Nope; I think it's a great thing to hear shoegazer tunes {Esp. Valentine, Lush, Ride, Slowdive & Cranes}...You guys also do a fun little Madchester thingy, too, from time to time...although regarding that era, I'd dig hearing Julian Cope's "Beautiful Love" at some point, please. Also--it is groovy when you do some worldbeat and old jazz and blues...also the fun accordion stuff. Diveristy rules. A bit more house would be appreciated...happy house classics or the Latino stuff (see Giantstep Records). Thanks, Current!

Clearly the Current should replace all shoegazer music with commercials.

/sarcasm

What a silly question!

In all seriousness, I'd bet that the person who wrote that didn't know or understand the definition of "shoe gazing music" (I know I didn't until I looked it up on Wikipedia) because the Current doesn't overplay ANY of the artists noted in the Wikipedia article. I bet they were confusing it with "EMO".

Either emo, or just the earnest acoustic singer-songwriters that we supposedly play too much. I will admit to playing a good deal of that (Aimee Mann, American Music Club, Emiliana Torini, Low, etc.), but again, do we play too much?

For perspective, I always think of the folks who complain that we play "too much rap." I think that if you dislike any form of music, you're always gonna think that we play too much of it. That's the subjective nature of what we're doing here.

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I second Auntie's opinion! I'd give a big, fat "unsubscribe" to the uninformed publication that used that label. The Current in no way should be on the defensive. Viva Current!

I couldn't be happier with the stuff you guys (and girls) play. Every now and then you play something that, in my opinion blows, but the occassional crappy song is well worth the variety of stuff we get to hear because the Current is around. I hope the DJs never sacrifice playing something different because they are afraid of the backlash from certain segments of the audience. The comic book guys are always going to find something to complain about anyway...

On that note, why not give them something to really complain about? Ever heard Mark Wahlberg's "You've Got the Touch" from Boogie Nights? That is my personal favorite terrible song, but I've also never heard a Hasselhoff or Shatner tune on the Current, which are also Hall of Fame terrible songs.

Hey, Steve, I think you're correct as far as that guy in the article using the term shoegazer to denote earnest, guitar-driven, singers/songwriter type of artists. And, yes, you play way too much of that stuff. My friends and family have wildly divergent musical tastes, but the ones who have listened to this station all agree on that point.

I honestly took issue with the entire article. The author gets paid to go to Bon Jovi concerts, what does he really know about anything? He made snarky comments about dance music and Andrew Bird. The guy rated the elements which make the Current great as weaknesses. Devotchka and Ulrich Schnauss are only unpronouncable to people with third grade educations. Maybe he should stick to his own i-pod, and avoid the shuffle function, because changing genres could be 'jarring'.