Re: Gene Simmons, KISS, WBUR, Fresh Air

[dan.strassberg@att.net]

Of course I heard it--months ago, when it was originally broadcast. Didn't it 
even occur to you that some people heard it then? As I said, I see no problem 
with NPR having boradcast the interview originally. I do think that repeating 
it is an indication of disingenuousness or questionable taste. 
--
dan.strassberg@att.net
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> I think this is a rather shallow and simple perspective of this NPR peice.
> 
> I notice that your email went out at 12:54.  Did you even hear the peice?
> 
> JP
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Dan.Strassberg@att.net>
> To: "Joseph Pappalardo" <joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com>
> Cc: "B-R-I" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 12:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Gene Simmons, KISS, WBUR, Fresh Air
> 
> 
> > Should we say "so much for NPR setting a higher tone in radio (compared
> with,
> > say, Howard Stern or Bubba the Love Sponge)?" Also, can you say
> "pandering"?
> > Still, I bet that Terri Gross's little gem has brought plenty of
> contributions
> > into NPR's coffers. Nevertheless, is it really a good strategy for NPR to
> > flaunt this interview like some kind of medal (a Purple Heart, maybe)?
> Does NPR
> > REALLY want to be known as a purveyor of high-end shock radio? That NPR
> should
> > have aired this crap in the first place is one thing. That the network
> appears

> > to take pride in it seems to me to destroy a lot of the credibility of
> NPR's
> > claims to be producing a higher quality, more thoughtful product than does
> > commercial radio.
> > --
> > dan.strassberg@att.net
> > 617-558-4205
> > eFax 707-215-6367
> >
> > > For those who are interested....
> > >
> > > "Fresh Air" program on WBUR will re-air the Gene Simmons interview today
> at
> > > 1PM.  (It's the interview that didn't go quite the way they expected.)
>