It surprises me that radio shows still have request slots.
‘Hello, my name’s Jill and I’m from Inverness.
I’d love to hear Nimrod from Elgar’s Enigma
Variations.’
Why can’t they be honest and say ‘I can get pretty much
anything I want from YouTube these days, but I wanted to hear myself speak on
national radio. So play whatever you like.’
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On an unrelated note, it disturbs me that people feel the
need to take whatever job they can get, even to the point of associating themselves
with ethically dubious principles and practices, just to pay the bills. You can’t
blame them, of course; it’s the system. It isn’t so different from the fact
that young women from the poor end of Victorian society had to patrol the dark streets
tapping rich men on the shoulder, just to survive.
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