Doesn't he ever shut up about the radio thing?

[cyrano]

There's something about this new venture--I've been forced to tell people that I think I'm doing something cool, people who might not think it's cool. I've had to repeat myself, saying it again. I've done so in different places, on the web and in the world. This is definitely outside of my comfort zone, as I'm more of a 'do something and figure that people who care will eventually notice' kind of guy. This stretching is good for me, and I can tell because it frightens me. I'm afraid people will, as I alluded to in the title, tire of hearing me talk about it. That people will listen and say "Wow your taste sucks". That I will make the effort, that I will reach out, and people still won't listen.

And if that's the worst thing that happens to me this month, I should consider myself lucky.

PS: Hey! You! Do you like Jonathan Coulton? The Beatles? I *know* you like the Beat. And that doesn't even count Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. And when you hear Obadiah Parker do his stripped down melodic cover of a dance hall classic, you're gonna plotz. Tune in to http://www.live365.com/stations/member_10218275325 and blow your own mind.

Comments

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

I think that that sense of "it's okay if for some reason people don't want to listen to my station" actually ties in more closely than you might think with the "believing what you are doing is awesome" than you might think. When I was a kid/teen I was constantly telling people about my latest greatest thing, because I wanted that sense of outside validation - but then when people told me they weren't interested, it was totally crushing.

I'm glad I'm not causing too much cognitive dissonance for you. :)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

You're causing just the right amount. (: