Amusing, Thoughtful, Unconventional

I heard about this show sometime ago, heard about this show that was all about the very most popular of pop music, yet that was also lauded by the high council of public radio (or something like that). So for a while I avoided it. I made up my mind that any show with titles including "boy bands" "Pink" and "American Idol" just wasn't for me. So somehow I eventually stuck my toe in the water, I just got curious, and I've heard a few of their shows now.

Immediately it was clear that regardless of the subject matter, this was a group of funny smart people being smart and funny on the air. But still the whole pop thing was a little troubling. But I was just listening to this episode and it occurred to me that all of these people talk about pop music like a good friend who is like struggling with a drug addiction or something like that. They've had a lot of good times together and that's enough. It’s somewhat inexplicable in that sense, or at least sentimental, but that’s a positive thing for me. It’s an interesting secondary plotline that runs through the entire series and that in some ways is even more interesting than the explicit plot.

So I gave it three stars because I, personally, can’t quite get over the pop stuff completely. I can only take so much, but while I’m listening I’m having fun.

Bill Wolfe
Littleton, CO
August 5, 2005

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