Comments on: F*** You, You Whining F***: 10/25/08 http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/f-you-you-whining-f-102508 The chief of the Inner Station Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:46:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: vince http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/f-you-you-whining-f-102508/comment-page-1#comment-60122 vince Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:31:32 +0000 http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/?p=2760#comment-60122 You are right, of course, Gil. The problem is as much with readers as with publishers. CBS canceled Jonathan Winter's show because, as an exec told Jon: "People don't want to think after 6 pm." That said, however, when I used to go regularly to the Rutherford library, I noticed they kept the bestseller list taped to a counter and put red stars next to the books the library had. the mentality was: make sure we have what everyone can find anywhere else. I thought this was exactly the opposite of a library should be doing. they should have had stars next to the names of good books in their collection people may have overlooked or might never have heard of. One of the librarians agreed with me. She didn't last long there. I think there are things that can be done--not by forcing people to read better books or literature, but by introducing them to better books. But everyone is chasing the same dollar so to speak (which is why New York radio is so crap); they are all relying on the same formula, all playing the safest bet. My two cents. You are right, of course, Gil. The problem is as much with readers as with publishers. CBS canceled Jonathan Winter’s show because, as an exec told Jon: “People don’t want to think after 6 pm.” That said, however, when I used to go regularly to the Rutherford library, I noticed they kept the bestseller list taped to a counter and put red stars next to the books the library had. the mentality was: make sure we have what everyone can find anywhere else. I thought this was exactly the opposite of a library should be doing. they should have had stars next to the names of good books in their collection people may have overlooked or might never have heard of. One of the librarians agreed with me. She didn’t last long there.

I think there are things that can be done–not by forcing people to read better books or literature, but by introducing them to better books. But everyone is chasing the same dollar so to speak (which is why New York radio is so crap); they are all relying on the same formula, all playing the safest bet.

My two cents.

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