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6music and why I don't care. by Wikisneedia

I have a friend called Neil. He is 41. He is a sound engineer and I’ve been on many tours with him. We crack jokes at the expense of his age and he retorts with jibes about how easy we have it. How in his day he had to walk 5 miles to school. How football stadiums were still all standing. How he had to tape songs from the chart show on a Saturday. he’s right, we have it way too easy.

I have never really seen the appeal of radio. I get my news from the internet, the papers, the television. I get my music from any one of the ‘cater to your exact needs’ online music services like last.fm or spotify or any of the unfairly overlooked podcast and online radio stations. FM/AM radio belongs in cars with tape decks. It does not belong in the age of bluetooth and iPod connectivity as standard. And yet when I heard the announcement, it was quickly followed in my ears by a million harumphs, and the sound of pens scratching paper and fingers tapping keyboards. The only people who are genuinely upset about the closure are letter writers, ...