[npc] XM vs. Sirius: Endless Options Narrow to One - redux

["Dennis Moore" <clayboy56>]

(uhmm - I was contacted off-list about Sirius [no I'm not a
subscriber] and I found this draft unsent....)

Wonder what will happen with the merger?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/NewsSearch?sb=-1&st=xm%20sirius%20merger&;

> ROCK/POP
>
> XM vs. Sirius: Endless Options Narrow to One
> By Marc Fisher
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Sunday, August 13, 2006; Page N01

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/11/AR2006081100085.html?referrer=email

hmmm, I think i would have a hard time deciding. my intellectual
reflex would be sirius, but I for the most part I do hate yabbering
with my music, especially after I have decided it seems excessive to
me. (Like kexp radio is even too chatty.) I mostly listen to cable
when home.  (During the summer I especially appreciate the Sounds of
the Season "channel" on Music Choice: "...down and mid-tempo beats
highlighting many different styles of music. From trip-hop to ambient,
acid jazz to atmospheric, The Pulse sets the mood for any down-tempo
setting or mindset.) Otherwise, I usually plan to have my own (at
least as an option), but what a pain -  so I can imagine I would
really like at least one of these services, and be happy to pay the
fees provided the portable hardware was as/is ever as affordable as
other options. which would actually be for me a sort of leap-frog of
technology since I still have never had an mp3 player.

anyway it is still an interesting article and fairly in depth
comparison of the two satellite choices. I suppose with the prospects
of more shows from the Bowery (or such) if I was to go with one I
would get sirrius.....unless there are actual subscribers that can
provide any more information with regard to relavance to us freaks
(???)