Sounds of the recession

Driving to work and listening to the radio used to be a pleasure.
Not now.
Now it's depressing and drab and grey and depressing. The news on the Today programme should come with a health warning; this morning we got:

Obama's "response to worst economic crisis in decades".
The war in Iraq.
Japan's export trade is in meltdown.
Usual bad stuff about banks.
Gordon Brown's "response to the recession".
Train companies don't want to reduce fares (bastards).
Iran is probably making a really big bomb.
Half of Zimbabwe is dying.
Child neglect.
Jack Straw is the latest victim of Nigerian internet hackers (actually that one cheered me up).
The weather today will be cloudy.

Ofcom should make the bbc broadcast Ricky Gervais' podcasts. Permanently. As far as I'm concerned these are vitamins for your ears. If we were all listening to Ricky, Stephen and Karl on the way to work, we'd all cheer up and be looking at each others smiley faces on tubes, trains and in cars.

Until Ofcom sees sense, here's some novel recession sounds to listen to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=DE&hl=de&v=2-BZfFakpzc