The Duplex by Glenn McCoy for December 19, 2024

How big is the radio? Would a normal hammer work?

I doubt seriously EITHER of them could swing a sludgehammer.(Or a sledgehammer.)

The long handle of the sledge keeps one a bit farther from the shards of shattering plastic.

Nice to know someone else hates that song.

Change the station Eno.

destroy the radio works for me. turning it off is just too easy. :D

Rather be listening to Careless Whisper? Probably not.

I hate how some radio stations latch on to a song and play it constantly until you absolutely can’t stand it. I remember when The Red Hot Chili Peppers came out with “Danny California”. It was on almost every 15-minutes. Meanwhile, there are so many up-and-coming bands with tons of talent who will never get to hear a single note played on the radio.

handy table he’s got there…

I discovered the Benson hIgh school station Portland OR 1450 AM, I don’t recognize 80 percent of the artist, most are before 1950, no commercials and I still have not heard any Mariah Carey.

Doesn’t the radio come with an off button?

The rare skill of balancing a beer can on your stomach.

For one Christmas back in the late 70’s we were resting up at a friend’s house after Mass, a great dinner, gift exchange, and some liquid refreshments. My friend, normally a fan of classical music, always had the box (that’s what we called in back then) tuned to the local robot controlled# Easy (read: sleazy, IMO) Listening radio station during the Christmas season — roughly from Thanksgiving forward in those halcyon days. That meant that anyone within earshot had to endure one after another of a limited playlist of sappy Christmas “music.” At the stroke of midnight on Christmas, after the FCC required canned ID, the first song of December 26th was “Moon River.” Time to get back to business! (So much for the Christian Christmas Season, which runs to the “Baptism of the Lord,” Jan 7 or 8.)

(#) That is, there was a bank of reel-to-reel tape machines in the studio. Each one was loaded with 10 1/2 reels of prerecorded easy listening (read: sappy) music. In order that there would be some variation — if one could call it that — in the programming, the various machines were selected by a predetermined schedule to play a song. There were subsonic signals recorded on the tapes between songs to signify the start and ends of each one, this enabled the machine selections to occur in that predetermined sequence, untouched by human hands. Ironically, that station was the FM service of the local broadcaster which also operated the local Top 40 station, WIFE.

But who’s counting?

Just pull the plug.

Why not turn it off or unplug it.

A shotgun would produce a higher level of satisfaction.

“. . . . and a beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!” burp. :)

I find “A Fairytale of New York” makes a fine palette cleanser after listening to this or “All I Want For Christmas is You”.

Be careful with the cobwebs on the snow shovel.

“Last Christmas” is the most gawd awful song that is supposedly a Christmas song.

Who listens to radio anymore? Just make your own mix.

Just pull the plug!

It’s playing on my radio right now!

I like the Taylor Swift version. It’s the only song of hers that I know, since my choice of radio stations never play her music.

That and that stupid simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Ugh. Just gouge out my eardrums……please.

Maybe the sledgehammer is for the DJ at the station. That “song” sucks!