JJ’s an Arbitron Household

That's right. I'm a statistic in the radio ratings game. Arbitron randomly selects people and I guess my name made the list. It's like the television Nielsen ratings for radio. They're going to send me two "books" which are like diaries. I mark down what I listen to on the radio every day for a week, then those numbers get added to the ratings.

I realize this doesn't sound very exciting, but I'm fucking psyched. I'm obsessed with radio. I've listened several hours a day for the last decade. It started in 1998 when I worked as a film processor for a professional photo studio in Orlando. I worked in a darkroom by myself 40 hours a week. The only thing that kept me sane was Real Radio 104.1.

Since then, I've been an addict. 98 Rock in Tampa, Y101 in Richmond, and now Free FM in Philly. There's something about radio that an iPod can't match. It's live. There are actual people talking into microphones. And now that satellite radio is getting huge, you can listen to uncensored adult conversations (like Opie and Anthony on XM).

So I'll be filling out my book next month. Keep an eye out as O&A get a tiny bump in Philly.

Unrelated side note: Don't forget to check out The Codes tonight in New York.