Admitting you listen to the Buzz will get you flamed

Lawrence blogger and journalist Joel Mathis was lit up today for admitting that he listened to The Buzz.

Sadly, the guy didn't even get a bit of hipster cred given that popular, lefty DJ Lazlo is back on the air.

The subject was brought to my attention by one of my favorte bloggers J.D. over at Evolution, who gives Joel a good chiding without as much of the vitriol usually reserved for the annony Internet trolls.

And while Mathis originally contended it was the user generated content that made him tune in, his hipster cred was seriously called into question as it was rightfully pointed out:

The radio station KRBZ-FM, broadcasting at 96.5MHz out of Mission and known as "The Buzz", sucks. There's nothing like tuning in to a radio station to hear "new music" I heard three months ago on my Sirius satellite radio. Their DJs have the same faux-hipster affectation that those at nearly all radio stations that claim membership in this hipster club.

KRBZ is owned by Entercom Communications Corp. of Pennsylvania, which also owns radio stations in 26 American cities including Overland Park. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The station is at Shawnee Mission Parkway and Metcalf in Mission — in a strip mall. The only thing that would be better is if Lazlo's mom gave him a ride to the strip mall in her minivan (after, of course, commuting in from my apartment).

Yeah, it's pretty easy to have your hipster cred dispelled by the mere fact you have a blog and this small Kansas dust up is yet another example of why I neither brag nor lament the fact that I only listen to cRap music made before '95 or the smooth sounds of the 70's. Rock on, stay smooooooth.