Smack an RJ

The first thing I do after I get off work and start my car is turn on the radio, anticipating a musical ride home. Not gonna happen. This is Pakistan, after all. The first thing that blares through the speakers is a loud, shrilly voice of an overacting radio jockey who's yapping away and laughing at his own lame jokes. I wait a minute or two, while my car warms up, till the music starts. It doesn't happen. The schmuck behind the radio is still talking about rush hour, Michael Jackson, and anything else their puny brain can fart out at the speed of idiocy. I sigh, and drive home.

Now don't get me wrong, RJs are an important part of the whole radio experience, but that doesn't mean you hire people who are in love with their own voices and who never shut up for five minutes so that you can enjoy an entire song. Sometimes, the song they will say they're about to play next turns out to be one of your favorites, but then the inconsiderate buffoon keeps on blabbing for the next ten minutes. What is he thinking? Is he patching me a live feed to the artist, and is leading up to the big moment? I mean, who the hell in their right mind cares about your mindless chatter?

Also, right before that favorite song of yours is about to begin, when the chattering monkey has finally shut up, they go to a fifteen minute long ad break without warning. What a douche bag. It really makes me want to reach through the radio and wring their scrawny little neck. I would not mind the ads so much either, but keep in mind this is Pakistan, and the commercials usually involve overjoyed, and seemingly intoxicated, little girls singing happy songs that would make even Elmo run away and hide in embarrassment. For God's sake people, at least make some relevant ads!

Back to the topic at hand, Pakistani radio needs to change. They need to play more music. This goes for all the FM channels. For now, I'll rely on my ipod while driving, but sometimes you just want to listen to some mainstream music, and learn of some new songs. Isn't that what the radio is really there for? Bah!