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Tonight on one of the local "classic rock" radio stations, there was a short break after the end of whichever Boston, Journey, Styx, Supertramp, Pink Floyd, Bob Seger, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, Wings, ZZ Top, T-Rex, Fleetwood Mac, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Steve Miller Band, or Chicago song they were playing, for five seconds of the annoying, overbearing wall-of-noise blasts the station feels are necessary in order to prevent anyone from relaxing while listening to the radio - you know: BZZZZZZZZ BOOM BOOM BOOM ZZZZZZZZOWWWWWWWWW BOOM POW POW POW POW POW YOU ARE LISTENING TO THE SOUNDS OF THE GREATEST ROCK AND ROLL OF ALL TIME... POW POW ZZZZZZZZZZZZOWWWWWW BOOM BOOM BZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM THE ALL-NEW BIG ONE-HUNDRED POINT THREE FM: THE GREATEST ROCK AND ROLL OF ALL TIME, ALL DAY, ANY DAY, BIG ROCK BLOCKS BLAH BLAH BLAH... followed by six three-second clips of various songs by the nine or so bands they ever play.
At the end of this travesty, the disc jockey said, in his most affected bad-ass voice, "The greatest rock and roll of all time: Phil Collins," as the extraordinarily cheesy-sounding drum-machine beat of "In the Air Tonight" began in the background. Thirty seconds later, all I could think about was Miami Vice, and then I started thinking about how awesome Michael Mann is - not because of Miami Vice, but because of everything that followed it - so now I am watching Heat on DVD at 11:30 in the evening.
But I thought I'd take a quick break just to say that I never thought I'd hear "greatest rock and roll of all time" and "Phil Collins" spoken by the same voice, within the same seven-week period. I thought there was a rule against it.
Apparently not. But if there was one, would anybody mind?
At the end of this travesty, the disc jockey said, in his most affected bad-ass voice, "The greatest rock and roll of all time: Phil Collins," as the extraordinarily cheesy-sounding drum-machine beat of "In the Air Tonight" began in the background. Thirty seconds later, all I could think about was Miami Vice, and then I started thinking about how awesome Michael Mann is - not because of Miami Vice, but because of everything that followed it - so now I am watching Heat on DVD at 11:30 in the evening.
But I thought I'd take a quick break just to say that I never thought I'd hear "greatest rock and roll of all time" and "Phil Collins" spoken by the same voice, within the same seven-week period. I thought there was a rule against it.
Apparently not. But if there was one, would anybody mind?