turn the eagles up

i am slowly beginning to have this grudge against the AM band. like i said before, the news is a stressful little creature, so i try my best to avoid it as much as possible - either by playing one of the twelve cds or switching to the FM band, where i listen to only one station anyway (RJ. bite me). i wanna listen to the eagles, they wanna listen to the news. what gives?

like don henley sang in his annoyingly synth-driven song, and i agree with it all the way, "people love it when you lose, they love dirty laundry. / it's interesting when people die, give us dirty laundry."

so i am forced to listen to the god damned news, which in turn forces me to lose my faith in humankind. what did i hear tonight? rod strunk. the highlight of that news coverage was the american homeless shelter dudes who gave some statements (especially the black guy. you don't hear much black guys on philippine AM radio). what else? kids (read: teenagers) storming and stampeding down comelec just to register themselves for the damn SK. as if there was no greater show of stupidity. man, am i ashamed or what.

the only respite i get is when mike enriquez does his endorsements. now that, my friends, is how you advertise. no stupid, inane jingles and songs, no dumb catchphrases and taglines. mike enriquez is like jbl; he knows how to put over something. the only problem i have is that he overdoes it (think, after every other commercial break he's got something to patronize).

this is why i live, breathe and think music. it's the only way. FM > AM. screw the damn news, you'll just die early from all the stress you'll get from listening to all the dirty laundry. you only listen to the news for suspension announcements, period. and foreign exchange rates. showbiz news ain't even funny - it's useless. if i were kris aquino i'd take a macho gun and shoot down any reporter who tries to ask about what james yap gave me for our 2nd wedding anniversary.

why not just listen to RJ 100.3? if you tune in from 5 'til 6 in the morning, you get an hour-long beatles marathon. saan ka pa?