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- February 21, 2009 by QuarterToHappiness
- Pirate radio stations should definitely make a comeback
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Call me old fashioned, but when I grew up we didn't have any fancy Internets, computers were a rare commodity (of the one-trick-pony variety), and people still found the idea of a "mobile" telehone absurd.
But we still had fun with simple and not-so-simple things, and one of the latter were pirate radio stations. Although I didn't owned one, it was always fun to search for and listen to one. It was a nice discussion topic in school too, and since it was localized, it was also a great way to show your community spirit and your "hate" towards "those other guys", halfway towards the centre, with their stupid music etc.
Of course one might say, "Isn't it better today, with teh Internets and stuff, your free webradio broadcasts and all the music "freedom" you ever wanted?". I will have to anwser "no" to that. And not because I don't like (and use) all these beautiful things, but because this was something else, that hadn't been substituted properly yet. It was about community, about locality, about something everyone could participate in, even older or not-so-tech-savvy people. Nowadays it seems that a lot of people are excluded from these things, and our communities are drifting further apart day by day. But communities are supposed to be local, right? That's the whole point, otherwise they are just groups, or circles, or...
I apologize, it seems that trying to describe something I don't quite grasp I verbalize a lot. Bottom line: I really wish we had more of those pirate radio stations. I hope you people understand what I'm saying.
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I understand. And it's a good point you make about the community. Although I personally love the modern "Internets and stuff", it's global. Whereas you actually know (or could get to know) the people speaking on the radio. However, I wonder if people would be as vocal and opinionated on a local pirate radio station...aware that the person they're critiquing knows where they live ;-)
And don't get me wrong, I'm happy with the "global" effect, but I sometimes miss that local one. You can create a local community social network online I guess, but it's not the same..