Comments on: Becoming a CBC guy

By: Kristine

Kristine — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:39:00 +0000

Yay! This makes me happy. Although you have to be careful too. There is something to be avoided about becoming too esoteric. Although the CBC IS hunky dory enough, that it can’t be too pretentious. You just don’t want to become one of those people that believe they are superior because they listen to radio one. And something else I didn’t realize while living in Canada was how navel gazing the CBC is–yes they talk about organic farming in Switzerland, but it seems always to be in a Canadian context and hold deep significance for Canada. That said, there is a sort of naive charm about that which I appreciate.

I still listen to the CBC everyday over here. It keeps me informed on issues concerning my homeland. I love the intro beats for all the shows. Especially here and now. (That is the one with the subway door closing sound isn’t it?).

I also joined a Canadian bookclub. We read Alice Munroe for last night. I am more Canadiana than ever.

By: Myles

Myles — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:01:44 +0000

Ah yes, Matt, welcome to the dark side. My lack of a commute and my class schedule keeps me from being a normal CBC listener, but for a few summers I spent hours driving through backroads in which no other station was available. My boss sadly decided CBC, outside of Jian who he loves, was too liberal this summer, but I have been trying to listen a bit more often during the year. I was even on CBC Radio a few weeks ago, it was pretty fun.

I look forward to one day, like yourself, turning into a theatre-goer via Radio One.

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