I titled this “RNI – wtf is it about?” because I want to say a few words about Garrrry Stevens’s’s internet radio stream RNI (more details: http://www.garrystevens.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rni ).
So, I’ve been listening on and off for a while and I’ve just had to smile, but there’s a couple of things I just don’t get. Firstly, if anoraks are all around the same age, and part of anoraking was to get away from the crass and novelty records on the legal radio at the time, then why is RNI focusing on all that’s awful on the novelty front?
Equally, there’s a heck of a lot of oldies from before most anoraks were even born. Again, this was music that anoraks rejected in their need for the music of the day. So, why are anoraks suddenly into all this crap they used to hate?
Secondly, I think the stream is addictive and a brilliant anorak listen, although for me this is mainly for the jingles, since I mainly hate oldies (Why doesn’t it play some modern stuff too?).
Loving the Tony Allen impressions and the cut-up and chopping of various stables of jingles from lord knows which eras, sometimes merged and montaged together in a way that’s embarrassing yet kinda works. Now and again a novelty tune will kick off, especially the old TV themes, and whilst I’m sure that they get boring when listening over a long period when they come around again and again, for now they are brilliant.
So, highly recommended anorak listening: RNI. Anybody else listening?
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