However, as a medium I believe radio can influence a greater amount of casual listeners than a web based radio program mostly because people spend a greater deal of time in places they’d use a radio eg in traffic and as such brands can be assured their dynamite is still somewhat effective.

On the other hand, web based radio and satellite can influence people to take an active part in music, i.e. purchasing records, going to shows, being part of a music community and so forth. Being in the industry and having your experience I’m sure you know the power of those local music radio formats like Indie 101, Tim Pyles, KCRW and John Peel (RIP). The power those jocks have is in their ability to filter out the shit and provide the public with quality music, not just some new band that is supposed to move units or are attached to a brand.

I’d like to address something else. Looking back at this post, which has since turned into an essay over the period of 3 months, I’ve come to realize that sometimes shooting from the hip, like bloggers are known to do isn’t always in the interest of accuracy—and it should be. As a journalist I should know better. Knee jerk opinions are counterproductive to fully formed arguments. That’s why Drudge and Perez can make a living out of this and millions of other armchair pundits like me can’t. Tom was petulant from the stage and a prick in the interview but his band still got paid and to continue a façade that Against Me! has some sort of Fugazi-like ethics and doesn’t like the industry is futile and insults his former fanbase and his potential fanbase.

So now that you’ve had some time away from radio, what is next for you and your colleagues who have been so unceremoniously canned from San Diego’s “Cutting Edge of Rock?”

Tom was a remarkably articulate and intelligent interview when I dealt with him the year previous. This time however, we met with them 15 minutes after they found out the Marines were involved in the toy drive. Needless to say, they had no interest in playing nice which is their choice as musicians.

You may have seen the bands actions as appropriate. It sounded horrible, which is why I enjoyed it so much. It was real, it was completely jarring (you know, the types of things on radio that don’t happen) And where you saw Tom Gabel making us look foolish, the majority of the listeners heard an arrogant and combative interviewee who sounded like he could care less about playing. To their customers. And yes, I said customers.

Was it insulting to Against Me! to ask softball questions regarding Butch Vig? Sure. But the fact remained that only a small percentage of 91x listeners knew much about against me! Save for thrash unreal. So yes, while boring as shit to the band to hear it for the seven millionth time…this is the first time someone who has never been to your website has. So if you’re not about gathering new supporters, don’t agree to do radio shows.

If there weren’t fans standing in front of the band I would have cut the interview two minutes in. It was obvious they didn’t want to be there.

I think your insight regarding radio is spot on however. I will ask one question? Where do you stand? Towards the beginning of the article you seemed in favor of the outright condemnation of it (citing it’s increasing irrelevance), but by the end you tell us “we can control the medium.”

Which is it? I tend to think it’s the former. Radio is finished.

Keep in mind management Doesn’t like free speech and most bands aren’t worth the image printed on them .