Originally posted by andyrichter:good one andy…i meant to add that to my dc gripe list. people here are just so frickin apathetic. it comes through at the live shows and i'm sure bands must pick up on it. i've seen crowds go batty for a band elsewhere and when i see the same band play dc and play and equally good show and the dc crowd looks like they came in from the convalescent home down the street (not age-wise, but energy). maybe i'll take a defribrilator to the next show.
With or without HFS, some bands do for some reason seem to skip DC and still hit Philly, NYC, Boston, etc with some sort of regularity. Maybe because the crowds here suck? I don't know.
WHFS is now......a salsa channel?
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:yeah, that sucks Rhett, come on
Population of NYC: 8,000,000
Population of Chicago: 2,900,000
Population of DC: 560,000
If you're going to compare music scenes, pick cities that are comparable in size to DC.
if you are looking at population in city limits
Baltimore 628,000
Boston 581,616
Originally posted by Celeste:To a degree, but when you are so careful and selective about what you play you end up shooting youself in the foot. ie. hfs turned el sol. great music is about taking chances and breaking molds and right now radio stations and record companies are doing the opposite.
Originally posted by aortaatroa:no, but radio stations, unless college or public, kind of need to be, don't they…because businesses is what they are…
That is partially true, but music should not be dictated by business and advertising…
Originally posted by evildraftboardmember:Tell that to the person who created this ad!
Originally posted by RonniStar:Is there a petition to keep it a Salsa station? I'll sign that one.
From Hfstival.com
Fox News reported that there is a protest being planned for Saturday at the Asylum studio in DC at 819 7th Street @ 11am - I have no further information on this.
They also created a petition
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?991hfs
Any mention of class action lawsuit, thats how Americans deal with most disappointment these days.
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/eve/55476278.html
i wonder if Infinity underestimated the loyality of their diminished HFS audience and El Zol will go the way of New Coke. The question is which Classic HFS do they bring back. I'd suggest one which represents The Good, The Band and The Ugly of it's history. Would probably never work as what teenager is going to stand for music that "old" people listen to.
at first i thought they were going to be like "haha…it was just a joke" but guess not…
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
[QB] Population of NYC: 8,000,000
Population of Chicago: 2,900,000
Population of DC: 560,000
If you're going to compare music scenes, pick cities that are comparable in size to DC.
Balt-DC is a huge market. You cant simply limit its population to its city lines. I believe we are the seventh largest market in the United States.
I thought it was people working for the clubs who book the bands. Is it really bands choosing to skip this particular market, or is it bookers being selective about which shows are more likely to do well, given the limited amount of dates and the limited amount of clubs in our area?
Originally posted by joz:
Originally posted by andyrichter:good one andy…i meant to add that to my dc gripe list. people here are just so frickin apathetic. it comes through at the live shows and i'm sure bands must pick up on it. i've seen crowds go batty for a band elsewhere and when i see the same band play dc and play and equally good show and the dc crowd looks like they came in from the convalescent home down the street (not age-wise, but energy). maybe i'll take a defribrilator to the next show.
With or without HFS, some bands do for some reason seem to skip DC and still hit Philly, NYC, Boston, etc with some sort of regularity. Maybe because the crowds here suck? I don't know.
In terms of metropolitan areas, Balt/Wash, I beleive I heard, is the THIRD largest in the country with 7-8 million. Only areas ahead are LA and New York.
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Originally posted by d38105:Close.
In terms of metropolitan areas, Balt/Wash, I beleive I heard, is the THIRD largest in the country with 7-8 million. Only areas ahead are LA and New York.
Largest Metrpolitan Areas
Rank (2000 Pop.)
1 New York - 21,199,865
2 Los Angeles - 16,373,645
3 Chicago - 9,157,540
4 Washington/Baltimore - 7,608,070
5 San Francisco - 7,039,362
6 Philadelphia - 6,188,463
7 Boston - 5,819,100
8 Detroit - 5,456,428
9 Dallas - 5,221,801
10 Houston - 4,669,571
11 Atlanta - 4,112,198
12 Miami - 3,876,380
13 Seattle - 3,554,760
14 Phoenix - 3,251,876
15 Minneapolis - 2,968,806
heh… it's kind of fitting in a way, because once upon a time, when HFS was quirky and good, they used to devote their Sunday evenings to foreign language programming.
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Guerrilla radio is where our new home needs to be. Hopefully someone will do it. Shit I might do it myself, but my taste in music is not mainstream. I think I just came up with an idea.
Originally posted by vansmack:I stand corrected, but still the point is, we are not a small market by any means. And, also those are stats from 2000, considering this is the fastest growing area in the nation, we may very well be no.3 right now.
Originally posted by d38105:Close.
In terms of metropolitan areas, Balt/Wash, I beleive I heard, is the THIRD largest in the country with 7-8 million. Only areas ahead are LA and New York.
Largest Metrpolitan Areas
Rank (2000 Pop.)
1 New York - 21,199,865
2 Los Angeles - 16,373,645
3 Chicago - 9,157,540
4 Washington/Baltimore - 7,608,070
5 San Francisco - 7,039,362
6 Philadelphia - 6,188,463
7 Boston - 5,819,100
8 Detroit - 5,456,428
9 Dallas - 5,221,801
10 Houston - 4,669,571
11 Atlanta - 4,112,198
12 Miami - 3,876,380
13 Seattle - 3,554,760
14 Phoenix - 3,251,876
15 Minneapolis - 2,968,806
jesus christ…all these newbies are coming out of the fucking woodwork…they must be boarders from hfs.com…the board now is riddled with them, and their repetitive posts, and posts in the wrong fora, etc.
I know the station's programming was rolling downhill, but I will miss them. I wish they would come back now, so all of these new people would go back.
I know the station's programming was rolling downhill, but I will miss them. I wish they would come back now, so all of these new people would go back.
And take a couple of regulars with them. ;)
Originally posted by vansmack:there, that's better.
Largest Metrpolitan Areas
Rank (2000 Pop.)
5 San Jose - 7,039,362
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:We call that "The Orange County Crisis." You're going to need your own TV Show before you get out of the shadows.
Originally posted by vansmack:there, that's better.
Largest Metrpolitan Areas
Rank (2000 Pop.)
5 San Jose - 7,039,362
Damn is this thread still going? At this rate, it'll be longer than the "just announced" thread within a week. :)
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:I think the poor fellow has gone into mourning
Where is the true voice of reason, Flawd, when we need him?
He'd provide any excellent running commentary on the petition comments