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Boston Radio at Boston Music Awards

I went in 2004 and 2005 and it was ok (of course for the free drinks at the before-party)...didn't go this year because there weren't any groups that I listen to, or were top40ish for that matter...when I went in the past, I didn't see many radio people there...it also seemed to me that half the people that won awards weren't even there to accept, so people get loud talking and networking and drinking that after awhile you can't hear what the heck is going on up on stage. If the seating was a bit more structured instead of having everyone stand for the most part, they'd be more focused.
 
There are always a fair amount of radio people there, especially since it is no longer a sponsored event by one particular radio group or station. Several personalities and others related to local stations have been presenters in recent years. The Avalon configuration is a relatively new one. It comes with new organizer Chip Rives and co. For several years, the awards were held at the Orpheum where the bulk of the crowd was found drinking and catching up in the lobby. The beer taps would run out by about 9:30. The organizers concluded that if people will drink and socialize, might as well have them all in the same room. There were several highlights this year including Gang Green, Bang Camaro, and Robby's trophy prank. He took the Snow Leopards' award. Good band, hope they managed to get the trophy back!
 
Emerson may have been represented. One of the reasons radio personalities could be avoiding the event is how they treated Oedipus this year. He was booed and humiliated. We are all flawed human beings, but Oedipus has done a lot for this community. If local on-air personalities are going to face that kind of venom they just aren't going to show up in the future.
 
The crowd booed Oedipus? I was in the room and don't recall hearing any booing when he stepped up. A terrible thing if it is so.
 
Harry Davis said:
Emerson may have been represented. One of the reasons radio personalities could be avoiding the event is how they treated Oedipus this year. He was booed and humiliated. We are all flawed human beings, but Oedipus has done a lot for this community. If local on-air personalities are going to face that kind of venom they just aren't going to show up in the future.
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Agree with how it's run or not (like anything, many have their own ideas how it should be done) it's meant to support the
Boston music community. Perhaps the biggest reason some "personalities" don't go is they're not interested. Too bad really. This city is brimming with excellent music.
 
TravisWMLN said:
thank god for robbie roadsteamer running off with the trophy...."it's all plastic"
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Personally, I don’t believe in competition the arts; it only leads to pandering to the lowest common denominator. That said, I hope someone from The Snow Leopards sticks a boot in ‘Robbie Roadsteamer’s’ butt. What a cheese-ass move. A very benign road to fame. Uninspired and cowardly.

Even the Soy Bomber had a point, other than a ‘look at me/my Daddy never loved me’ cry for help. Was Robbie protesting The Snow Leopards win? Was he protesting the awards in general? Was he just looking for attention because his mother plopped him in front of the TV when he was in his formative years, and Capt. Kangaroo dropped the ball raising him?

At least when a geek like Mark David Chapman tries to usurp fame from an artist, he has the power of his convictions and carves out his own fame with a shower of Teflon coated bullets. ‘Robbie Roadsteamer’ is the worst kind of playground sniper, attempting fame without any real risks and then slinking away like a drunken panty raider (circa 1950). Was he late for stuffing the phone booth full of freshman? Are there any phone booths left? If not, it will severely limit Robbie’s repertoire. Pity the poor goldfish. Robbie will have to double his consumption of Carassius auratus to keep his ’wacky & zany levels’ up.

Here’s an idea for Robbie (and he needs them): next year steal a page from the Rajputs, self-immolation. It is considered to be among the most powerful symbolic acts of sacrifice and guarantees they’ll talk about you for years to come.

‘Remember that time that guy Rickey Rottencrotch, or something, walked out on stage at the Music Awards and set himself on fire like a Sati at her husband’s funeral pyre?’

‘Yeah, that was cool.’

‘Yeah.’
 
Lucylu said:
TravisWMLN said:
thank god for robbie roadsteamer running off with the trophy...."it's all plastic"
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Personally, I don’t believe in competition the arts; it only leads to pandering to the lowest common denominator. That said, I hope someone from The Snow Leopards sticks a boot in ‘Robbie Roadsteamer’s’ butt. What a cheese-ass move. A very benign road to fame. Uninspired and cowardly.

Even the Soy Bomber had a point, other than a ‘look at me/my Daddy never loved me’ cry for help. Was Robbie protesting The Snow Leopards win? Was he protesting the awards in general? Was he just looking for attention because his mother plopped him in front of the TV when he was in his formative years, and Capt. Kangaroo dropped the ball raising him?

At least when a geek like Mark David Chapman tries to usurp fame from an artist, he has the power of his convictions and carves out his own fame with a shower of Teflon coated bullets. ‘Robbie Roadsteamer’ is the worst kind of playground sniper, attempting fame without any real risks and then slinking away like a drunken panty raider (circa 1950). Was he late for stuffing the phone booth full of freshman? Are there any phone booths left? If not, it will severely limit Robbie’s repertoire. Pity the poor goldfish. Robbie will have to double his consumption of Carassius auratus to keep his ’wacky & zany levels’ up.

Here’s an idea for Robbie (and he needs them): next year steal a page from the Rajputs, self-immolation. It is considered to be among the most powerful symbolic acts of sacrifice and guarantees they’ll talk about you for years to come.

‘Remember that time that guy Rickey Rottencrotch, or something, walked out on stage at the Music Awards and set himself on fire like a Sati at her husband’s funeral pyre?’

‘Yeah, that was cool.’

‘Yeah.’
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Were you at the awards show then? Robby's thing was merely a stab at comedy. Not something to get too upset about. It made for a new video link and a few hours of radio chatter the next day. He undoubtedly dropped by the night show on BCN the next night to talk all about it. Something he does a few times a week.
 
That's the problem, there is nothing 'mere' about comedy but pikers like Robbie keep at it. ::)
 
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