Receiving a phone book recently reminded me of the time KCOU staffer Mike reviewed the phone book as if it were an album. KCOU staffer Jeff then wrote a rebuttal to Mike's review.
Mike's review: "100,000+ cool local artists got together and put out this overwhelming compilation. The production is clean without being slick. Mostly raw, punchy offerings, though it drags in parts (Smith, Jones, etc.) Check out the cool liner notes. A true voice for an anonymous society." In the review sheet's comments section, Mike wrote, "Many of these artists have appeared on similar phone book compilations, but they've never been in finer form than they are here!!" In the best cuts section, Mike listed the names of several individuals and businesses as they appeared in the phone book.
Jeff's rebuttal: "No, this is not KCOU material. This merely shows the corporate brainwashing of our society. This whole collection is sponsored by some money-grubbing corporate conglomerate trying to take over society. Look at you, Mike, drooling over organization and orderliness. @#&* the alphabet. Long live randomness."
That's the kind of inspired creativity you only get at a noncommercial college radio station. When I've told people about what made KCOU so quirky and interesting, I've cited this example often.
