Pinthouse Pizza
KUT, Hear Me Roar
RECEIVED Wed., April 14, 2010
Dear Editor,
OK KUT, I have paid my money: now hear me roar, or at least talk louder than Mr. Aielli. While I do enjoy many aspects of the local public radio station, certain features rub me the wrong way, and it may be because I am not over 40 and obsessed with the way things were. First off, please refrain from letting Mary Gordon Spence speak into the microphone; I am utterly confused as to why you let her on the air during your annual fundraiser. She either prides herself on sounding like an idiot or is completely clueless, but either way I should not have to wake up to her ramblings. I wanted to donate my life savings to make her stop talking. On the music side of things, I do enjoy many of the older programs like Blue Monday and Twine Time but would welcome an injection of new programs that incorporated some more music from this decade, in addition to some hip-hop and punk (bad words at KUT). I know the normal contributing member is the older middle-class type but I believe many of your listeners might enjoy a set that featured some A Tribe Called Quest followed by some Social Distortion, etc. Which brings me to my last point and the one that might get me vanished from the city limits. It is time for Mr. Aielli to go. I said it. Besides not being able to hear him half the time, his frequent playing of random Norwegian operas and Italian sonnets is unacceptable. Also, I don’t need to know it's national wear your pants backward day – OK, maybe I do – but I definitely don’t need to know how handsome a singer he seems to think everyone on his playlist is … “not that there is anything wrong with that.”
OK KUT, I have paid my money: now hear me roar, or at least talk louder than Mr. Aielli. While I do enjoy many aspects of the local public radio station, certain features rub me the wrong way, and it may be because I am not over 40 and obsessed with the way things were. First off, please refrain from letting Mary Gordon Spence speak into the microphone; I am utterly confused as to why you let her on the air during your annual fundraiser. She either prides herself on sounding like an idiot or is completely clueless, but either way I should not have to wake up to her ramblings. I wanted to donate my life savings to make her stop talking. On the music side of things, I do enjoy many of the older programs like Blue Monday and Twine Time but would welcome an injection of new programs that incorporated some more music from this decade, in addition to some hip-hop and punk (bad words at KUT). I know the normal contributing member is the older middle-class type but I believe many of your listeners might enjoy a set that featured some A Tribe Called Quest followed by some Social Distortion, etc. Which brings me to my last point and the one that might get me vanished from the city limits. It is time for Mr. Aielli to go. I said it. Besides not being able to hear him half the time, his frequent playing of random Norwegian operas and Italian sonnets is unacceptable. Also, I don’t need to know it's national wear your pants backward day – OK, maybe I do – but I definitely don’t need to know how handsome a singer he seems to think everyone on his playlist is … “not that there is anything wrong with that.”
Colin Barth