I want the Current in my future.

More swords + cats.

At first my "I want the Current" was mere whining, but I realize that things like The Current play a role in the general Duluth quality of life.

Not that I want Duluth to become a mini-Minneapolis (I want to live in Duluth, after all), but I would like to not feel so out of touch with what is going on around me.

My friends post "going to so and so's concert" and "just got the new such and such album" and I realize that I've never heard of any of them! I feel like an old person who doesn't understand their kid's new-fangled music and get off my lawn, thank you very much.

I have plenty of swords and cats, and if you can't figure out how to stream the current ... well then I don't don't know what to say. I would like a chance at a lower-middle-class job, but I don't think Santa is coming.

OK, that probably wasn't what you were looking for.

Radio is a dying art, and there's definitely not quality in our quantity. I'm sick of car ads. I'm sick of lowest-common-denominator conservative AM talk and "rock" stations that don't rawk.

I want more radio that doesn't feature any of that. OK?

dbrewing, yes, I can figure out how to stream radio, thank you very much. However, I want to be able to listen to The Current without having to be chained within 20 feet of a computer with internet access (car, work, garden, etc.).
Also, do not assume that everyone has broadband at their fingertips - for many families, high-speed internet falls in the "would like" category of the budget, but is shoved aside by rent, bills, and food needs.

@ Bad Cat ... a pandora-styled player for smartphone, maybe?

@ cat ... word... I understand completely.

If it weren't for my company giving me the blackberry, I probably would still be on the low-tech cell phone.

I know about those shows guys. I was thinking about getting one of those on the Current so they can be beamed down to cities folk.

I am an avid supporter of "The Local" and Dizzo is my guy, I was just hoping to spread the awesomeness of the Duluth scene to the rest of the state. I think an affiliated station to the Current would give me the best of both worlds.

Thanks, I'll try. Just like I have been trying to get the PBR rep up here to sponsor some shows. I mean he is missing out on an opportunity here right?

Back on topic. I want more of a balanced view from "public" radio. We've spent enough taxpayer money supporting the liberal crazies agenda. Time for the funding to stop. Something a bit more fair, like Fox, would be much better for the public good. Either that, or get rid of it all together. They took a good first step in firing crazy woman Schiller. The rest should be broomed for their twisted support of the radical Muslims.   

I also want a law banning cyclists from public roadways. They're a plague when it's bad weather- putting both themselves at risk of injury, and drivers at risk of getting sued by some jerk who doesn't do anything but traipse around in spandex while slowing traffic. Maybe Jimmy can get that going in his spare time.

I want more dogs, less cats and more guns. Big guns. Guns that make lots of noise. Guns that make big holes.

Lastly, I'd hope for more mining opportunities in Northern Minnesota. More mines equal more jobs equal a better economy. If anything, loosen the regs a bit to stimulate some growth.

Dear MPR: Please do not listen to Jim - he is just a local troll and does not represent the views and opinions of most Duluthians. :)

Hey, Timk, if he moves to Wisconsin, whose political officials seem to match his philosophy, he doesn't have to worry about sulphide mining - there's a proposal there to end the mandatory disinfection of drinking water, so e. coli and cholera will take care of the problem.

I'm starting to like this Jim. He's so far over the top, it's funny in a loopy kind of way.  Sort of reminds me of Robert Duvall in The Apostle. Footloose and fancy free, laying bare the inner workings of a mind unhinged that we may all better understand and perhaps one day empathize.  Maybe he'll have his brain donated to science someday?  Ted Bundy was a Republican, too. I think most serial killers are, but I don't think many of them donate their brains. All this talk of guns and killing is making me horny.  I can't wait until the Right takes over and enslaves me in the underground mines with no collective bargaining rights.

Dear, MPR: Why are internets troll?