Morning Music not all its Co-oped up to Be

Just thought I’d vent a little here. As soon as 104.9 returned to the Bay Area as English-language alt-rock, I dropped Live 105.3 down to #2 on my car’s dial, mainly because the lack of DJs and the better music selection on the Sunnyvale-based 104.9 trumps the crappy emocore and neo-new wave Live 105 is possessed with, not to mention the freedom from the Woody Tony and Ravey morning show inanity.

But today, in the middle of commercials on 104.9, I flipped over to the former Morning Music Co-Op (as far as I can tell, the only part not done by the crew these days is that Capt. Jack surf and ski report, and that’s a sponsored bit).

I heard Woody and Greg mocking Bay Area residents for being opposed to trucks and SUVs, and they said something along the lines of “Why do you buy trucks? Go buy Priuses!” And Greg laughed his baritone laugh.

Then, not 10 seconds later, they read more traffic reports involving SUVs and Woody asked “What the hell is up with all the SUVs?”

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Now – and I’ve said this many times before – I have no problem with Greg G. being a Republican. He’s entitled to his opinions as I am entitled to mine. But I take issue when people are blindly or unintelligently commenting on something. If you’re going to rag on the anti-SUV crew, you should at least pause when you then read an article on how a lot of the accidents this morning dealt with them, rolling over, not stopping in time, etc.

What I don’t think Greg has noticed recently is that while – yes – the GOP and George W. do have many of the same ideologies, most of the major Republican politicians in the country, and intelligent Republican thinkers (John McCain for example) are not blind Bush supporters anymore.

Bush is not a bad Republican, or a good Republican. Bush is an overwhelmed, unintelligent man. He is not just anti-intellectual, he’s anti-intellect. He plays on emotions, he works on hunches and a false sense of justice. He is just simply not an intelligent man. If he were a Democrat, I’d dislike him just as much (and in fact, my hatred of Joseph Lieberman is a similar feeling) as I do currently.

So tying this back in to the lead paragraph.

I like Woody, I like Tony, and I like Ravey (I’ll forgive the Catholic thing). But what I can’t stand is this ongoing “That’s so not Bay Area,” thing.

As a person who believes that gays should be able to marry, and that war is not the answer, and that a trip to the supermarket on my bike is better than one in a car, I would fall into the category of “liberal.”

I think we should have socialized health care to take care of the people who can’t afford it. Sure, my benefits might suffer, and I might have to pay more, but honestly, I can afford to.

But do I think we should stand out all day with a sign and bash Bush?

No.

Do I think we should vilify soldiers?

No, unless of course they’re raping and killing women and children as has happened too many times in the past.

But should people not be held accountable for their actions?

Of course not.

Should people have to sack up once in awhile and break out of their comfort zones to do things they may be opposed to?

Abso-fucking-lutely.

I’m liberal, but not in the sense of “Do as every wants to do, encourage people to sue left and right.”

The morning show itself is – as they put it – “So Bay Area.”

They have a conservative guy sitting with a Catholic prude, a horny ex-frat boy and a moderate liberal/fiscal conservative serial monogamist who jokes around about “Got Wood,” and they sit around and talk about movies and music.

That’s the Bay Area for you guys.

Stop biting the hand of the people who go to your concerts. Stop slamming your listener base just for the sake of slamming your listener base. If you have such an issue with it that you need to vent about it constantly, do something about it. Get out and change things, or move, or accept it and move on.

And finally – and for the love of all that is holy – listen to 104.9 more, they play Spacehog.