Cordelia ,'Showtime'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
There's a WKRC in Cincinnati? Weird. I mean, it even rhymes...
There was in the '20 and '30s. Steph will know if it's still there. The rhyming thing tickled me after the show came on the air. One of my all-time favorites, "The Phone Police" was can't-breathe funny.
Yeah, yeah. We've heard all the jokes, buddy. Keep movin'; nothing to see here....
Steph will know if it's still there.
Hell yeah, it is. It's an AM station -- used to be the Voice of America, and at one time it was powerd by so many watts that -- quite seriously -- people could pick it up in other countries. And not just the close ones, like Canada. But, like, Australia.
Hell yeah, it is. It's an AM station -- used to be the Voice of America, and at one time it was powerd by so many watts that -- quite seriously -- people could pick it up in other countries. And not just the close ones, like Canada. But, like, Australia.
Dang. So little Frankton, Indiana, was essentially in the backyard. It's a wonder anybody could receive other stations.
I had to double-check, but yeah -- it was 50,000 watts. That is not a typo. Fifty THOUSAND.
Lots of commercial stations are 50,000 watts. Many, especially in more rural states, are even more than that.
I was coming back to edit -- sorry -- a different AM station -- WLW -- was 500,000 watts. I knew 50,000 didn't sound right.
500,000 watts
All your radio waves are belong to us.
500,000 watts
OK, that's a lot o' watts.
so no need to pile on happy b'day wishes, just please think of Pete, Malcolm, or Ho.
thinks of Pete, Malcolm and Ho. And Joey.
decides to pile on anyway
Happy Birthday Hayden!!
For no reason in particular, I am indulging my mean streak by reading reviews of the new Lenny Kravitz album. Snarky good times.
"Anyone else offering up such hokum would do it with tongue fairly deep in cheek. Not Lenny Kravitz. " And that is from Entertainment Weekly! Don't they usually like everybody?
"Any new Kravitz record demands a round of “What’s on Lenny’s iPod?” “Sistamamalover” takes only seconds to rip off a Sly Stone bass line, some lyrical ideas from Prince and the organ lick from Talking Heads’ cover of “Take Me to the River.” Not content simply to steal, Kravitz steals from other people stealing. Then comes the fake Joe Perry guitar solo. Rinse. Lather. Repeat." From Blender. Ouch.
Don't they usually like everybody?
Not at all. EW is full of the snark.