you're
      one
      of
      the
      less
     
    
   
   
    
     
      apathetic
      at
      our
      fine
      institu-
     
     
      tion,
      you
      may
      have
      heard
     
     
      (cared?)
      that
      the
      Cadre
      got
     
     
      shut
      down
      last
      week.
      In
      the
     
     
      ensuing
      shake-up,
      I
      was
      hired
     
     
      as
      the
      new
      PG-rated
      Arts
     
     
      Editor.
      And
      so
      begins
      a
      new
     
     
      era
      in
      ranting...
     
    

    
     
      Seeing
      as
      the
      bulk
      of
     
     
      youth-oriented
      maritime
      radio
     
     
      stations
      arerunby-
     
     
      Maritime
      Broadcasting
     
     
      System,
      which
      has
      a
      decided-
     
     
      ly
      brown-nosed
      attitude
     
     
      towards
      Clear
      Channel,
      mar-
     
     
      itime:
      music-loving
      youth
      are
     
     
      greeted
      every
      Sunday
      morn-
     
     
      ing
      with
      the
      slurping
      and
     
     
      smacking
      of
      the
      creepy
      grand-
     
     
      father
      nobody
      wanted,
      Casey
     
     
      Kasem.
      Fortunately,
      thanks
      to
     
     
      his
      clone-with-a-rack
      Leeza
     
     
      Gibbons,
      I
      now
      know
      how
     
     
      many
      glasses
      of
      milk
      John
     
     
      Mayer
      drinks
      in
      a
      day.
      Buh.
     
     
      Paul
      Harvey,
      how
      about
      you
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Silence
      S
     
    
   
   
    
     
      shove
      it?
     
    

    
     
      Unfortunately,
      it
      is
      not
     
     
      the
      speech-impeded
      radio
      per-
     
     
      sonalities
      that
      make
      our
      radio
     
     
      stations
      utter
      garbage.
      Rather,
     
     
      it
      is
      shitty
      music
      that
      is
      to
     
     
      blame
      for
      crapping
      up
      the
      air-
     
     
      waves.
      I
      mean,
      maybe
      Roch
     
     
      Voisine
      is
      a
      real
      lady-killer
      in
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ounds
      Sweeter
     
    
   
   
    
     
      take
      "the
      rest
      of
      the
      story"
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      sional
      spurts
      where
      our
      radio
     
     
      stations
      show
      promise.
      CBC
     
     
      Radio
      2's
      late-night
      Brave
     
     
      New
      Waves
      program
      regularly
     
     
      plays
      inventive
      new
      music,
     
     
      but
      isn't
      great
      for
      those
      of
      us
     
     
      who
      don't
      work
      the
      graveyard
     
     
      shift.
      Truro's
      Big
      Dog
      100.9
     
     
      has
      been
      known
      to
      put
     
     
      Radiohead,
      Foo
      Fighters,
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      regardless
      of
      genre.
     
    

    
     
      Does
      the
      Decent
      Radio
     
     
      Station
      merely
      exist
      in
      Plato's
     
     
      blessed
      realm
      of
      the
      forms?
     
     
      Can
      a
      radio
      station
      not
      be
     
     
      commercial
      and
      not
      suck?
     
     
      UPEI
      used
      to
      have
      a
      radio
      sta-
     
     
      tion,
      and
      then
      it
      disappeared
     
     
      due
      to
      campus
      politics
      or
      lack
     
     
      of
      funding
      or
      something.
      Its
     
     
      broadcast
      radius
      barely
      made
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      think
      the
      campus
      radio
      station
      should
      be
      resurrected.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      it
      to
      the
      school
      library,
      but
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Trois-Riviéres,
      and
      the
     
     
      Theory
      of
      a
      Deadman
      dude
     
     
      has
      a
      nice
      moustache,
      but
     
     
      they
      sure
      as
      hell
      can't
      write
      a
     
     
      song.
      I
      know
      ,
     
     
      musical
      tastes
     
     
      vary,
      but
      can't
     
     
      all
      reasonable
     
     
      people
      agree
     
     
      that
      Staind,
     
     
      Puddle
      of
     
     
      Mudd,
      and
     
     
      every
      other
     
     
      nu-metal
      band
      with
      a
      mis-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      spelled
      name
      sucks?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Granted,
      there
      are
      occa-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      Cadre
      February
      4,
      2004
      page
      17
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Strokes
      into
      its
      rotation
     
     
      every
      now
      and
      then,
      but
      their
     
     
      playlist
      is
      far
      from
      consistent.
     
     
      I
      realize
      I
      have
      a
      bias
      towards
     
     
      alternative
     
     
      rock
      bands,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      genius
      of
      Hey
     
     
      |
      Ya
      as
      much
      as
     
     
      |
      the
      next
     
     
      Myron's
     
     
      patron.
      The
     
    
   
   
    
     
      point
      is,
      as
      intelligent
      listen-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ers,
      we
      should
      demand
      decent
     
    
   
   
    
     
      music
      on
      a
      regular
      basis,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      dammit,
      it
      was
      something.
      I
     
     
      think
      the
      campus
      radio
      station
     
     
      should
      be
      resurrected.
      Ask
     
     
      people
      around
      here
      what
      hap-
     
     
      pened
      to
      it.
      Complain
      to
      our
     
     
      local
      radio
      stations.
      Ask
      them
     
     
      to
      give
      UPEI
      some
      regular
     
     
      airtime.
      There's
      a
      real
      lack
      of
     
     
      alternatives,
      and
      I
      don't
      know
     
     
      what
      else
      to
      do
      about
      it.
      If
     
     
      anyone
      cares
      about
      this,
      come
     
     
      talk
      to
      me.
      I'll
      be
      around,
      and
     
     
      I
      likely
      won't
      be
      doing
      much.
     
    

    
     
      _
      T
      sure
      won't
      be
      listening
     
     
      to
      the
      radio.