December 16, 2003
Today on MorningWood
Today on MorningWood, on Community Radio WMNF 88.5 fm, Tampa, and streaming at wmnf.org.
4 to 6 am every Tuesday!
Shameless Self-Promotion:
DJ DDP is leaving Saturday Asylum, so there is an opening for a programmer on Saturday afternoon. Call or Email WMNF Program Director Randy Wynne and ask him to pick Norwood for this slot from 2-4 PM on Saturdays! (Phone number is 813-238-8001, ex 16) I know: I’ll have to come up with another catchy name, since MorningWood seems somehow inappropriate in the afternoon, but I’m willing to make the sacrifice.
Today’s MorningWood highlights:
I, Norwood, do hereby pledge to play absolutely no holiday songs on MorningWood during this holiday season. These days. we are inundated with Muzak-ical versions of traditional holiday classics literally everywhere we go. Restaurants blare this noise into our ears during meals, malls crank up the volume to encourage sales, TV commercials try to get cute or all sentimental with their own pro-capitalist carol-based holiday pap. Even WMNF programmers are not immune: whole sets, and sometimes entire shows are dedicated to holiday themed tunes. (That’s fine. In fact, these special sets and shows would be sorely missed if they all stopped happening, but for me, it’s just too much.)
Yeah, I have, in my collection, a good number of quirky, different, edgy, and downright hysterical songs that are appropriate only during this season, and the vast majority have never been heard on WMNF or any other radio station. You’re not gonna hear them on my show either. And I’m not sorry. Just tired of being a captive consumer trapped in a season in which mass consumption has become the highest form of spirituality most people can comprehend. And because the entire season is so tightly intertwined with over-consumption, I refuse to do my part and play the expected holiday music. Consider this a little vacation from what, for many people, is perhaps the most stressful time of the year. Relax. “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” will be right back after this short 2 hour MorningWood break.
Iraq Casualty Count:
Saddam deserves whatever he gets, but the war is not over. Oh, and has anyone seen what’s-his-name? You know, the guy that really did attack our country and kill thousands of innocent Americans? The name’s on the tip of my tongue... I’ll get it in a minute...
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Posted by Norwood at December 16, 2003 12:36 AM