The local radio options are spotty at best. Elliot in the Morning? Good gawd no! The last thing I want in the morning is a cackling moron. The Sports Junkies? Yeah, they're awesome. They're also on a station whose signal is so weak that I'm 20 miles into my commute before I can pick up the signal. They also, unfortunately, have the longest commercial breaks of any radio show I know of.
But wait! Vulture, you have XM radio! You have options! Eh, not so much.
Rawdog comedy is fine for the commute home...but sometimes in the morning I'm not in a comedy mood. The music channels? Again, great for the commute home. But I can't do music in the morning any more than I can do cackling morons in the morning.
What about Czaban's replacement,
So I'm left with the "other" talk show options XM has. They're a little thin.
There's Coast to Coast, Art Bell's old program, where you are "enlightened" about UFOs, aliens, various government cover-ups, the Trilateral Commission, the Bilderbergers, etc. Not exactly my cup of tea.
There's alleged conservative "intellectual" William Bennett. Intellectual. Right. The last time I listened to him...and I mean the last time...he went on a three minute rant that can be summed up in two sentences.
- Both political parties are venal, corrupt, and compromised.
- That's why it's so important to vote Republican this Fall and not waste your vote on a third-party candidate.
So I'm pretty much left with Quinn and Rose. They're okay in small doses. But they, like most "conservative" blatherers, are still drinking that Team Elephant Kool-Aid. Once they start in with the "only Republicans can save us from Obama's communist agenda" nonsense, I have to switch stations.
It used to be so easy. Get in the car. Make sure XM-142 is on. Listen.
Eff you, Fox Sports Radio. Eff. You.
