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KFOG's 10@10 / Re: 5 Mar 2013: it's... 1972!

« on: March 26, 2013, 10:34:51 PM »

How does Renee know what the Jersey Shore sound ca. '72 would sound like?

she got that directly from Looking Glass' wiki entry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Glass_(band)

I'd've never pegged them as part of that, but they're from New Brunswick, apparently.

Or as my Mom says, "the guys from Rutgers."

I've never been a Jersey shore resident, but I did live just a couple of
counties away.  (You probably saw the pictures after Hurricane Sandy of
the roller coaster that was swept into the ocean.  That's where my
parents took the family every summer.)  I've never heard of the so-called
"Jersey Shore sound."  A quick web search indicates to me the concept is
somewhat sketchy, perhaps little more than the invention of a wikipedia
contributor.  Although I'm not familiar with all of them, I don't see
much of a unifying sound among the bands listed as being examples of
this genre.  To me it's just another example that Renee is getting her
musicology lessons on the fly by looking things up on the Internet.  Sigh.

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Stream of Consciousness / Re: Welcome to the 10@10 club

« on: March 25, 2013, 11:09:45 PM »

The most interesting thing Dischead (he has a name, I'll let him share it) told me during my aggressive
interrogation, was that he claims he still uses a modem!

Oh no!  I've been outed!

I'm not a luddite, I just play one on the Internet...

Yes, it's true I'm still using an analog modem with a dial-up service.  I still use 3.5" floppy disks,
VHS video tapes, and my collection of 150+ 10@10 sets is on cassette.  I haven't completely
forgone the luxuries of modern technology -- I shave with a single-blade injection safety razor.

No, I do not belong to the Church of the Latest and the Greatest, Her Lady of the Shiny Bauble.
The funny thing is, I'm willing to wager that I used e-mail and the Internet ARPAnet before
before anyone else here did.  Eventually the leading edge becomes the trailing edge, but if it
still works for me, then I'll keep using it.

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KFOG's 10@10 / Re: 25 March 2013: it's... 1973!!

« on: March 25, 2013, 10:45:54 PM »

Tower Of Power "What Is Hip?"

Although a FF, a big BOS from me.  This is such a superlative effort that I never grow tired of it.

The Drew Carey Show used it for one of their dance numbers, and it makes a great video for
the song.  Like so much, the clip is on youtube.

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Stream of Consciousness / Re: Welcome to the 10@10 club

« on: March 25, 2013, 10:39:23 PM »

I assume the "disc" in your handle refers to the vinyl kind, but I have to tell you that your avatar is identical to the very first frisbee I ever owned (and still do, albeit in somewhat more battered condition).

Although I still have all my LPs, as well as my 45s, as my avatar reveals my nym is indeed a
reference to the plastic flatball.

It's not the best picture, but look carefully at both it and your own disc.  It's not a Wham-O disc,
but a "Mystery Y."  There aren't that many of them, so if you really have one, it's a rare item.
It predates the existence of the Wham-O Mfg. Corporation.  The "mystery" part is that no one
knows what company made them.  The "Y" comes from the shirt of the person on the right-hand
side of the disc.

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Stream of Consciousness / Re: The TV Thread: Networks, cable, shows on DVD.

« on: March 25, 2013, 10:24:18 PM »

That was me.  Thanks, I will look for it.

Happened to catch the promo spot tonight.  It's on Thursdays starting at 8pm.

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Stream of Consciousness / Re: KFOG, But Not 10@10

« on: March 23, 2013, 08:47:27 PM »

The promotional spots for the mystery vacation contest always remind me
of an old joke:

First prize:  one week vacation with Renee
Second prize:  two weeks!

(I'm sure Renee would be a lovely vacation companion -- just be sure you
get to chose the music!)

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Stream of Consciousness / Re: The TV Thread: Networks, cable, shows on DVD.

« on: March 23, 2013, 08:46:23 PM »

I have Comcast digital and it's on Ch. 186 in SF. It's owned by Comcast/NBC/Universal and it's their attempt at a Me-TV type thang. Some of the stuff they show is positively ancient, like "Tales of Wells Fargo" and "Sherlock Holmes", but there's also "Magnum", "The Bold Ones" and such.

And Lassie!

Other '70s stalwarts include The Bionic Bobbsey Twins (Steve & Jaime), Charlie's
Bimbos, and my personal fave, Banacek.  Also the occasional movie, like Legends
of the Fall and Out Of Africa, as well as some of the Hope and Crosby "Road" pictures.

There's another nostalgia channel,  Retro TV, which used to be at 38.5
and moved to 42.4, which I can't get.

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Stream of Consciousness / Re: Welcome to the 10@10 club

« on: March 23, 2013, 08:35:23 PM »

As the second newest member to this forum, welcome! 

Kudos and thanks to CapnJack for posting the results of the best of set
voting every day.  With the current minimalist approach of the RR era,
that information is no longer noted on the set lists on KFOG's web site.
It doesn't seem as significant as it once did, but it's still nice to
see what was most popular.

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Stream of Consciousness / Re: Welcome to the 10@10 club

« on: March 23, 2013, 08:32:16 PM »

Greetings.

I'm a new kid on the block here...

I'm also well into middle age and grew up listening to Dan Ingram and (as I entered teenhood) WNEW-FM (tho' I was more fond of the pre-playlist, free-form version of WPLJ)

Oh, we listened to WPLJ too.  If memory serves, they started the
tradition of playing Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" in its entirety
on Thanksgiving.  That seemed like a big deal back then.  I did do a bit
of dial-hopping, and listened to perhaps a half-dozen different
stations.  But as you know, this was well before digital pre-sets, and
as WPLJ and WNEW were essentially on opposite ends of the dial,
eventually I settled on the best one.

You might be interested in:

FM:  The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio, by Richard Neer

Although largely focused on WNEW, it also talks about other New York
radio stations (like WPLJ), and even other "free-form" stations around
the country.  How can you go wrong with a book that devotes an entire
chapter to Alison Steele?

Speaking of the Nightbird, a couple of years back I found a collection
of MP3s of various snippets of her patter; hearing them again really
took me back.  You might try searching for your favorite DJs -- it's
always amazing what one can find out on the Inter-tubes.

And then there's this web site:

www.nyradioarchive.com

News clippings, magazine articles, air checks, and even some lengthy
recordings of DJs' shows.  Warning:  do not go to this site if you are
busy!

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KFOG's 10@10 / Re: 22 March 2013: it's... 1987

« on: March 22, 2013, 10:42:51 PM »

have to bail, but LN4 "Hourglass". This could've easily been a Morey '87 set from 10 years ago. Only thing missing is Crowded House.

Yep, a quick look (grep is your friend) reveals it was played three or four times a year in the DM
era, and about once a year in the AL era.  Still, I've always liked the video because it has lots of
interesting trompe l'oeil effects and optical illusions.

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Stream of Consciousness / Re: The TV Thread: Networks, cable, shows on DVD.

« on: March 22, 2013, 10:27:27 PM »

Recently in another thread, someone wished for Magnum PI.  It's being
broadcast at some point during the week (I don't know the exact
schedule) on COZI-TV, another one of those "retro" channels.  Over the
air it's 11.2, a subchannel of KNTV.  Dunno if it's being carried by
the local cable monopolies.

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KFOG's 10@10 / Re: 11 March 2013: it's... 1977

« on: March 22, 2013, 10:25:09 PM »

Steely Dan "I Got The News"

Wowzie wow wow wow! This has got to be a first for 10at10 of any era.  BOSSSSSS!

Uh, no.  AL played "I Got the News" on 22-Jun-09 and again on 30-Sep-10.
The earlier appearance was her first "set o' mystery," less than a
month after her start as the time traveling hostess.  I mention this
because nearly six months into the RR era, and we have yet to have a
mystery set.  (Insert snarky comment here about RR and mystery.)

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Stream of Consciousness / Re: Welcome to the 10@10 club

« on: March 22, 2013, 07:40:58 PM »

Greetings.

I'm a new kid on the block here, so per request of the admin,
here's a bit of the relevant biography.

I am (mumble) years old, which places me firmly in middle age.
Funny, I don't feel that old.  (Well, sometimes my knees do.)

I guess I can credit my parents for my interest in music.  When I
was still in single digits, I was instructed in the care and use
of my father's "high fidelity" system.  In those days, a hi-fi had
one or more components that was built from a kit or scratch.  We
had both.  And tubes!  It took at least thirty seconds for the
amplifier to warm up.

Our collection of long-playing record albums was probably larger
than most, and included a diverse selection.  Broadway shows
(Oliver, Bye-bye Birdie), folk music (Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Peter
Paul & Mary), comedy (Alan Sherman, Lou Monte's Pepino the Italian
Mouse), jazz (Ramsey Louis Trio), classical music, spanish guitar,
and even some accordian records were just some of the highlights.
Stereo LPs were still a relatively new technology, and many album
jackets carried a prominent notice explaining that "this stereo LP
may safely be played on monoaural equipment" with no loss of
listening enjoyment.

I was born and raised in the Garden State, and my earliest radio
memories are of listening with a transistor radio to Dan Ingram
and Cousin Brucie on WABC.  In the late '60s my family purchased
some FM radios.  Soon we discovered what was the greatest radio
station of all time, bar none:  WNEW-FM, out of New York City.  I
will brook no argument on this point.  I grew up listening to the
likes of Scott Muni and the legendary Nightbird, Alison Steele.
Sadly, the radio-listening experience has largely been going
downhill for the past forty years since those heady times.

These days, outside of 10@10, I don't listen to the radio very
much.  And I haven't been paying a lot of attention to popular
music for the past twenty-five years or so.  The broad genre
encompassed by the term "rock" has gotten a little long in the
tooth, in my estimation, so rarely do I hear something that
strikes me as fresh and interesting.

I still enjoy a wide variety of music.  I guess there's only two
kinds of music I don't like -- country and western.  (Ha!  I make
joke.)  Actually, I'm not a fan of what passes for country these
days, which sounds to me simply like a particularly twangy version
of rock, as opposed to bluegrass, which I greatly enjoy.  And I
never could muster any appreciation for opera.  At the other end
of my musical spectrum, I am most interested in progressive rock
and jazz fusion.