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Teleconned: We Want the Airwaves

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Even the most picky of music fans will find something to like on this album. The live cut by Soul Coughing ROCKS! Low's version of Blue Eyed Devil is OK - mainly because the song is so brilliant to begin with. Ani DiFranco's live version of 32 flavors sends shivers down your spine with hits honesty. I especially liked the Thrush Hermit song, the His Name Is Alive song, and the Firewater song. The Ben Folds Five song was good, too - but that's no surprise.

The best part of the album is that I got to hear some music that I probably wouldn't have heard otherwise. Actually, that's the point of the album - to prove that there is good music out there that doesn't get played on the radio. Yes ... the radio station you listen to on your way to work probably owns a number of other stations in your market. Radio experimentation is a thing of the past. What you hear has been market tested, language tested, commercial response tested, etc. over and over again before it ever hits the airwaives. Too bad it hasn't been talent-tested!

This complilation is a response to the deathgrip that the conglomerates have on our airwaves, and the resulting sorry state of radio across the US. Put out by "Americans for Radio Diversity", all proceeds go to the production of the next album.

No sir, you won't find the Spice Girls or Hanson on this piece of work - you'll actually get to hear some great music!

Oh yeah - there's also a few "secret" tracks.

This is a great comp for the money. The Soul Coughing track is good, Ben Folds Five fun. I also liked the Lemon Mercahnts and Low alot. I had never heard those bands before. The best part if the CD is the fact it's a benefit and no big corp. is making the bank acount fat.