Comments | anahata56: The Radio Star is Still Alive

anahata56

The Radio Star is Still Alive

May 23, 2008 16:09

When I was a kid, one of the most influential aspects of my cultural life was a series of flimsy, miniature transistor radios. I had one with me at all times, running them until they broke in my hands (and I often repaired them with twister ties and duct tape to keep them going long enough for my allowance to cover the purchase of a new one) and ( Read more... )

aging beautifully, memory lane, music, pop culture, nostalgia, philadelphia stuff

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john_holton May 23 2008, 21:08:20 UTC

I could talk all day about Chicago radio in the Sixties and Seventies. I won't get started here, but just know that I could.

anahata56 May 23 2008, 21:22:41 UTC

I love it. LOVE it.

There has been, for me, no rock music since just about 1984. That's when it just went toes up for me, and I started seeking out oldies stations wherever I've lived.

And the DJ's? I love it that you quite literally have to kill a Philly DJ before he'll leave the airwaves (I'm still listening to some that I listened to as a kid), and the cool thing is that the greater majority of them REALLY know their stuff.

We recently had one of our old-timers, Big Ron O'Brien, pass away, and that was a real loss.

He could name the B side of every 45 known to man.

He was amazing--a walking music library.

captain_phil May 23 2008, 21:46:18 UTC

I know what you mean about DJs, we had some cheesy ones, but it was accepted and they were part of the experience. There was one that did high school football scores that had a really nasal accent, but his voice was THE voice for Monday Morning High School Football Scores.

On a tangent here, I still anticipate the *CLICK* at a certain parts of Queen songs from when I had "The Best of Queen" on 8-track.

anahata56 May 24 2008, 12:26:32 UTC

In this day and age, who in the world would sit still anymore for that *click* *pause* *pick up* in their music anymore?

But we did it all the time, didn't we?

Amazing.

captain_phil May 24 2008, 12:34:08 UTC

I've still got a functioning 8 track player somewhere, and some 8 tracks that I picked up at flea markets. There's just something about "Frampton Comes Alive", and "Best of Black Oak Arkansas" on 8 track.

heavennwrangler May 24 2008, 16:59:32 UTC

I have both of those lol and about 50 other ones left

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siliconshaman May 23 2008, 21:50:31 UTC

I wanted to be a DJ when I was much younger...even got a shot at it on the local campus radio when I was at University.

And one of the reasons I chose the Baylis mediaplayer as a Mp3 player...it has a built-in am/fm radio! [plus, it has an interface for a cassette deck, so all those tapes can be transferred over to new media.]

wolfette May 23 2008, 22:59:46 UTC

once upon a time I wanted to be a DJ too. I used to make my own tapes, on my cassette recorder (remember those things - supposed to be portable but yeghads the size and weight of a couple of housebricks), putting my own intros and chat between recordings of my favourite music. I must have been 13 or 14.

And there I was in my 40s and had almost forgotten this when my smart-arse younger brother produced an old cassette tape, which he proceeded to play to the assembled family one gathering. The radio stylings of "Princess Olympus".

I don't know why he's still alive.

wolfette May 23 2008, 22:53:07 UTC

heck, you get tiny little ones that are built into sunglasses these days.

anahata56 May 24 2008, 12:29:59 UTC

It's funny, but in the electronics sections of stores here, you can hardly find radios at all, let alone ones that you can carry with you. Oh, there are clock radios and table-top radios and such, but finding a very small one is practically impossible--so much so that we honestly didn't know if they made them anymore.

The magic lives on at HyLitRadio.com samlit May 24 2008, 12:31:07 UTC

The magic of the early day's of Rock 'n Roll live on at HyLitRadio.com.

Re: The magic lives on at HyLitRadio.com anahata56 May 24 2008, 12:33:56 UTC

Whoa!

Are you a bot, or are you a real person?

Re: The magic lives on at HyLitRadio.com samlit May 24 2008, 14:37:06 UTC

The last time I checked, there were no bots here, but if I see one fly by, I'll be sure to let you know.

Re: The magic lives on at HyLitRadio.com anahata56 May 24 2008, 14:40:57 UTC

Well, YAY!

I don't know how you found this post, but I'm glad you did.

You know your dad was amazing, of course--but there are whole HOARDES of us out here who think so, too, and who consider him a major part of our growing up.

Thanks for the link--I'll be listening!

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