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NPR: National Public Radio
deborah:
Azathoth - i appreciate your stance in terms of college radio, but the current is *not* college radio, and you shouldn't shit on it because it's not. i think the key difference between radio k and the current is a little something i like to call "radio friendly" songs. i'm not talking about "oh i can't play that op ivy song because it swears," i'm talking about picking songs that are 3-5-ish minutes long that won't make someone go "gah my ears are bleeding i need to change the station." having been a college radio dj in another state for upwards of ten years, i have to admit that i used to fall victim to the urge, and put the ten minute long song from sonic youth on and go have a cigarette, or play mogwai's "my father, my king" in its entirety. i think the current does a nice job of streamlining the music and weeding through the mess of music dubbed "indie."
no, the current isn't perfect, and it doesn't always stray far enough from the top forty format for my tastes. but it *does* stay on the air after sundown, and wow, that's a bonus.
(p.s. are you one of the radio k people that used to come into the triple rock in a huge, massive, relatively-untipping group on sundays, spilling screwdrivers and bloody marys wherever you went? if so, i just wanted to say it was a real *treat* serving your table.)
KharBevNor:
So is it customary/civil to tip pretty much everyone in the states then?
Borondir:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---So is it customary/civil to tip pretty much everyone in the states then?
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Not really. Basically only waitresses and others who depend on tips for a living, because they get paid shit. At least as far as I know. Otherwise tipping is just for extremely helpful service. Other Americans feel free to correct me.
Back on topic, I'll start out by saying that NPR is great, and so is the classical that my local station, Radio Kansas, plays the rest of the day. I'm not a hipster so I couldn't tell you anything about songs between segments, since I don't know who they are by, but last night on All Things Considered they did a feature on music festivals. One of them was Intonation. They talked to people from Pitchfork, and had live audio of Pitchfork employees putting up posters around town, even mentioning that they forgot the scissors so one of the Pitchforkers was cutting tape with his teeth.
Oerdin:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---So is it customary/civil to tip pretty much everyone in the states then?
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You tip in bars, restaurants, and hotel bell hops but that's about it. Aim for 10%-15%.
KharBevNor:
I don't think you'd ever tip in a pub in the uk. In fact, I don't normally tip when I'm having just a drink either, unless it's a 'keep the change' type thing. I always tip meals though. Perverse maybe, but I have a rather minimal amount of disposable income.
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