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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Lux Interior's Dead (And Sirius XM Isn't Feeling Very Well, Either.)

by Altrok Radio

Too damn soon at 60. Cramps co-founder and lead singer Lux Interior had a heart problem, and it caught up with him. What he left us is incredible. He'll be missed - but if it hasn't happened already, it'll be a hell of a wake.

Meanwhile, if Sirius XM doesn't figure out how to pay its bills in a few days, it'll file Chapter 11. I've been watching the cackling on the radio boards, but it really sounds a lot more like whistling past the graveyard. Sirius XM runs on a business plan that absolutely depends on there being disposable cash floating around, and that's not what's happening in 2009. That said, there's a bunch of satellites in the sky devoted to this service, and they're not going to evaporate - my bet is that there'll be something for your satellite radio to pull in regardless of whether Sirius XM goes out of business ... though you may not be willing to pay for it.

Altrok's Daily Retro is coming up today at 11:30 on Altrok Radio - meanwhile, Altrok's G-Aid plods along with fairly unspectacular listener numbers. It's almost like Press Broadcasting made the right decision when they pulled the plug on G-Rock Radio. But you don't have to pay for any of it, so we've got that going for us (though you could click on one of the ads at the bottom of this page every once in a while, y'know...)

posted 2/11/2009 09:16:00 AM

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