Concerns from a 2+ year subscriber...

6  2018-02-14 by _the_common_cold

It goes without saying that this is just my opinion I hate to be negative but what the hell is going on at Compound media?

We lose Gavin's show last year and as much as I don't mind Schultz's personality as a guest -- he is way too loud and annoyingly bubbly a personality. But whatever, god bless him, hope he's getting views.

Still watch for Anthony, Pat Dixon, Brennan and Taleeb's stuff with Malice coming on with his show. So, so far, all right.

Artie gets brought on... At each new appearance he derails the show more and more. Forever talking about the same story or feeling like we're looking back at other shows and references and less and less new idea's jokes or content.Hackneyed anecdotes which are rarely interesting, nothing like Brennan's anecdotes which are funny and illuminating. Many jokes repeated so much that the joke is no longer funny and I'm just waiting for the proverbial punchline (rhymes with wigger) to pass so we can get onto something else, since it lost it's edge the 50th time the joke was made. Other guests seem to be afraid of offending him or putting him in line so, as an audience member, we just have to wait for Artie to finish waffling. Ant seems to be an enabler at the best of time too.

Artie starts not showing up so now the episodes get derailed because there's no cohost and it takes a while for them to get momentum again after discussing the no-artie situation.

Compound's flagship show, AA, seems adrift and always looking at the past events, situations, jokes -- heck, often telling the same joke/story. Watching AA less and less often -- not much seeming to change. Except when they had replacement cohosts on for artie -- holy shit that was a breath of fresh air.

Now Brennan has left the network we're just left with Dixon, Malice and Starks once a week.

It sucks that things are nosediving but I've got a cancellation automated for the day before my 6-month renewal comes up. I hope the network is salvageable before then but it is a depressing state of affairs.

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Artie has definitely been a bad addition to the network. I was super excited when they announced it, but you're right...he just repeats the same fucking stories over and over. He also constantly talks over Anthony and derails whatever the hell they're doing.

I still love being a subscriber. East Side Dave, "YOUR WELCOME" and In Hot Water are all hilarious. Now it's just a waiting game to see when Artie will finally overdose and give control back to Ant. I wish Anthony would just fire Artie before it comes to that.

Come on, Ant. I know you don't like confrontation, but have Keith give the boot to Artie.

Yeah but did you ever hear about what his uncle called Buffy the vampire slayer?

She is a Jew broad who fights Draculas. Haha. Gets me every time.

HAHAHAHA HOLEEE SHIT!

While I never missed an episode of TACS, I stopped watching AA. It's just awful. I'm staying subbed because KTC says two new shows are lined up and I'm hoping they are worth the wait. I still watch In Hot Water, and sometimes Mornin'. Occasionally I watch East Side Dave, but I have to ff thru the awful singing. NEW SHOWS KEITH! NEW SHOWS!

Same here. Never missed an episode of TACS...was initially excited for AA...now rarely bother for all the same reasons already mentioned.

Last week my 6 month renewal came up and I reeeeally had to think about whether or not I wanted to renew. Ultimately I ended up renewing, but I also put a reminder in my calendar for August to cancel if things haven’t improved.

It sucks to say that, because I’ve been a subscriber since day 1 and a huge fan of Ant since 1995 when O&A were on WAAF.

Yea, the addition of Artie was a terrible idea. I don't hate the guy, he's actually kinda likeable but yea, he tells the same fucking stories and jokes over again. I won't even go into the fact that he often doesn't show up and when he does he's sometimes 1hr and 30mins late into a show that's 2 fucking hours. And I'm not as nice as u are as i fucking hate all the other shows on the network except burning bridges because Kevin is the most real mother fucker out there. And now that he's leaving I'm canceling early next month before my sub renews. I might be in the minority here but I never minded Ant's solo shows. They should have made Gavin Ant's cohost and given Kevin the 4 day a week morning slot. Kevin has every right to be mad and Jim & Sam need to go suck a dick. They kept throwing jabs at Kevin for leaving compound media. Saying stuff like "u an be a bit much at times Kevin". Oh really? Is he? Should he be a wishy-washy faggot like u 2?! At least Kevin is truthful and funny all while doing it. Jesus tap dancing Christ it's like Keith did everything in his power to fuck over this network.....imho

I enjoyed Ant's solo shows a lot. I actually don't know much about Artie so I didn't think much about it when they brought him on. He pretty much ruined the show for me. I always wondered how I'd feel if I were a big Artie fan and subscribed just for him only to see that he's not even there half the time.

Yea Artie has only been funny 2x imo. Once when he was giving Chris Hansen a hard time and again when they were shitting on John. Other than that, he's a story repeating fool. Nice dude I'm sure but his time is just over.

Goto be honest though, Today's episode, AA 090, was fucking hilarious -- probably because it didn't have any of the usual issues. If it keeps up like this, i'll stay and see what else they've got up their sleeve

Here is my take, as somebody who has been pretty much a day 1 sub. One of the first blows was the loss of LOS. I still remember big jay throwing up red wine into a bucket and thinking "this is some of the funniest shit i've seen". Gavin's show was amazing pre proud boys and slowly started turning, which is why I think he left. Steam was being lost and he needed to rebrand. With him leaving, the network took an even more drastic step by adding artie which truthfully just sucks. The dude could be funny, but he is a total asshole who can't let anybody talk and has no idea how much shit eh repeats.

IMO I might unsub but would consider staying if they gave pat WAY more air time. He should easily have a 4 day show. the dude is easy to listen to.

I also agree with poop ship that ESDS is great as well. But pat dixon is really the shit.

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You fucking rat mudafucka you

I don’t understand why you are all subscribing. Here’s how much Ant cares for his fan base... 1) He does ZERO show prep. His stories are either about black crime or political, he always stays in his comfort zone. 2) He advertises that shitty website DeepDiscount (proven scam) to his viewers. 3) He raises the sub rate to the same amount Netflix charges per month while simultaneously letting a former NYPD weirdo run the tech side of the business. 4) He hasn’t had a new impression since his Jesse Ventura.

I wish NYCrimeReport was twice a week on compound. Pat Dixon is hilarious!

He needs to get Ron and Fez back together and give them the morning slot. I would subscribe for an entire year on the spot.

Yeah, I tapped out recently after subbing from day one.

I cannot justify the price for getting the odd good show. Also I'm not a big fan of Dave Landau. Nothing personal but I just find him unfunny. And tired of the repetition of old stories on Ant's show.

Gonna miss the Morning show and NYCR also.

So tough to justify those $7.

Geez you whiny fux. Compound Media is still easily the best entertainment value I’m aware of.