I called my congressman and asked them to please CO-sponsor H.R. 2060, the Internet Radio Equality Act. It wasn't that hard. I thought it would be hard. But it wasn't that hard. I decided to do this after following a myspace bulletin (which I reposted) about how much trouble Internet Radio is in. The Man wants to shut it down. Not the Man that we burn. The Man that burns us. The Man who wants more money off Internet Radio. He complains that he loses money because of it. But he doesn't think about all the little companies and organizations comprised of DJs, musicians and tech geeks that want to work everyday so we can listen to music from the Internet for as little a fee as possible. I think he has secret plans to start an Internet Radio site of his own. But it probably won't be free. Lots of great sites right now are free. Sites like Groove Salad, Live365, or Seattle's OseaO.com. Some offer a subscription as well. I subscribe to Live365. Even though I can listen to most of my favorite stations there for free, I chose to get a VIP membership. Its only $5 a month. I do so because I want to support all those DJ's, musicians and tech geeks that work everyday so we can listen to music from the Internet for as little a fee as possible. I listen all day long. I listen to Downtempo mostly. Cafe Cody, Chillout 2 NY, Loungmaster London, the.zzzone :: ambient, onomatopoeia. I listen to House stations, too. Most of my Electro Dance Punk comes from DirrtyHouse Radio. Bet you didn't know that. That station is hot. I like to subscribe to Internet Radio, even if I don't have to. It makes me feel happy. I would hate it if got shut down.
That's why I called my congressman. It was really easy. I followed the link from the Myspace bulletin and went to http://www.savenetradio.org/. I clicked on 'Call Your Representative' and it sent me to this handy page where I could find out who my Rep was. My Rep is Jim McDermott, a Democrat. His office number came up on the web site, too. How handy. So I called it. There's wasn't an 800 number. But I called it anyway. One of his office people answered the phone. I said (like it told me to on the web site) 'I'd like to ask Jim McD to CO-Sponsor the Internet Radio Equality Act.' She said he already was. She wasn't very nice. That didn't make me feel very good. That made me not want to call again. But I brushed it off. I will call again. Cuz it was way easier than I thought. And even if they aren't nice, having my internet radio all day sure is.
