“Let’s listen to songs about Canada while Obama gets sworn in!”
Under the leadership of Denise Donlon, CBC Radio 2 betrays an inclination for theatre of the absurd.
True patriot love
Published January 19, 2009 2:27 pm
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Wait for it – July 1st – top 100 Canadian songs of all time.
As Gomeshi demonstrated, List-o-mania is one way to stay on the air when you’ve nothing else to offer.
Up next – top Canadian songs by women.
Plus many other specials …
Sweatin’ To The Seal Hunt.
Bay Street Blues
Music To Help You Get Through A Wrongful Conviction.
Paul Horn In The House of Commons
In The Key of NAFTA
Songs To Shiver Your Timbers.
Anonymous 10:11 pm:
And what exactly would be more appropriate for a Canadian music network to play?
How about a watered down acoustic cover of Groove is in the Heart played by a bunch of mall-hipsters propped up next to a Bell logo?
That or which ever ‘condo-funk’ / re-release Erroll Nazareth happens to be peddling this week. Yawn.
Nobody cares about a music network. It’s wallpaper.
And what exactly would be more appropriate for a Canadian music network to play?