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Sisters and Brothers
No, I don't like "Satellite Sisters." I think it is very non-NPR-ish. NPR has a generally soothing quality to it, which is why I find it easy to sleep to (I'm not saying that as an insult, but as a compliment). Come to think of it, I'm not sure if SS is an actual NPR show, or American Public Radio, or what, but it is some sort of publically supported/funded program that our AM dial version of Wisconsin Public Radio carries on Sunday morning at 7 o'clock. It's a dreadful thing to wake up to if you like a soothing wake up in the mornings. Imagine a slumber party with Oprah and Martha Stewart and a bunch of their crafty friends, all trying to say something at once, like a bad holiday family reunion with the women folk chattering in the kitchen. That's what it's like for me. Girl talk. Mindless chatter. Ick. I'd rather be one of the brain dead drunken men vedging in front of the boob tube watching football if I had to make a choice. I hope no one pledges during it.
Of course, Car Talk with Click and Clack isn't exactly soothing either, but they're damn funny. I guess Satellite Sisters grabs my groin in the way certain new car snobs and NPR purists hate the Magliozzi Brothers. I'd love to see a parody NPR fighting match-up between the Magliozzi Bros. and the Dolan Sisters. But the question is...considering the topic is public radio broadcasting, would that be lowbrow or highbrow humour?