Why the Music Channels Play Anything But

The real reason music channels no longer show music videos is NOT because their reality shows, "Lifestyles of the Homeys and Ganstas" (aka "Cribs"), and softcore porn attract more viewers. No, not at all. It's because videos provide the perfect way to record the songs for free and make a mix CD, like I did....

VH1 has a show called "Insomniac Theater" that shows videos from about 2 to 4 in the morning (in my area). [Oooo, correction: HAD a show - it's gone now. They found me out!] One lovely night in early December, they showed nothing but fantastic song after fantastic song. No rap. Only one Britney Spears song. The rest was actual music!!!! Check out this list and listen to the samples:

- Amazing - Josh Kelley
- Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
- Bigger than My Body - John Mayer
- Breathe - Michelle Branch
- Calling All Angels - Train
- Fallen - Sarah McLachlan
- Follow Through - Gavin Degraw
- Harder to Breathe - Maroon 5
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love - Darkness
- I Need More Love - Robert Randolph and the Family Band
- Keep Me in Your Heart - Warren Zevon
- Send Your Love - Sting
- Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne
- Trouble - Pink
- Waiting for You - Seal
- White Flag - Dido
- You and I Both - Jason Mraz

Man. If there were a radio station that played these songs, I'd tune in. But, alas, there is no such animal in the monopoly that is American radio anymore. But, wouldn't it be nice? (Calling all entremanures - there's a market out there waiting to be tapped. You bring back radio like it was in the 70s where all the best songs out were played regardless of their intended micro-niche, and you kept the commercials to within a total 15 minutes an hour, you would own the airwaves.)