CMT - Sucks Mostly, But Not Completely
I got an email out of the blue today from CMT. Some nice person by the name of “Jen” emailed to implore me to alert you, loyal Twanger, that “There is a chance that Comcast may switch CMT from its current home on the basic cable package to a digital package.” Apparently if this unspeakable act comes to pass then several markets will lose access to CMT and it will cost them more bank to get it back. Truth be told, 99% of the time CMT, and their parade of crap - The CMT Music Awards, is a arid wasteland and serves as a sterling example of what’s wrong with Nashville and hollow spectacle that contemporary country music has come to be. But they do have the Crossroads series, which is not half bad and actually on one occasion - Roseanne Cash and Steve Earle - was brilliant. And Studio 330 highlights some truly great talent at their live best. So for that 1%, I am posting this notice. If you have Comcast, and like CMT, especially you folks in Baltimore, apparently in your market the end is nigh - then call or email Comcast and give ‘em hell. Or go to a “fan created site” (uh huh) commiserate with others in these dark times.
March 7th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
CMT was kicked off regular cable in north jersey, but all they ever have on now is Trick My Truck anyway.
March 8th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
It would suck less if it played more of the old classic country, from artists like Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. And speaking of Buck, I can still remember:
The Last Time I Saw Buck Owens
Dr BLT
words and music by Dr BLT (c)2007
http://www.drblt.net/music/lastimebuck.mp3
April 6th, 2007 at 8:58 am
[...] CMT, the channel that doesn’t entirely suck, gives me another reason to think so by featuring Chet Flippo and his always thoughtful and enlighteningn commenary on The Nashville Skyline section on their web site. Chet has a nice recent commentary about rescuing a frightened turtle of a feeder road off Highway 100 west of Nashville and sees this terrified reptile as a symbol of the recording industry in the twenty-first century, the myopic economics of radio programming the strong-arm tactics of Wal-Mart and, alas, the inevitable death of the CD. “But what does country music really have to offer these days? I think it offers more than the exploiters see on the surface. I think the many layers of talent in country have never been fully presented commercially, and, of course, if I knew how to do that, I would be a rich man today. And country has a steady stream of fresh new talent, most of whom will likely not ever get a chance to gain wide exposure because of the changing nature of the marketplace. Already, a number of new artists are having their debut releases postponed because of the market.” [...]