I fondly remember a trip to the USA in 2007. I was visiting a friend in Phoenix, only to find out that the KDST channel in GTA SA wasn't entirely parody.

Got those who don't know, GTA had a bunch of parody radio channels, KDST was the rock turned channel where Guns and Roses front man, Axl Rose was the voice actor for the DJ.

Turns out there was a rock station in Phoenix KDKB 'everything that rocks' where Alice Cooper hosted a show a couple hours every evening. If was really surreal driving around in America, for the first time, with a channel on that would occasionally play one of the songs in the GTA playlist.

Anyway I listened to them back home for a while, via internet radio, because we don't have dedicated rock radio. Unfortunately they got sold off... Rip

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 6 days ago

On my recent trip to Europe it was fascinating what songs I'd hear on the radio that had crossed the ocean and seemed to still be in regular circulation on the radio and how the compared to the current regular circulation at home

I will say, GTA's parody radio stations are a really good parody of what radio stations actually play. From your description that rock station sounded pretty similar to any rock stations I've listened to (including specific shows hosted by specific people) although looking into it, I'm realizing that both of the rock stations I've listened to enough to remember are from much smaller conglomerates, one of which is only 4 stations on a single shared tower while the other is a regional conglomerate with a couple dozen stations in 7 markets so ymmv

If you'd like I can pm you the websites since both companies offer internet radio streams as well

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Q: What even is an "imagine dragon"?
A: Imagine dragon deez nuts across your face.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Bad dragon!

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 6 days ago

Mmmm is like to imagine a bad dragon right about now....

[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Up next we have 15 minutes of ads

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Love to listen to three hours of car ads on a five hour drive, while cruising around in a 2004 Honda Civic that I plan to keep driving for another decade.

[–] voodoocode@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I bet you still have a CD Player in there so why bother

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I do have a player, but I no longer own a burner

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

"What if I explained the Green text joke as a tweet?"

[–] FryHyde@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

Sklar brothers had a bit about KSHE-95, a very real and ridiculous classic rock station out of St. Louis that is still doing this shit. I love it.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Kids these days needing 21 pilots. Back in my day we only had 4, and they were all of them were from Stone Temples.

[–] Phantaloons@piefed.zip 3 points 6 days ago

I remember when KoRn's R used to be the right way around.

[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

21 pilots, in this economy?

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Right? Even inflation adjusted since the Stone Temple Pilots debut album "Core" release in 1992, the 137.4% inflation rate they should only be asking for 9.496 pilots. So asking for an additional 11.504 pilots for a total of 21 pilots is just greedy.

[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Sadly, that's on the oldies station now.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We did have to Blink 182 times. With all 11 Fingers.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 6 days ago

And 9 inch long fingernails!

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[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 49 points 1 week ago (2 children)

spicy food at a restaurant be like:

[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I like to send it back and tell the chef he forgot the spicy.

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I just tell them I don't want white people spicy.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm white, my wife is Desi. When we go to Indian restaurants, we have to order each other's food. She asks for mild and gets hot, I ask for hot and get mild-medium. So, when I ask for mild for her food, she actually gets mild.

She's someone who finds pepper spicy, and I often struggle to find the spice in a habanero.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Would your username be in any way related to your appreciation of spicy food?

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Unrelated, but it does get me a little more power behind my name

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

spicy food at a restaurant be like:

One consistent exception to this in my experience is Indian food. If you ask for your biryani to be "spicy" then say goodbye to your loved ones and make peace with your maker before the first bite.

[–] Lupus108@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah that one time the concerned waiter in the indian restaurant came back to reconfirm I wanted it 'spicy' should've been my clue to say 'you know what you're right I'll take it mild'. Mistakes were made that day.

[–] northface@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

At my favorite thai restaurant, they have "thai spicy" variants of some items on the menu. I tried it once and never again; my mouth went numb for hours... I thought I liked spicy food but my respect for what "spicy" means in different cultures solidified!

Another time, at the same restaurant, there was a double date happening at the table next to ours. One macho guy wanted "thai spicy", started sweating and almost threw up at the table, then had the nerve to blame and shout at the waiter although they asked him to confirm he wanted it two times... I've never felt so much second-hand embarassment in my life.

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It was more consistent back in the day, now they've lowered the max heat substantially. In the 90s if you were Desi and asked for proper spicy it was guaranteed attempted manslaughter and I miss the dopamine hit of that near death experience. Still can do it at home but there's something nice about experiencing it more formally.

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[–] Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Why is this so accurate.

[–] protist@retrofed.com 56 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Because like 3 companies own nearly all radio stations in the US, so they're all the same

[–] Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Except I'm in Europe. I think it's just a common thing of those kind of radio.

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (4 children)

They played shit like Candlebox for two decades to wear down any resistance to crap music. The people that still cared are long gone from radio listening I imagine.

[–] Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yeah, sometimes I turn the radio on because I just don't wanna fiddle with Bluetooth, smartphones etc and it's faster. But holy moly sometimes I turn it back off after 5 seconds.

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[–] U7826391786239@piefed.zip 29 points 1 week ago (3 children)

dude at least you have something that even calls itself a "rock station"

nothing within 70 miles of me except jesus music, country, and npr

thank fuck for bluetooth and tidal

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Public radio has a surprising amount of fun music if you listen at the right time.

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

deep gravely DJ voice: WAKEUP! You're listening to KPW101.9, the Sleeeeeedge. (sound of hammer breaking through concrete wall) Your one-stop-shop for the latest and greatest, the hardest and fastest, the nonstop torrent of melt-your-face-off ROCK! Rock. rock-rockrockrock. I'm your guide through the River Styx and the Fires of Hell, R-R-R-andy Jay. Let's jump head first into the molten magma of today's grittiest, nastiest, most elite hits. Up next... Bruno Mars!

[–] higgsboson@piefed.social 15 points 1 week ago (5 children)

local rock stations

yeah, Im not convinced that is still a thing. The vast majority of terrestrial radio stations are owned by large corporations. "Local" is a big stretch there.

[–] AccoSpoot1@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

You have the 1996 Communications Act to thank for that; it gave a free pass for Clear Channel (Paramount) to buy up every local radio station in America and effectively dictate culture to the US and the wider hegemony.

[–] tmyakal@infosec.pub 6 points 1 week ago

My area is down to one independent commercial station. Everything else on the FM band is owned by iHeartMedia.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 5 points 1 week ago

I Heart Radio seems to own every station in my area but one. Its all ads with the same corpo approved top 100 {station theme here} slop playlist on loop.

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[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

BUTTROCK FTMFW

[–] Phantaloons@piefed.zip 2 points 6 days ago

"LOOKATHISPHOTOGRAPH"

[–] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Meanwhile on Satellite Radio…

“Hey what’s up Liquid Metal, this is Kurt Crozier from Demon Semen. This new song of ours, we wrote as a valentine to our fans, it’s all about how there will always be negative people in your life who try to drag you down, and how you just have to rise above it and learn to love yourself and love each other. Here’s our new single, Crows Feast on Your Bloody Entrails. We hope you like it.”

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[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Sort of related, reminded me of a coworker that was big into metal expressing how profoundly disappointed he was after hearing of a group named "Savage Garden" and then hearing their music.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Like 30 years ago, it's a Clear Channel/Livenation monopoly

[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Exactly this.

Find a New Rock station. Review the list of played songs. What is the average year that the song was released?

If it is a locally owned station, that year will be close to this year.

If it is owned by Clear Channel, it will be ~2008.

Its not that there isnt good music out there. Its that Clear Channel doesnt want to pay for it.

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