gateway to the harder stuff

Dan is, of course, largely right in his realism but I'm far from being happy this is how things are. It's far too 'safe', leaves Smoothops sitting prettily and lazily on its perch and smacks of the lowest common denominator.

And if there's one BBC-speak expression I loathe more than 'follow through' in terms of music programming, it's 'gateway'. People, especially young ones (Yes, I can remember) know very well when they're being patronised. They prefer to discover music they like by themselves and if it's a bit obscure, that's all the better. They do not appreciate being led through a gate into a field with Ronan Keating in it, with or without Ms Rusby.