.  Having just heard that the day before, I switched to the 80's on Eight, where one of her racier 80's hits -- I forget now which -- was playing.  I went back and forth between the two channels trying to determine if it was the same woman singing...

--  Speaking of playlists, I've noticed that Sirius stations seem to have monthly set lists.  On the 70's on Seven, I heard Brandy by Looking Glass throughout the month of October.  Then it was gone.

--  Back when they were popular, I never listened to boy bands like New Kids on the Block, the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync.  After their heydeys, certain members branched out and began acting or appearing in TV shows, so I got to know their names and faces.  Even so, I couldn't tell you to which bands Joey Fatone, Lance Bass and Donnie Wahlberg belonged.

--  Karen likes to listen to comedy channels when we travel.  The problem with them is that it seems that the stations will put just about anyone on there if he or she appeared at a comedy club, no matter how funny they were or weren't.  Sometimes, the routines are uproarious, and nothing gives me greater pleasure than watching my girl guffaw.  But sometimes we look at each other wonderingly due to the lack of humor.

--  On my rides to the office every morning I listen to Golic & Wingo.  This is a holdover from the days of Mike & Mike, which I truly enjoyed.  I'm not bothered by the fact that Greeny is no longer there; I usually preferred Golic's comments, finding comedic relief from Greeny on occasion.  Trey Wingo's fine, but Golic's son needs to shut up.  He prattles on to hear himself talk.  He's one of those guys who thinks he's funnier than he really is.  It's painful sometimes to have to listen to him when he misuses words because he wants to show off his vocabulary.

--  Another comment about Golic & Wingo is that it's entirely too football-heavy.  The world does not revolve around the NFL.

--  How is Nina Blackwood still alive, much less working in radio?  Her voice sounds awful.

--  For that matter, has Martha Quinn grown up yet?

--   I tend to not listen to talk radio, but every once in awhile I'll turn on Fox News just to hear news.  The people talking over each other is annoying.

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