Stuff About My Taste In Music

Hey.

I compared my list of favorite songs to a printout of the Pop Charts, 1980-1989 today. Well, it should surprise nobody that the lion's share of my favorites come from that particular decade. I first got "serious" at following pop around 1979, thanks in part to syndicated TV shows like America's Top 10, Solid Gold and The Blue Jean Network--all of which beat MTV in showing music videos.

Frankly, I miss stuff like that today.

But anyway, for a good long time I used to tune in to the countdown shows (both radio and TV) and had the good fortune to have a LOCAL TV station that played music videos as well...and then another simulcast one of the most popular radio morning shows. The music meant more to me then than it did later.

That isn't to say that we didn't get our share of utter dreck. I won't name names as I don't want to think about them myself. A good number of songs--including some from my favorite artists!--will still make me tune out in a heartbeat.

But overall, it had been a good time to listen to the radio.

Nowadays, I'm flipping between SIX FM stations--and not being able to stand ONE for more than a song at a time. The new songs...they don't hook me. The instruments get so overproduced that the radio can't tell whether it's signal or noise. The lyrics insult. The delivery of the lyrics insult. My index finger races to the next selector button.

I am one unsatisfied listener.

FP

No Tech Glitch Beats Stupidity

Hey.

I did something very stupid. I was going through the Control Panel on my computer, specificly the Add/Delete Programs section, as my Hard Drive is getting too full for comfort. So after I dispose of a bunch of programs that I can tell is/was spyware, I come upon a listing that starts "SiS" and has a number after it--and for me, it doesn't ring any bells. And so I delete it...

Turns out it was one of the main monitor display drivers. So now I'm reduced to VGA mode: 640x480 pixels and 16 colors. I don't know how to reinstall what I uninstalled...I've got a couple ideas, but they'll have to wait. Either way, this will not be a fun weekend for me. Don't expect another entry in this blog from me for a few days.

FP