‘Great news, pop-music snobs!’

Bons mots from my esteemed colleague M. Weisblott’s Eye Weekly cover story on Radio 2:

• “[B]ased on the first week of Radio 2 Morning... the mix is one even more likely to discourage teenagers from loitering in a subway station”
• “Much like the way Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony remained part of his œuvre even after someone turned it into a tacky disco song, Radio 2’s programming philosophy involves playing plenty of favourites as bait to help listeners learn about something new”
• “[I]s it sheer narcissism that motivates people to feel that the power of the radio medium automatically improves whenever it’s playing their song?”