The Rock, MotoGP comp

[george formby]

Just a wee heads up for those with optimism and a valid passport. The Rock radio station is running a competition for 2 people to go to the Thai round..

https://www.therock.net.nz/home/win/2022/10/hirepool-sporting-world-tour.html

[F5 Dave]

They still have Radio stations? How quaint.

[jellywrestler]

They still have Radio stations? How quaint.

not all of us want to listen to podcasts and Green Day

[F5 Dave]

Not all of want to listen to continuous adverts.

Or the same songs repeated ad nauseam.

Or overly excited primates at breakfast time being 'funny' but not even close to.

[onearmedbandit]

Not all of want to listen to continuous adverts.

100%


Or the same songs repeated ad nauseam.
100%


Or overly excited primates at breakfast time being 'funny' but not even close to.
More than 100%.

[jellywrestler]

Not all of want to listen to continuous adverts.

Or the same songs repeated ad nauseam.

Or overly excited primates at breakfast time being 'funny' but not even close to.

you mean the rock? me neither but on a building site all day what would you recommend listening to?

[SaferRides]

Just a wee heads up for those with optimism and a valid passport. The Rock radio station is running a competition for 2 people to go to the Thai round..

https://www.therock.net.nz/home/win/2022/10/hirepool-sporting-world-tour.htmlThat's a great prize, thanks for letting us know.

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[F5 Dave]

you mean the rock? me neither but on a building site all day what would you recommend listening to?
Um, spotify. Try it for free but the $15 a month is worth it. Just need a bluetooth speaker and a phone.
Want to hear a particular Ted Nugent album? (I don't actually know who he is) dial it up. Or his song collection? Or bands like him? Or just genre mixes of easy listening bluegrass folk, or whatever floats your boat?

Me? Occasionally I'll listen to the Backinblack album for a small dose of teenage nostalgia. But mostly I'm listening to music made in the last 10 years that I would never have been exposed to (but in my 2 dimensional taste of Iberian Yodeling).:Punk:

[jellywrestler]

Um, spotify. Try it for free but the $15 a month is worth it. Just need a bluetooth speaker and a phone.
Want to hear a particular Ted Nugent album? (I don't actually know who he is) dial it up. Or his song collection? Or bands like him? Or just genre mixes of easy listening bluegrass folk, or whatever floats your boat?

Me? Occasionally I'll listen to the Backinblack album for a small dose of teenage nostalgia. But mostly I'm listening to music made in the last 10 years that I would never have been exposed to (but in my 2 dimensional taste of Iberian Yodeling).:Punk:

i use a mix of you tube, radio stations and some talkback, the biggest thing is actually putting something on as many jobs are short and i'm all over a house and can't hear it everywhere. i guess if i listened to it all day every day i'd invest in spotify maybe. theres a ton of radio stations out there for different shite

[onearmedbandit]

Or you can listen to almost any radio station in the world.

http://radio.garden/listen/flashback-60s/9FuCUhPy

[F5 Dave]

Yeah I used to stream channel radio stuff but fav disappeared and Spotify filled the void.

Car stereo are cheap, I jump in mine and it autoplays where I left off on the kitchen speaker for example.

Must set a better BT speaker up for the garage. Hmm. Lunchtime mission.

[onearmedbandit]

Same here, and with spotify on my phone and computer when I leave my car and disconnect from the stereo spotify on my pc is ready at the same point of the song when I disconnected. Ah modern tech, how I both love and despise thee.

[Berries]

Can't be arsed trying to find my phone and selecting or choosing songs when my mind is on other things, I might as well have my Walkman back.

Chuck Brian FM on and leave it at that.

Backbone.

[F5 Dave]

That's why I usually have mine to Daily mix. Autoplay about 40 songs and changes every week. Can then select another auto mix if I am on long listening that week.

[jim.cox]

I might as well have my Walkman back.

'bout the same size

'bout the same battery life

that's actually what I use, and think of, mine as

bigger range of music 'though

(fuck paying $15 a month to rent music - I'd rather hit Penny Lane and grab a cd)

[roogazza]

I sometimes listen to ZB mornings but usual is 93.8 "The Sound" when I jump in the car ,the same !

Never bothered putting CD 's in the car.

lol and from the 70's have only ever bought about 10 LP's in my life !!!! But hey I'm happy. My kids are all in their mid forties and do all that other shit.

Go the Boomers !!!!!!!

[F5 Dave]

In the 90s I started listening to National radio in the mornings. Not because I liked the news programming so much, but just I'd had enough of the fuking ads.

Hi! Buy my Shit at extra loud volume!

Then increasingly moronic voices instead of music.
Then
Heres the new one from [insert we play this 4 times before 9am and it was released 5 months ago].

Gaaah!

[Berries]

Always had you down as a talkback kind of person.

[pritch]

(fuck paying $15 a month to rent music - I'd rather hit Penny Lane and grab a cd)

I feel your pain. Back in the day I bought vinyl, lotsa vinyl. Still got it, still play it. Then it was cassette tapes and I bought those. Next came CDs and I've got less of those because I was starting to get pissed off but there are also some rock concert DVDs.

When I got my MacBook I used iTunes and bought quite a lot on that. Now I believe Apple want an annual subscription for me to access that on my new laptop.

I have CDs in the car but I also copied the iTunes in the old MacBook onto my old iPhone and mostly use that when out and about. I've got a lot of unused storage in the new phone so think I'll transfer the iTunes music into that as well.

Mostly been using 'I Heart Radio' for NZ news, and after paying for all the music that's already here I now pay for YouTube Premium. The latter do the play list thing on YouTube Music too.

Expensive stuff this music, it's just a shame the artists don't get much of the money.

[jim.cox]

I feel your pain. Back in the day I bought vinyl, lotsa vinyl. Still got it, still play it. Then it was cassette tapes and I bought those. Next came CDs and I've got less of those because I was starting to get pissed off but there are also there are some rock concert DVDs.

When I got my MacBook I used iTunes and bought quite a lot on that. Now I believe Apple want an annual subscription for me to access that on my new laptop.

I have CDs in the car but I also copied the iTunes in the old MacBook onto my old iPhone and mostly use that when out and about. I've got a lot of unused storage in the new phone so think I'll transfer the iTunes music into that as well.

Mostly been using 'I Heart Radio' for NZ news, and after paying for all the music that's already here I now pay for YouTube Premium. The latter do the play list thing on YouTube Music too.

Expensive stuff this music, it's just a shame the artists don't get much of the money.


Made the mistake once of selling my record collection to pay for an air ticket.

Now there is a great hole in my personal history.

Paying for any subscription service is money nothing, especially if, like Spotify, it goes away when you stop paying.

And you're right about it being both the artist and the consumer that the tech firms are screwing over.

[onearmedbandit]

You can download music from Spotify, so it doesn't go away if you choose to do that.

[jim.cox]

You can download music from Spotify, so it doesn't go away if you choose to do that.

Actually, Mr Bandit, they do go away

According to the spotify website...

How long do Spotify downloads last?
If you don't go online with Spotify at least once every 30 days, any tracks you have downloaded for offline listening are automatically removed from your device."

[onearmedbandit]

Actually, Mr Bandit, they do go away

According to the spotify website...

How long do Spotify downloads last?
If you don't go online with Spotify at least once every 30 days, any tracks you have downloaded for offline listening are automatically removed from your device."

I didn't know that, then again I've never downloaded any either. Happy to pay the $15 a month for access to an almost endless library of music. Easy enough to use some recording software to make a physical back-up if you needed I guess.

[F5 Dave]

People pay incredible sums of money to watch TV.

This is but a mere portion.

So what is the difference?

I had tons of stuff on memory stick, but got bored of that. Now my selection changes. I avoid subscription stuff usually. But I'm getting good value.

I ran free for a while , maybe 2 years, but the difference for add free was worth it to me.

Still a lot less adds on free spotify than the radio. Lots less.

[roogazza]

The common thread here is we all love music !! We Just get it from different sources.

I know music helped me get thru some tough times. Short story, I had left the police and moved to Adel Sth Aust. (1985) Only been there ten months when my wife died in a motorvehicle crash. New house, new car and three boys oldest 6 and twins 4 !!!
I always loved music and found listening, helped my disaster of life at that time. But hey, still here and still love my music.
Stayed in SA till 1998 and then returned home.

Everyone has their own story but that was a little bit of mine. Cheers xxxx

[george formby]

They still have Radio stations? How quaint.

I'm sad, lonely and friendless. Jay and Dunc are my invisible friends.

As an aside, Radio Rhema is running a comp with a merino knitting kit as first prize.

[Berries]

As an aside, Radio Rhema is running a comp with a merino knitting kit as first prize.
How the fuck do they hold the needles?

[F5 Dave]

I'm sad, lonely and friendless. Jay and Dunc are my invisible friends.

As an aside, Radio Rhema is running a comp with a merino knitting kit as first prize.

I was going to say you need to accept Jesus into your life for a 50% friend increase. Heck we are doing a 3 for one special with his holy father and a dude we refer to as Spook.

Send money to the usual address.
Don't try to pay by cheque. They don't work anymore and I won't let you into heaven if sufficient funds don't clear.

[george formby]

I was going to say you need to accept Jesus into your life for a 50% friend increase. Heck we are doing a 3 for one special with his holy father and a dude we refer to as Spook.

Send money to the usual address.
Don't try to pay by cheque. They don't work anymore and I won't let you into heaven if sufficient funds don't clear.

Hmmm. If you were to sprinkle me with Holy Water you might have a deal.

I don't mind if you video it but I'm the one that wears the mask.

[F5 Dave]

It's a bit clumpy to sprinkle but it's a date. :love:

[george formby]

It's a bit clumpy to sprinkle but it's a date. :love:

Yer on. Can I use your crash helmet rather than my latex mask?

Maybe a little :bleh: for afters.