The Cable Man

Well, I think Visco and Goody covered it pretty well. What else can I add, save for the little-known fact that I hate TV. I hate TV because it's mindless entertainment and sometimes I crave it. And then I think I'm less of a human.

Oh, and the gf has DirecTV. Something happened to all the channels recently. Except Fox News still comes in. That and the Angel Network. Tell me that's not fucked. I'm seeing some Orwellian theme here, does Rupert Murdock control DirecTV to indoctrinate the hapless sons-of-bitches that have a satellite receiver and no subscription? (I did hear Bill O'Reilly say that the ACLU is the most dangerous institution in the US last night, confirming the previous statement.)

The man has all 20 dirty little fingers and toes in all the telecom business these days. It started a long time ago, in a country far far away. Remember when AT&T got busted up into a million different little pieces? Didn't do much for your phone bills did it? How about TV on demand? Sure, you can buy pay-per-view on a per use basis, but not sportscenter? Come on. We're all being anally probed without the reach around.

I'm a little worried about iPods taking over the world, but I will say this: podcasting has a place in my heart when I can subscribe to NESN and watch some sox games in Utah. We're already seeing MLB-TV and such actually make a little profit. I think that pressure from these 'net based alternatives will force cable's hand soon enough.

Enough is enough. I won't even get into the FCC auctioning off our public airwaves to rich corporations without even the requirement of public access. CSPAN, as dry as it is, may soon see its day come and that will be a loss.

I'll bitch about something else soon.