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November 17, 2004
mick says: it's time for a rage renaissance
I am staring at my computer and all of a sudden instead I can see the Radiohead Karma Police music video playing on the screen. I realised that I was actually hallucinating, but all the same it made me remember a few years back, a little younger (still in college – before drinking crept into our lives) and the late nights/early mornings watching Rage film clips.
Remembering back even further into my childhood, I recall watching the early morning Rage instead of the cartoon crap that my sister enjoyed (as you do when you are 7). I clearly see myself being 10 and watching Madonna's Like a Prayer. Anyways, back to the present.
Today Rage still goes, and goes hard. It still provides the 'Top 50' on a Saturday morning and has Guest Programmers at night. This is to say that the formula has not changed much over the last years. I like Rage as it is simple. No talking heads/breasts/bad gelled haircuts giving opinions that are corporately biased, just music vids.
The Rage website is also a bit of a shrine. It houses all of the playlists since 1998 – which is cool, you can sign the guest book and stream some videos. Not much technically here that is to jump for joy about, although there is a section called 'How to get a video played on rage'. Now this to me is a great thing for Australian music. Get your song dubbed over your video and send it in on tape. Rage will copy the song to their files and then play it (if it meets a standard) in the future. They never guarantee if and when, but it is there for someone to select if they chose to do so.
I am going to stay up late on Saturday night with my girl and watch the Little Birdy's Guest Programmer space, make some pop-corn and refrain from booze to have a personal 'Teenage Rage Renaissance'. I think if you identify with this article, you should too!
Posted by funnelbc at November 17, 2004 12:57 PM
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