Fist off… David Eleanor checked the Soundscan to see what Victorian’s are buying.
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82 copies of “Tonight: Franz Ferdinand” sold in Victoria in it’s first week.
A distant second to Bruce Springsteen, who sold 238 of “Working On A Dream”
Other Modern Rockers in the top 10:
4. Kings of Leon – Only By The Night…60 copies. (up 50 from last week?
not too sure why)
8. Killers – Day and Age…38 copies. (up 18 from last week)
On Note:
Despite national and international praise, Nickelbacks “Dark Horse” was OUT
SOLD by Franz Ferdinand this week! 82-67.
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Now, in Nickelback’s defense (not that they need my help), Nickelback’s Dark Horse has been put since November, the fact that is still sold 67 copies last week goes to show… there are a couple Nickelback fans out there.
But overall, not a bad list. The Boss at the top (where he deserves to be), Franz, Kings of Leon and Killers all big sellers in the Capital.
This next email is maybe a “do better next time email?” I dunno…
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From: Shawn *** [mailto:shawn@***]
Sent: February-09-09 7:01 PM
To: ‘sarap@TheZone.fm’
Cc: ‘jeremy@zone.fm’
Subject: Programming question via TheZone.fm
Hey Sara/Jeremy,
My son tried calling to ask you a question during the picks at 6 tonight and obviously got the answer he didn’t want. “Go ask your dad”… J
His question was “Why is there a right angle triangle but not a left angle?”
My son’s name is D. (he’s eight ) and was pretty disappointed with Jeremy’s response, so I’m hoping you could help him out.
I said maybe he could get a song (Jambi of all songs) on instead, but we weren’t able to get through after that. This wasn’t surprising.
We moved to Vancouver in June, and he has developed quite a relationship with your station. We listen everyday in the car.
Keep up the good work guys, I don’t miss the Fox at all.
Cheers,
Shawn
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hmmm, I wish I had kept the audio for this call, I’d play it for you. It wasn’t a:
“grrr stupid kid go ask your dad.”
It was more a:
“ahahaha, good question, I wish I knew the answer. I failed math. Maybe that is a question to ask your Dad. Keep on rocking little Zoner.”
and I hung up. The kid never made a request. So I don’t know… why is there no left angle? Maybe Sara P will tackle it during Ask Sara P?
The Morning After 
dad is just upset with you because he doesn’t know the answer either
😛
and really… why would you send your kid to ask a rock radio announcer a math question and expect an answer? i mean… would you ask a math teacher to play you a song on the radio?
wtf? it’s not their job.
oh also, i love that franz album.
it’s bringing back my love of the franz’s. i still get a warm fuzzy feeling thinking about how rad their show at richards on richards was… back before they were crazy famous.
yeah, I didn’t think too much about it till I got the email today. I feel bad that the kid expected something from me that I didn’t deliver. But is upsetting because I really do go out of my to take time with the kids… so I am not sure what I could have done differently. I was trying to make the kid’s dad sound cool.
New Franz = good.
Who said there’s no left triangles? http://bullshikipedia.com/index.php?title=Left_Triangles 😛
Really, I’d wage that it goes back to the fact that left, aka sinister, was like, EVIL in olden days, when triangles ‘were invented.’
knowledge is power!