An Ode To Worldspace

I haven't written a word for close to two months.

I don't want to blame it on the padai or the office. I just haven't had anything to say. Though two months is a really long time to not have anything to say.

And this post is not just because I have to write something. Its just that now, I finally have something to write about.

So coming to what this post is all about,

Two Saturdays back, after I came back home from class,

Guess What??

Huh??

They're shutting down Worldspace!

WHAT???!!!! HOW??!!! WHY??!!!

I saw it in the paper in the morning

But..what are we going to do!!!!!!!

We can't do anything

Our life is over!


And that single conversation almost brought me to tears. We've had the Worldspace Radio for more than three years. I've studied to it, eaten dinner with it and read my favourite books with it in the background. My Dad would tell all and sundry how we had to be the most loyal customers. It was kept on the entire day, even when Ma and I took our afternoon naps.

But most importantly, Worldspace helped me discover my type of music. I was one of those who'd listen to just about everything and before I got Worldspace the only musician I really followed was Norah Jones.

And then I found Channel No. 197 Up Country. So totally my kind of music. I love country music and most of what I know and hear of it was because of Worldspace.

So the news of Worldspace was more than just disastrous. It was the end to endless hours of Up Country. I can't go back to normal radio. Too many ads and irrigating RJs and never/hardly any country music.

The last couple of days before it shut down, I heard a little bit of every channel. Mumma says dinner time doesn't seem the same anymore. We're trying to find a replacement in the millions of CDs we own. But I've gone over most of them already and our options are sort of running out.

So here's to Worldspace and the wonderful years we had with it.

You are missed :)

Sorely.