Video Killed The Radio Star. This is a song from the 80's by The Buggles. It is the first song to launch MTV. The channel no longer plays music videos and now features a sorry selection of reality shows. Finding new music is a real adventure nowadays. I've been listening to WFUV F.M. which is a public radio station ( no commercials!). They recently started a feature at noon on weekdays called, " MIXTAPE" which boils down to an all request hour. In the '70s, 80's and 90's I made mixtapes for anybody I thought might listen to them. I enjoy a little attention from time to time, but as a "disposable person" a term one of my girlfriends tagged me with, I've learned that when I'm out of sight, I am truly out of mind. Hence my craving for recognition. I had the whole D.J set-up, so I made some tapes that I considered brilliant, and others that were ho-hum. This new feature on the radio is a bitter disappointment. There are rarely any surprises heard on the alleged all-request mish mosh. I find it repugnant that people ask for the same stuff they play day in and day out anyway. It goes back to my college radio teacher telling the class, " You'll never go broke underestimating the intelligence of your audience". He was right, the retardos who listen to this station either have no imagination or the disc jockeys aren't allowed to play variations from the regular slop they feed us. I am not sure where the blame lies, I feel it's a 50/50 split. I'm sure if I requested a song by the dreaded Phoenix it would get played because they're one of the hostesses favorite acts. If I requested any tune by Ten Years After, it would shuffle by unnoticed. The audience seems to love it, so I suppose it makes no sense to cater to an overopinionated wannabe like myself. Give the people what they want, even if it sucks!