The Move is another channel I wasn’t really looking forward to visiting. A channel which features something called “Thump Radio” is not aimed at me!

When I tuned in, I found the music more likeable and more interesting than I’d expected. It was definitely full of energy. And it did a fine job of masking the teleconference going on in the adjacent office.

But it wasn’t music that encouraged thinking while I listened — if anything, it drove thoughts out of my mind (hmmm…maybe that’s why they describe it as “trance” and “rave”), so I left soon after finishing my morning pass through my e-mail. I tuned in again during “Radio Chumbo”, and had the same reaction.

There are times when I have something going through my mind and I can’t get rid of it (when I work too late, for example) — The Move might be a great antidote at those times. But otherwise, I think I’ll do my listening elsewhere.

Bootcamp returned to the Urban neighborhood today — in fact, we visited The City, which promises “today’s hottest urban hits and a few of the big ones from yesterday.”

It wasn’t as bad as I’d feared, at least when I had the volume way down and the song of the moment wasn’t too bass-heavy. But when I had the volume up a little to help mask the conversations in the office next door, it was just like being next to one of “those” cars — you know, the ones with the thumping bass. The good news, such as it was, is that I didn’t notice any overtly profane lyrics.

There are cities I really enjoy visiting — this isn’t one of them.