It is now 8 degrees and it is nearly midday. My fingers are frozen. This is not going to be fun....

The biggest challenge I feel for myself presently is still feeling like I HAVE TO DO things that I don't want to. when do we get over this? is it possible to live a life where we don't have to do things that we don't want to? This is the goal. This is the primary. This is the desired outcome. Make it happen. I am tired of doing things I do not want to. period. This has got to do with making one giant leap forward.

The ultimate dream radio station you ask dear Jonathan?
For me, the answer is simple and obvious: I would do what I heard promised as "the future of radio" back in music school. A format known as 'full-spectrum radio.' Something always talked about but never yet pulled off.

Who the hell has only one style of music in their CD collection? Why is it so common for people to complain about the radio in their local area? Why is it so common for people to stop listening to commercial rock and pop radio entirely once they reach a certain age (30?) Why is satellite radio the big bad dog in the neighborhood ready to chew the hell out of the little commercial stations? Why are people paying their own money now to listen to Internet radio and satellite radio when they can get commercial radio for free???!!! Why do these commercial pop/rock stations depend so heavily on their "goofy funny morning shows?"

The answer to all of these questions and more is simple... sad but true... but for the most part, and this isn't every station in every market, but for the most part, modern commercial rock and pop radio sucks ass because it is too formatted. So most people grow up, eventually tune it out, and turn it off and move on to more expressive methods of getting their music fix.

The best radio station in the entire fucking universe will be the one that plays the best music in the entire fucking universe without attention to format or style. They'll jump from the butthole surfers to the Beatles to bread to limp bizcit to Beethoven in an hour and you will fucking love them for it. You will kiss the ground they walk on because for once you won't feel like someone is insulting your intelligence by catering to the lowest common denominator who can only stomach one style of music at a time. Good music is good music. Drop the effing formats already and just play great music of all kinds. The first person or station to do this right will become a God and slowly force the rest of the industry to follow with their tail between their legs.

Current spin: serge gainsebourg. An older French crooner. Everyone loves him and you can easily hear why. this is cool tunage. Intelligent.