[Dixielandjazz] FW: What we lack

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Actually we do have fairly high quality TV.  I watch the Spanish channels 
here and I'm not impressed and I have spent some time in Europe and the 
English language stations aren't very good.  Having said that I have also 
spent a lot of time in Hannibal Missouri with their three stations (one is 
Quincy Illinois) one of which is religious.  The programs that are somewhat 
liberal aren't shown and other things substituted.  That might be great for 
the Leave It To Beaver crowd but their TV really sucks and they don't even 
have good commercials.  I would have to agree that 95% of the programming is 
not for me either but the 5% that's left could keep you watching all the 
time.  If you think TV is awful you are watching the wrong stuff but to each 
his own.  The rest of the American public must also agree because they stay 
home doing something in droves.

I get about 100 TV channels here and could get another 50 or 60 if I wanted 
to pay for them.  My tastes run to theatre, music and History.  If I limited 
myself to those three things I could fill up my dance card every night.

For someone who is less selective or likes comedy or sports for example they 
can go into sensory overload with the programming available and if religion 
is your taste you can go nuts with at least 5 channels preaching at us 24-7.

I wish I could be as unsuccessful as American TV.  The trouble is there are 
too many things to do here and TV leads the pack.  There are so many niche 
forms of music no one can get a crowd.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] FW: What we lack


> Larry Walton wrote:
>
>>There are two things different here.  The first one is fairly high quality
> TV and a lot of it.  The second is our fondness for passing laws and suing
> each other.
>
>
> Whoops!  I'd have to take you to task on that first one, Larry!  Far from
> "high quality"!
> Lot of it?  Maybe.  But, then, we all have 100's of channels these days.
> Mine get beamed into me from the U.K., so I can relax in my own language,
> even!
>
> Your second point is well taken, and I made reference to that in my 
> earlier
> emails.  We've got laws, but very little enforcement.  And, forget suing!
> Doesn't exist, accept for really important matters.
>
> Jim (staying where I am) Kash
>
>
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