Zoo Croo

8.3.2014

I got an alarm clock, but I don't need one, because I've been waking up early for six years now, and I'm so used to it, I wake up early automatically.  Yes, I'm pointing the finger at the wee Robot.

It's not as big a deal as one might think.  If I was asked 15 years ago, I'd have thought that waking up before an alarm clock set for three minutes to seven even goes off was a terrible thing indeed.  In reality, it's okay.

Even though I don't need the thing, I have it set.  It's not set so much to ensure I wake up and get going, it's set to go off and annoy me.  It accomplishes this by being set to KXLU, the radio station of the Loyola U down here in LA.  And if you're guessing that this means they got "college music" playing on their "college radio station," you are correct, ma'am or sir.

I don't know why, but damn-near every college radio station I've ever gotten a signal from has had the MOST annoying programming I've ever heard.  And I enjoy a very wide range of music.  I like well-produced, pro stuff and DIY junk.  I like major-label stuff and indie stuff.  I like regular. I like weird!  But I find the shit that WNUR, KALX and KXLU play really fucking annoying.  Most of the songs have never been played anywhere but in the bedroom where they were recorded and never will be played again.  And the jocks act all cool because they're on the cutting edge.  It's funny that the gag continues year after year.

Tonight, by request:  The Residence (cash only)


bye-ee!

whrr ... clik!