Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Going too far?


Whenever a personality leaves "community" radio or television and moves to "commercial" radio or television people (read: douchetards) like to prattle on about how that personality has "sold out."

People have to look after themselves and their families. Hating the Telegraph as I do, if they offer me a heap of cash to write about sport, I'd likely take it. Even if it meant a moratorium on the Glen Boss bashing. Even if it meant having to see Phil Gould and his dickface in lunch room every day. 

However, when I see the ads for Roy and HG on Triple M I just vomit in my mouth a little. Leave, by all means. Take the money. DON'T pretend that hanging out with "Ugly Phil and Sammy" fills you with anything but revulsion. 
Roy: "What are you doing Sammy?"
Sammy: "I'm playing music that rocks..."
Professor: "Really, you still have Khe Sanh on fucking high rotation. Khe Sanh! Is it 1983? Seriously? Next you'll try to tell me that you are engaging in a discussion about Schrodingers Cat." 
Ugly Phil: "Listen, I don't know what's wrong with your cat but I have a double shot of Good Charlotte to play...."


3 comments:

Master O said...

Would love to have heard more of that lunch room chat. Fascinating stuff...

Anonymous said...

Yes, Chaos, well said. And it wasn't so long ago that John Doyle was just a humble apprentice on a Lithgow community radio station. I don't mind that they've "sold out", but Triple M is nothing but a kitsch, cliche-laden embodiment of xenophobic Australia, claiming to cater to our "rock music" needs. I'd love to get a podcast of John Doyle humoring "Ugly" Phil in the coffee room.

As for the program, I preferred Roy and HG on JJJ: fumbling through the newspapers on a lazy Sunday arvo, accidently pressing wrong buttons resulting in shitloads of dead-air, HG not knowing any of the songs that he has just played, conducting lengthy interviews with people who just feel like having a shit-talk about nothing, etc. The commercial radio medium does not suit them.

Anonymous said...

Agreed Sportingmind. I will have to go out for all origin games this year, as now I can't turn down the inane Vautin/Warren/Gouldfest and hear Roy and HG.

Sure it will be on triple M, but it will be sharper and interspersed with Dare Ice coffee ads.