Maybe It's Run Its Course...

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Fri Jan 06, 2017 3:57 pm

...but I'm not giving up on it quite yet. TuneTown, that is. As smackaholic pointed out recently, listenership has been down, advertisers are getting impatient, and the Deciders may choose to go in another direction if the ratings continue to swirl the bowl. I admit I've never been Billy Mays when it comes to marketing the product; my position has been you know it's there, and you know where and when you can find it. If you wanna tune in, great. If you don't, don't. Most here choose the latter. BarFlie records many of the shows and I make them available in TuneTown On Demand, which is cool, but as I believe most listeners of the show will tell you, does not match the vibe of being in Chat while the shows air live.

My philosophy and approach to TuneTown isn't complicated but can be challenging to pull off effectively. The core of the show is rock and blues. Some of you like country, a few of you might like rap, and 'holic digs jazz, but if you wanna ease your jones for those types of music and others like, say, classical, you'll have to look elsewhere. I've been known to play a little of each of those genres on rare occasions, but they represent the exception rather than the rule.

Balance is key, in my opinion, to most things in life including making TuneTown a quality experience. My approach to achieving optimal balance is to find the right combination of kick-ass tunes and artists that most listeners have never heard before, together with tunes that are familiar but haven't been heard for a while, and the occasional classic that everyone knows and loves. This isn't as simple as it may appear, because one always has to consider the audience at any given time and what they want to hear, and with listeners tuning in and out throughout each show, the mix of songs to keep everyone happy is always changing. BarFlie wants to hear The Moody Blues, Emmylou Harries, Billy Joel, and CSN&Y. War Wagon likes middle-of-the-road classic rock, 'holic likes everything from Dave Brubeck to The Strypes, 88 digs blues from Leadbelly to the J. Geils Band, Dinsdale is a Deadhead who also likes The Dandy Warhols, I'll play Mott the Hoople and Jason & The Scorchers for Wolfman, and stuff from Elvis Costello and The Angry Samoans for Moving Sale, while Mgo & Screwy like more modern alternative. I try to play just about every request I get, if not during the show in in which it's requested, then in the following week's. And, of course, I'm vain enough to believe that the songs I personally want to play should be dug by everyone, and that the stories behind the music are interesting enough to share with you when I open the mic. It's a bit of a juggling act, and sometimes it's more successfully pulled off than others. But I dig the fuck out of trying every time.

TuneTown returns from holiday hiatus tonight at 9:00 EST, and as I do every week, believe I have a show for the ages in store for you. Hope to see many of the regulars in there tonight (thanks to all of you, btw), and it's always a blast when newbies drop in. If you have nothing better to do on Friday nights, give it a shot. You may actually like it a little.

Rock on, dickslaps!

Carson · Post by **Carson** » Fri Jan 06, 2017 5:24 pm

If I can wake up at 3:00am (my local time) just to join in the chat and tell everybody to fuck off, anyone can go to TuneTown.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Fri Jan 06, 2017 6:26 pm

Sudden Sam wrote:Focus

During sound check at a concert I attended last night, the band started playing Hocus Pocus.

The Big Pickle · Post by **The Big Pickle** » Fri Jan 06, 2017 6:46 pm

I try to get in there as much as possible. Sometime I sign in as digits so I'm incognito. Even when I sign in as Pickle everyone is nice to me, even Moving Tard.

I wish more people would show up because Smackie is an awesome host. Smackaholic is always there, barfile is always there, SGV is always there, a couple females are always there. It's a fun time.

I think we need to advertise over at net and bring those people over. It's great time!

Carson · Post by **Carson** » Fri Jan 06, 2017 7:28 pm

Sudden Sam wrote:Run into any of the Golden Earring guys over there?

Radar Love is the unofficial national anthem.

One of my colleagues saw them last year.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Fri Jan 06, 2017 7:35 pm

Carson wrote:Radar Love is the unofficial national anthem.

Should be Twilight Zone, way better song.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:07 pm

The Big Pickle wrote:Even when I sign in as Pickle everyone is nice to me.

So the members of this board might not possibly be the sociopathic AHoles they make themselves out to be?

Who knew?

The Big Pickle · Post by **The Big Pickle** » Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:18 pm

Dinsdale wrote:
The Big Pickle wrote:Even when I sign in as Pickle everyone is nice to me.

So the members of this board might not possibly be the sociopathic AHoles they make themselves out to be?

Who knew?

Smackie doesn't allow trash talking during tune time. It's suppose to be a fun zone. I've actually been in there along with Diego in Seattle and didn't call him a pedo even though he is one. It's a smack-free chill out zone.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:26 pm

The Big Pickle wrote:Smackie doesn't allow trash talking during tune time.

I've never had to be an enforcer, 'cept for maybe once with Toddowen, who never showed up again. Listeners just naturally chill in there, and there's some smack running' done on occasion, but not with the venom we see here on the board. Folks drop in for a different reason and with different attitudes than they do on the board.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Fri Jan 06, 2017 10:13 pm

You fukking assholes that don't take advantage of SC's weekly brilliancy should all be shot in the gut and left to die slowly. Get your sorry carcasses in there and try to suck as little as possible.

trev · Post by **trev** » Fri Jan 06, 2017 10:18 pm

Let's Roll. Good idea inviting the .net clan.

It's a smack free zone. Unless you aren't in there, you might get talked about. ;)

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:09 pm

BTW -- props to Smackie Chan for choosing a thread title that was sure to throw holic for a lo'op.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:43 pm

trev wrote:Let's Roll. Good idea inviting the .net clan.

It's a smack free zone. Unless you aren't in there, you might get talked about. ;)

Might? Hell, we been talkin' about you in there for months now.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Sat Jan 07, 2017 12:14 am

Smackie Chan wrote:
The Big Pickle wrote:Smackie doesn't allow trash talking during tune time.
I've never had to be an enforcer, 'cept for maybe once with Toddowen, who never showed up again. Listeners just naturally chill in there, and there's some smack running' done on occasion, but not with the venom we see here on the board. Folks drop in for a different reason and with different attitudes than they do on the board.

Yeah it's kind of like the old mrc chat sessions some of us real old people did. Except you guys don't troll Mormon chat groups and then invite them in.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Sat Jan 07, 2017 12:52 am

88 wrote:Is the radio broken? Not seeing much tonight.

Haven't started yet.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Sat Jan 07, 2017 1:03 am

Even a broken 88 is wrong twice a day, or something.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Sat Jan 07, 2017 1:23 am

Houston, we may have a problem...

Is anyone seeing the radio info at the top of this page? I used to but don't see it anymore.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Sat Jan 07, 2017 1:30 am

Comes and goes. When it appears, it's the "The Connection has been lost" thing... that came back up while I was typing this.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Sat Jan 07, 2017 2:11 am

It appears after all the hype, tech issues my keep TuneTown silent tonight. Trying to fix but not optimistic. Could be Russians, could be Dan Jones. Not sure. Will keep trying.

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Sat Jan 07, 2017 2:19 am

Smackie Chan wrote:It appears after all the hype, tech issues my keep TuneTown silent tonight. Trying to fix but not optimistic. Could be Russians, could be Dan Jones. Not sure. Will keep trying.

Better call Mike Pence...

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Sat Jan 07, 2017 3:13 am

I was kinda geeked out for this. I guess I'll have to listen to the Wishbone Ash albums that I got on Amazon Prime.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Sat Jan 07, 2017 3:24 am

Sorry folks...waiting for tech support in Germany to respond. Maybe next week.

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Sat Jan 07, 2017 3:59 am

Smackie Chan wrote:Sorry folks...waiting for tech support in Germany to respond. Maybe next week.

Have Pikkkle put in a good word for us with his goose-stepping morons over there.

Dan Vogel · Post by **Dan Vogel** » Sat Jan 07, 2017 4:22 am

The only way to grow Tune Town is to grow board membership.

You can not market it beyond the members here because any newbie coming in would have no inclination or joy in speaking to any of you.

The joy for y'all is in having a shared background of board banter of approaching 20 years now.

You're friendly with all of the assholes here, and you know all about everyone's asshole background on the boards.

That is the background and the glue.

No newbie coming in would give a hairy rat's ass about any of it.

And that is how meaningless most of your lives are, to be frank.

This board should suck it up and seek to merge with .net.
Now I know many of you (especially lefties) balk at the thought, but you should look at a big picture.

This board is stale as hell now.
Circling.

Smackie would grow his audience -- and he does a very nice job as Tune Town director.

Have a nice day.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Sat Jan 07, 2017 4:36 am

Smackie Chan wrote:
Is anyone seeing the radio info at the top of this page?

Not since I blocked it with Ad Block Plus about 5 years ago.

Rooster · Post by **Rooster** » Mon Jan 09, 2017 9:16 pm

I tried to log on, but I got the dreaded 404 error message saying the Interwebs knew of no such site.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:26 pm

Rooster wrote:I tried to log on, but I got the dreaded 404 error message saying the Interwebs knew of no such site.

Must have been the wrong URL.

http://theoneboard.com/radio.php

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:54 pm

Dinsdale wrote:
Rooster wrote:I tried to log on, but I got the dreaded 404 error message saying the Interwebs knew of no such site.
Must have been the wrong URL.

http://theoneboard.com/radio.php

Just how does one get the wrong URL by clicking on the "chat/radio" link just below the banner?

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:42 am

Diego in Seattle wrote: Just how does one get the wrong URL by clicking on the "chat/radio" link just below the banner?

Probably a c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts hijack from reading too many fake news sites.

Malwarebytes is your friend.

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 1:24 am

Dinsdale wrote:
Diego in Seattle wrote: Just how does one get the wrong URL by clicking on the "chat/radio" link just below the banner?
Probably a c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts hijack from reading too many fake news sites.

That's probably why I've never had an issue.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 2:17 am

Don't be so sure.

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 4:26 am

Dinsdale wrote:Don't be so sure.

Why not? I've been reading the news since I was about seven, and can easily spot a fake news headline.

My conservative friends have quite a bit of trouble spotting them.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 4:40 am

Because the latest Hosts hijacks aren't limited to crappy news sites.

And I have a mix of friends when it comes to politics, and I don't see much difference on either side of the aisle when it comes to being gullible. Dumbasses come in all political shades.

Actually, anyone who blindly supports a party is a dumbass.

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 5:32 am

Dinsdale wrote:Actually, anyone who blindly supports a party is a dumbass.

Agreed.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 10:15 pm

Looks like radio is back in action. Still no banner, but I can live with that. Hope to fire it up again Friday.

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:41 pm

Looks like it from here too, and a banner no less. Friday night grand re-opening?

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 12:12 am

Wolfman wrote:Looks like it from here too, and a banner no less. Friday night grand re-opening?

What browser are you using that shows the banner? I can't see it on Firefox or Safari.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Wed Jan 11, 2017 12:17 am

Smackie Chan wrote: What browser are you using that shows the banner?

Wolfman? My guess is...

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Wed Jan 11, 2017 12:18 am

Grease the hamster wheel, Wolfie.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 1:20 am

Netscape Navigator was awesome.