18 Oct 2010: it's.... 1972

[Big Fingers McGee]

huzzah for some FOG PROG


Roundabout! With bike lanes! Yes!

(it's Dutch, but they're pretty progressive...)

So, where are the big roundabouts in the Bay Area? My favorite is at the top of Taraval.

[Davefish]

Another BOS for Carole King deep cut.  Not sure I've even heard this before.

[Tinka Cat]

BOS to Carole King Sweet Seasons

... and a HM to Johnny Nash I Can See Clearly Now.  Love this one, esp the bridge.

[RGMike]

BOS to Carole King Sweet Seasons

indeed, one I was astounded that Dave never played. It'd be my BOS if the stream were working for me.

[Davefish]

Thanks to Tower of Power for telling me I'm still a young man.  Thanks, guys!

[Tinka Cat]

huzzah for some FOG PROG


Roundabout! With bike lanes! Yes!

(it's Dutch, but they're pretty progressive...)

So, where are the big roundabouts in the Bay Area? My favorite is at the top of Taraval.

Not sure I know that one... There's a good (?) one where 8th street, Townsend, and Division all come together.  I bike that one frequently.

A few years back, the City installed some traffic circles along Page Street in the Haight (which is a bike route).  But they seemed to appear without much warning, and predictably no one liked them.  People don't like traffic engineering changes much -- or change in general -- but drivers in this country especially don't know how to handle traffic circles or roundabouts. (see: that scene in National Lampoon's European Vacation where Clark Griswold spends hours trying to cut across traffic to exit the roundabout.)

another BOS to Jim Croce's Operator

Tower Of Power keeps singing You're Still A Young Man, mainly b/c their buddy Vince Conte hooked them up with some clear and cream.

[RGMike]

Tower Of Power keeps singing You're Still A Young Man, mainly b/c their buddy Vince Conte hooked them up with some clear and cream.

that's Victor Conte.

[RGMike]

and now that the set's over... the stream's working again. ARRRRGH!

[Tinka Cat]

Tower Of Power keeps singing You're Still A Young Man, mainly b/c their buddy Vince Conte hooked them up with some clear and cream.

that's Victor Conte.

 ah, thanks.  both names have the same root, so ... uh ... maybe that's why I got cornfuzzled?  because, you know, I speak Latin in my spare time.   

victor
    mid-14c., from L. victorem (nom. victor) "a conqueror," agent noun from pp. stem of vincere "to conquer,"
Vincent
    masc. proper name, from Fr., shortened from L. Vincentius, from vincens "conquering," from vincere "to overcome" (see victor).

[RGMike]

Y'know, I thought this set seemed familiar...

Per AL on FB:

"I'm actually out today, so I dug and dug for a replay i thought would sound good. This was originally aired last March and Jim Croce won best-o-set then."

10/18/10 Monday  ...an encore 10@10, with the sweet sounds of '72!!     

1)  Grand Funk Railroad  -  Footstompin' Music
2)  Billy Preston  -  Outa Space
(Movie: Pink Flamingos)
3)  Ringo Starr  -  Back Off Boogaloo
4)  Pink Floyd  -  Free Four   
(News: Munich)
5)  Yes  - Roundabout
(Movie: Godfather)
6)  America  - A Horse With No Name
7) Carole King  -  Sweet Seasons
(Ad: Sugar Pops)
8 )  Johnny Nash  - I Can See Clearly Now
9) Jim Croce  -  Operator  (That's Not The Way It Feels) (B.O.S!!)
(TV: The Paul Lynde Show)
10) Tower Of Power  -  You're Still A Young Man


Apparently Scott Fisher thought GFR was J Geils. 

And AL's out tomorrow too...

[ggould]

Giant BOS for Floyd's "Free Four".  I've heard this on RadioParadise a number of times, but nowhere else.  Big time kudos to AL for pulling it out.

Back in the day here, it was an FM staple; I guess KSAN at the time.

[urth]

huzzah for some FOG PROG


Roundabout! With bike lanes! Yes!

(it's Dutch, but they're pretty progressive...)

So, where are the big roundabouts in the Bay Area? My favorite is at the top of Taraval.

Not sure I know that one... There's a good (?) one where 8th street, Townsend, and Division all come together.  I bike that one frequently.

I know the one Swell is talking about. It's just above West Portal, and connects Taraval, Clarendon, and a couple of other lesser streets that all converge there. I used to pass through it frequently when going from my former Inner Sunset manse to West Portal, the Parkside, or Stonestown.

I think there's a third one in the city that I remember having noticed once upon a time, but damned if I can recall where it is now.

Portland is big on roundabouts. I know of several in various parts of the city.

[ggould]

So, where are the big roundabouts in the Bay Area? My favorite is at the top of Taraval.

I often cut through St Francis Woods on the way downtown, and they have a small roundabout with a fountain in the middle of the circle.

[Big Fingers McGee]

Curiously, the hills above Hayward have a series of seemingly-unnecessary roundabouts.

Petaluma has a fairly significant one on Ely Blvd.

And I know of at least two busy ones in Berkeley.

But the one that caught me by surprise was actually on Highway 1 in Long Beach - who'd a-thunk it?

[urth]

TANC: Spent the weekend in Bend, doing a tasting at a natural foods market that's crazy about our cheese. And it turns out that Bend is just LOUSY with roundabouts. They must have had a city planner that thought they were the best thing ever for slowing down traffic, because they are all over town. Literally must have driven thru a dozen different ones, and we were only there for just over 36 hours, and did not see half the city. Had to share that. 

Interesting town though. Reminded me of So. Shore Tahoe, without the casinos or the lake.