Heading north from Austin today to attend the Edge Dallas 20-year reunion. Should be fun. Hard to believe it’s been 20 farking years! Most of the original air-staff is alleged to be in attendance. If you’re in the North Texas area, stop by.
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I got this old book as a combo Birthday/Father’s Day present. “Radio: Miracle of the 20th Century,” was published in 1922, at the advent of the “modern era” of radio. Scanned in a few of the pictures and cover so others (as in you) could check it out. A couple of my favorite picts are the “first” car radio and the “portable” suitcase radio. It’s interesting to read the pages of this book and realize that the enthusiasm for radio in the ’20s is much like the fervor of the Internet and digital wireless technologies today. In its infancy, the early radio broadcaster, adopters and hobbyists saw radio and radio telephony as a technology to enable men to “talk through space to people miles away.” The excitement of radio and its promise would be the harbinger of a new world of learning, communication and utopian ideals. A good reminder to not always “drink the kool-aid” of the so-called illuminated ones expounding the latest new technology that will change the world and lead us into a new mystical land of pink bunnies and dancing rainbow ponies.
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One of the few things I have in my actual possession that belonged to my Dad is an old cookbook from the ’20s called the New Delineator Recipes. From what I can gather, it was created by the Delineator Home Institute back in the late 1920s and includes 10 exclusive recipes from Ann Batchelder. I’ll post some more of the recipes in due time, till then… here’s scans of the first chapter, “Quick Breads, Griddle Cakes and Waffles.”
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I’ve moved up to round two in the Austin Chronicle “Sound Wars” for my heart felt little love song, “I Knew I’d Hit Rock Bottom (When I Woke Up, On Top of You)” I did this without asking anyone to vote or pepper the poll in any way. However, now it’s time to get greedy! I am asking all of you, as my shills, to give my tune a listen and vote for ME! Vote early, vote often & vote now! Thank you. Link below. John Ford
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/SoundWars/
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This morning, like pretty much every morning, I was noodling the web as usual looking for the latest radio news from around the Globe. Since RadioNX covers all the radio news, from across the world and around the corner (I feel like one of those old-timey news jingles should be playing in the background), I never, ever know what news I’m gonna’ whack into.
Today I landed on an op-ed piece from CityBeat. From what I can gather from my limited time I could give to the site, it’s an alternative paper from Cincinnati. The article, The Day the Music Died … Again?!, is a lamentation over the format change of a local Cinci station that recently flipped from Alternative to Country. The 20ish reporter gives us the usual angst of a 20-something, loosing her fave radio destination, along with the usual FUD-ish diatribe about this is why youngish people use an iPod instead of listening to the damn radio. All perfect and I guess valid points…But one thing she said really caught my eye:
“That’s why radio is so (potentially) great. It’s free. It’s simple. It’s there, 24/7″
Well whack me up side the head with the obvious stick! What was that really bad NAB “consumer focus” slogan? [click to continue…]
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The radio broadcasting industry trade that set the standard for over three decades, Radio & Records, ceases operation on Friday. It is indeed the end of an era. For those in the radio broadcasting industry Radio & Records was much more than just bathroom reading material. It was the source for radio rumors, news along with the latest trends and ideas in radio. It was also the most coveted rag for finding a gig. The ‘newspaper’ would quickly exchange hands from the program director to the weekend overnight guy, quickly becoming a tattered beast and the most photocopied piece of print in the station. You could always tell when the station was about to change format…. the PD would leave it in the studio so everyone could find a new gig. Sad to see this old friend die. Here’s a screenshot of it’s last day of web publication.
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A couple of Facebook friends posted a few pictures from WHSE.
Let’s see if I can remember everyone. Top row from Left:
Joe St Peter, Skip Herman, John Ford, Neil Mirsky, Nina Joy, Drew Mellow
Bottom Row:
Sonny Fox, Nancy G, Ron Hersey, Kim Alexander, Mark Roden
Hey I did it. Here’s a very scary one:
That’s David Ross (I think) and Me in the Minny Mouse Tee in the WSHE studios. Check out the carts and the rack of LP”s behind me and the Cheap Trick and Bob Marley records on the wall.
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