The fact that she has the 10-2 slot on WXRT here in Chicago, and that she’s constantly referring to her massive collection of Beatles (and individual efforts, and covers of Beatles, and people vaguely related to Beatles, etc.) bootlegs.
She’s a pretty solid DJ (XRT lets them control the programming for he most part, I believe), and I happen to love the Beatles, so I end up streaming her show some days from work.
You’d think you DJ types (I think you’re a DJ, no?) woudl have some super-secret network of bootlegs!
Some of ya’ll are gonna hate me for this one, but I’m a snob about writing, too. Whenever someone says they’re “working on a book,” or “plan to write a book,” but they’ve only written fifty pages in the last few years, I pretty much dismiss them from my mind as “true” writers. It’s stupid, I know; if you want to call yourself a writer then you’re a writer, and no less of one than I am. But fifty pages is about a week’s worth of writing for me, and the number of books I’ve written can no longer be counted on one hand. So I tend to look at people who only write casually as “not for real.”
I try not to be a snob about people’s ignorance of the publishing industry. We all have to start somewhere, but sometimes it’s hard when you hear, “How much do you pay an agent?” or “How much does it cost to get published?” for the millionth time.
I also share my husband’s snobbery about power tools and coffee. It’s worth the extra money to buy quality power tools. And if I drank coffee, my time around him would convince me it’s worth only drinking good coffee.
I wish that were the case! The six years I’ve spent in the American broadcasting industry have shown me that it’s like any other field - you may very likely never meet anybody else in the same business in another city. Or even your own! I’ve never met another radio guy at any of the stations here. BTW, I’m not a DJ anymore. I’m the staff announcer on an NPR station, and I produce and engineer programs. Thousands of people hear me, and work I’ve done, every day, but I remain totally anonymous. I kinda like it.
