The River Goes Nutty

WRSI ("The River," 93.9) has gone all wacky. I have previously noted their seeming inability to play anything involving distorted guitars. Well, now their playlist includes a very odd mixture of new adds. Sonic Youth, Clash, Pixies, Violent Femmes: Good. Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, and the Stones: Good, but not on your station. There is an absence of the former bands on area radio; I've seen no shortage of the latter.

But why not some, um, new music along the lines of the former? You do a nice job on the alt-country and AAA-type newish stuff, but if you're playing London Calling and Blister in the Sun, you could quite comfortably put in I Am Kloot, Mates of State, Mike Doughty, Arcade Fire, etc.

So: Hooray for trying to mix it up, but please resist the temptation to be a classic rock station. Push the limits on the new stuff, not by digging so far into the past...