record scratch

Nathan,
Your website is inspired. I'm so glad I found it. It was
mentiioned in an article in the Salt Lake Tribune. Very entertaining.
The things that irritate you also irritate me.

Not having "tuned in" before, I don't know if the production
technique featuring a "record scratch" has been mentioned as an
irritation. As an indication of Whoa! Back Up! Hold On Here! the
sound effect of a record getting the hell scratched out of it is a
regular feature in numerous commercials. What are they thinking? Viewers
under the age of 35 or so most likely have never heard a record
scratch in any context other than Rap "music". A lot of kids have
never seen a vinyl LP, thinking music always came on CDs. It is a
complete anachronism making very little sense and to those of us
still possessing a cherished LP collection it makes us want to run
out screaming in the night. It would make as much sense and be no
more irritating to use the old tried and true fingernails-on-a-blackboard.

Regards,
Randy Kimball