“Rite of Spring” Break?
I’ve made a pleasant recent discovery — one of those “I can’t believe I never knew about this” sort of things. It’s called the Classic Arts Showcase, and it runs commercial-free on Comcast public-service channel 9. (According the website it’s also available for Dish).
It’s sort of like a classical or high-art version of MTV. Apparently they produce 8 hours of new content each week, which they broadcast 24hrs a day, shuffling the material by 1 hour blocks. How this gets reproduced by Comcast is hard to say, they could be airing the whole feed constantly or they might be just filling certain times, I’m not sure. It has been on every time I’ve flipped to it.
Of course these are free clips provided by the labels, and a lot of the material is very dated (70’s & 80s) in terms of both recording technology and visual style, but this actually seems to give it a certain charm that kinda grows on you as you watch it.
Well, anyway, I think it’s cool, definately a nice alternative to put on every now and then, especially when I just want something on in the background. And oh how pleasant and relaxing compared to the overcompressed noise and screaming product pitches found on most other channels.
