[Speed Gibson,
Monday March 21, 2005 at 6:33am]
Ain't No Thing - Week 3
Here I go again, reviewing the third installment of KSTP AM's "The Next Big Thing" - Sundays from 2-4 pm. (The title for these posts is from the movie Airplane II if you're wondering.)
This week, I'm guessing at the name and/or spelling, perhaps Aaron Clary? He called his show the Economics Supper Club, borne of his frustrations with ignorant reporting of economic news over the years. I was pretty excited at first because 1) it was just one host, which I prefer to tag teams as a rule and 2) this is a good niche topic area for such a program.
He allowed his lack of radio skills to be a little more obvious than necessary I thought, but did a decent first 30 minutes or so. But then it started getting off topic, being ever more about him. He openly admitted he thought it was OK for someone else to make DVD copies for him rather than buy them and add to the liberal actor's residuals. Why buy the paper when it's free online?
Look, I disagree with these sorts, too, but I pay for what I consume. I even subscribe to the Star Tribune. I grinned appreciatively when an older caller gently chastised him for rubbing his nickels a little too tightly together, in that you really can't focus your spending all that tightly.
So for the reasons initially stated, he started off with an A, but for the reasons later stated, I felt he wound up with a B-. Unlike the previous weeks' hosts, however, I'm not sure he would improve much above that level with a weekly show.
This week, I'm guessing at the name and/or spelling, perhaps Aaron Clary? He called his show the Economics Supper Club, borne of his frustrations with ignorant reporting of economic news over the years. I was pretty excited at first because 1) it was just one host, which I prefer to tag teams as a rule and 2) this is a good niche topic area for such a program.
He allowed his lack of radio skills to be a little more obvious than necessary I thought, but did a decent first 30 minutes or so. But then it started getting off topic, being ever more about him. He openly admitted he thought it was OK for someone else to make DVD copies for him rather than buy them and add to the liberal actor's residuals. Why buy the paper when it's free online?
Look, I disagree with these sorts, too, but I pay for what I consume. I even subscribe to the Star Tribune. I grinned appreciatively when an older caller gently chastised him for rubbing his nickels a little too tightly together, in that you really can't focus your spending all that tightly.
So for the reasons initially stated, he started off with an A, but for the reasons later stated, I felt he wound up with a B-. Unlike the previous weeks' hosts, however, I'm not sure he would improve much above that level with a weekly show.