tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post8053318684832770409..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Keep the future -- Just let me go back to the pastBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12199177608722415332020-05-08T16:29:35.532-07:002020-05-08T16:29:35.532-07:00Hey Ken. Just wanted to say thanks for turning me ...Hey Ken. Just wanted to say thanks for turning me on to RichBro Radio. So much music I’ve never heard before. And when my wife asks me why I’m listening to it? I tell her, “Because it makes me happy.”Bob Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31010901306445049392020-05-08T15:39:29.988-07:002020-05-08T15:39:29.988-07:00Ruh-roe, looks like the Great Drumpf hisself might...Ruh-roe, looks like the Great Drumpf hisself might read your blog...<br /><br />https://www.thedailybeast.com/team-trump-considers-drive-in-theater-campaign-rallies-after-coronavirus-destroyed-his-preferred-option?via=newsletter&source=DDAfternoon<br /><br />Something about "Hot dogs available at food counter while watching hot dogs on stage"...errr somethin'. ;>)DrBOPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07179469265158025584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75294689123975740542020-05-08T13:34:36.957-07:002020-05-08T13:34:36.957-07:00Went to Bob's last Saturday with my girlfriend...Went to Bob's last Saturday with my girlfriend. I was in Burbank 2 years ago with a group of friends and we were looking for a "what to do next" after spending the day together and I said, "Carhop service!", only to learn they had discontinued it several years ago.<br /><br />I was crushed. I had always wanted to go, but never did. Serves me right, as I've lived in LA for over 20 years and just never found the time.<br /><br />So I was so excited to go last Saturday. A security guard in the lot directed me to where to park. And we sat there for literally forty minutes and we saw only the most fleeting glimpse of a server who was nowhere near our car (or any of the others parked near us.)<br /><br />I know it's a horrible time and people are stressed and frontline workers like servers are putting their lives at risk for pennies, but it was weird. But I shouldn't bitch about somethig so trivial at a time like this. <br /><br /><br />Far more frustrating was that, on the way out, we noticed a bunch of classic car aficionados parked in the usual "classic car" spot. These are classic car owners - aka THE ELDERLY - and they were out chatting in a large cluster with each other with zero social distance and zero PPE. Um, what the hell, guys? <br /><br />Had a much better time at the Mission Tiki drive-in the week before. <br /><br />-Peter G<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78680171707665486822020-05-08T12:46:40.016-07:002020-05-08T12:46:40.016-07:00I'd happily go to a drive-in just for some sor...I'd happily go to a drive-in just for some sort of theatrical experience, but alas, the closest one to me is the Mission Tiki in Montclair, and even in zero traffic, it's over an hour away from my home. I could watch another movie in the two hours I'd spend behind the wheel.mike schlesingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824197221204862706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69697303231137943372020-05-07T09:08:49.770-07:002020-05-07T09:08:49.770-07:00Nostalgia is a trap. Just the other day Trump was...Nostalgia is a trap. Just the other day Trump was complaining about those "angry" female reporters and comparing them unfavorably to the character played by Donna Reed in the 1950s-1960s. As this article shows, Reed herself was more like Nicolle Wallace and April Ryan than the stay-at-home suburban mom she portrayed:<br /><br /><br />https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-complains-women-white-house-reporters-arent-like-donna-reed-but-she-wasnt-like-the-housewife-she-played-either-2020-05-05Buttermilk Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430011403223875192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14114425551644289492020-05-07T06:56:59.050-07:002020-05-07T06:56:59.050-07:00Ken, will you be reviewing the new HBO documentary...Ken, will you be reviewing the new HBO documentary "Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind"? Troy McClurenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-88142364451405250162020-05-06T23:03:36.533-07:002020-05-06T23:03:36.533-07:00I have noticed various articles about drive-in Sun...I have noticed various articles about drive-in Sunday services, drive-in funerals and "Take-out" night at the drive-in over the past month. How about drive-in theatre at the drive-in?<br />Elevate/innovate a heightened stage. Mike all the performers into the drive-in's sound system, or into a simple left/right speaker set-up. Add some basic lighting, and waa-laaa....you have a play performance vehicle.....and just think about the fantastic backdrops you could have projected on the drive-in screen.<br />It wouldn't necessarily have to be all-Busby Berklieish (new word! ;>)....the moods you could set for small-scale performances could be endlessly inventive.<br />And hey, rain or shine performances would add an extra layer of excitement to the outing ;>)DrBOPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07179469265158025584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-32631309864975666232020-05-06T22:06:15.099-07:002020-05-06T22:06:15.099-07:00I recommend an online radio station started by a r...I recommend an online radio station started by a record collector friend of mine, Radio Dismuke. https://radiodismuke.com/<br /><br />It's pre-swing jazz and pop music from the 1920s to the mid-'30s. The only station where you'll routinely hear Helen Kane, Cab Calloway, Ruth Etting, Bix Beiderbecke, Fats Waller, Bing Crosby, Annette Hanshaw and the Comedian Harmonists. It's for those of us who, when we long for the "good old days," are talking about the Roaring Twenties. Pat Reederhttp://www.facebook.com/hollywoodhifibooknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8568226580590906822020-05-06T21:17:00.968-07:002020-05-06T21:17:00.968-07:00Sorry, but I never got Lionel Richie's appeal,...Sorry, but I never got Lionel Richie's appeal, and I found his success in the eighties dispiriting.<br /><br />So many knocked Barry Manilow's music, but I'll take Manilow any day over Richie, a paint-by-the-numbers lyricist if ever there was one.Kevin FitzMauricenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-84975385216194089042020-05-06T20:08:47.586-07:002020-05-06T20:08:47.586-07:00Agree. "I'll Meet You Halfway" is s...Agree. "I'll Meet You Halfway" is such a nice song of theirs.Kevin FitzMauricenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-55839969444987807552020-05-06T16:07:06.013-07:002020-05-06T16:07:06.013-07:00Speaking of DJs who play deeper cuts, my favorite ...Speaking of DJs who play deeper cuts, my favorite from our area is "Big Tuna" Jim Kaye (DJ name). He was on a top 40 FM station during automation from 1973-76, and when it went live in 1977-81 when the station went album rock (now classic rock), doing the same elsewhere until he got to rake over the oldies show on the same rock station in 1984, the Gold Rush. As on oldies jock, he played songs we listeners had forgotten about, the hits and the flops as he says these days. He has a ginormous collection of 45s, LPs and CDs (I've seen it. It's impressive).<br /><br />The show went from 1984-1995 on two stations, and he has had it online for a while now. It's currently on Sunday nights from 8PM (eastern) on his own channel: https://vaughnlive/bigtuna until 10 when he switches to https://vaughnlive/totally_70s after the 6-10PM DJ (a friend) is through. It's a great set-up for the DJs there, where you can see them play the music as well as listen and make requests from the chat room. These guys were broadcasting visibly from their homes before COVID-19 forced most people on TV to do that.<br /><br />Mibbitmakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17649369314906738690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-71214501532211024762020-05-06T16:06:24.214-07:002020-05-06T16:06:24.214-07:00Ken, did you saw the coronavirus episode of "...Ken, did you saw the coronavirus episode of "All Rise" Monday? I don't follow the show but felt obliged to watch it for innovation's sake. I thought it pretty good, although I understand its ratings were at a two-month low. (CBS nevertheless renewed the series for a second season today.) VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-29954583162869375972020-05-06T14:37:17.427-07:002020-05-06T14:37:17.427-07:00Flip Wilson had a joke, something like, "When...Flip Wilson had a joke, something like, "When I was a teenager I worked at a drive-in theater. My job was to knock on people's windows and tell them the movie was over. I got $5 an hour and all I could see."Liggienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-67759961791904636892020-05-06T13:43:57.665-07:002020-05-06T13:43:57.665-07:00Ken,
Currently watching "Natalie Wood: What ...Ken,<br /><br />Currently watching "Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind" on HBO. I hope to hear your thoughts when you've had a chance to see it!<br /><br /> - Matt in RIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-23557451094109302332020-05-06T12:49:26.632-07:002020-05-06T12:49:26.632-07:00@Dave H
Re: Partirdge Family music
No surprise th...@Dave H<br />Re: Partirdge Family music<br /><br />No surprise that it is surprisingly good. The songwriters and arrangers were excellent, the background musicians were The Wrecking Crew, the best in the business, David Cassidy had a better than average voice, and Shirley Jones was, well a Broadway musical legend. They were the only two of the Family who actually sang on the records.<br /><br />Put that all together and you're going to get some good music.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-50028611841984649062020-05-06T11:53:23.483-07:002020-05-06T11:53:23.483-07:00Well, good things are still good things. Our tast...Well, good things are still good things. Our tastes do change, and its quite natural for one generation to not understand what another generation saw in something, be it music, movies or whatever. But then our own tastes change as we age, something we don't understand until we experience it. But there is a reason that classics are, well, <i>classic</i>. <br /><br />Music from the 60s wasn't all that innocent, really. The 60s were an awakening time, and many songs were written as statements and protests. But, we had artists who could actually carry a tune, and writers who cut their teeth on the old standards and thus understood what that 'something' is that good music has in common, and even as they forged their own path. <br /><br />I've always considered myself fortunate to have spent my formative years in the 60s and 70s, because the best of the 40s and 50s were still being played, as well. Four decades of music that went through tremendous change and yet stood the test of time. I miss the classic radio experience of my youth, but aren't we fortunate that we have streaming now? I even find the occasional contemporary gem. <br /><br />On the subject of retro nostalgia. Back when drive ins, both movies and restaurants, first sprang up, Americans were so in love with our cars that we never wanted to leave them! So development did away with sidewalks, places in the 'burbs got further apart, and good grief the commutes! Gradually having to spend time in your car became less thrilling because you were there all too often. But now we have come full circle, looking for excuses to get in the car and go somewhere, yearning for a different view while keeping our personal space safe. And we want new experiences that also feel safe, so reaching to the past is very logical. And just think that another generation is now having those experiences and thus will have those nostalgic memories. And like our memories of the 60s, it will seem innocent in retrospect. They will remember the family time and the new experiences, but less so the scary stuff. The edges always get smoothed over.McAlvienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-85680053379416132092020-05-06T11:46:24.914-07:002020-05-06T11:46:24.914-07:00My small (6,000 people) and relatively isolated (n...My small (6,000 people) and relatively isolated (nearest small "city" 40 miles away) hometown has a renowned Music Center. It's cancelled its summer program and camp, but is turning its parking lot into a drive-in movie theater for a 8 movie series. It was written they were using FM nearcasting for the sound. Sponsored by a local grocery, and the local movie theater (a single screen one) is giving every car a free bag of popcorn.Tom Gallowaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75756659941498028302020-05-06T11:38:01.815-07:002020-05-06T11:38:01.815-07:00WB Jax brings up a interesting thing about generat...WB Jax brings up a interesting thing about generations. Current generation is fine with scrolling through lists of music/movies/tv shows to get what you want. I'm of the mind of entertain me, I turn on a channel and listen/watch, and during commercials or bad song, change stations. <br />Guess I am getting old, the only control I want is using the clicker to go up/down channels, TV or radio. It gives me variety. Don't always need to binge watch a show, or listen to all my Beatle records at once, happy when a 'deep cut' comes on. <br />Another good station to listen to in Chicago, and also streaming, is MeTV FM. https://metv.fm/ You can hear the MASH theme (With Jamie Farr introducing it), MTM theme, and during the month of May, Dr. Demento style songs thrown into the mix. <br />Variety, because I'm not a robot<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16880646894752760905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-56422565370547154542020-05-06T11:16:23.025-07:002020-05-06T11:16:23.025-07:0010/10 Recommendation, Entertainment For These Unce...10/10 Recommendation, Entertainment For These Uncertain Times (Decades, AM/PM ET zone):<br /><br />AM<br /><br />10-11: The Lucy Show - currently, middle of S2 (IMO, one of the better seasons of the series), final Lucy shows * by original "I Love Lucy" writers Madelyn Martin (Davis) and Bob Carroll, Jr (though Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf would write many of the classic S3 shows).<br /><br />* - not including "Here's Lucy"<br /><br />PM <br /><br />10-11: The Dick Van Dyke Show - early S4 shows, including some great eps written by Belson and Marshall.<br /><br />Good laughs. EnjoyFed by the musenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-21406812114391288452020-05-06T10:59:47.309-07:002020-05-06T10:59:47.309-07:00I love the music of the mid to late 60's- that...I love the music of the mid to late 60's- that's what I grew up listening to. I also like the new wave sounds of the late 70's- early 80's because I detected a kinship to the mid-late 60's sound. <br /><br />I like to watch some of the old TV shows from that era- partly because they're comfort food, partly to be amazed at how they got the quality they did churning episodes out once a week for 30+ weeks a season. I also get a kick out of seeing them reuse the same sets in different shows. There is of course the Star Trek City of the Edge of Forever episode where Kirk and Spock walk past Floyd's Barber Shop. And there's a Wild Wild West episode where Jim and Artie travel undercover to Devil's Island. Devil's Island bears a strong resemblance to Gilligan's Island (both WWW and Gilligan were filmed at Studio City)- right down to the quicksand. <br /><br />None of us thought of those days as happy and innocent. There was that page in the phone book telling us what we needed to do in event of nuclear attack, and we were warned about the likelihood of mass starvation caused by overpopulation, riots in the cities, etc. Jeff Boicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14600946876122022978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63020791973346628342020-05-06T10:33:10.464-07:002020-05-06T10:33:10.464-07:00I don't know if you've mentioned this, but...I don't know if you've mentioned this, but "Little Steven's Underground Garage" (classic garage rock curated by E Street Band member / "Sopranos" star Steven Van Zandt) can be streamed online, or heard live on various broadcast and satellite radio stations.Ted.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36495662477056662812020-05-06T10:26:03.136-07:002020-05-06T10:26:03.136-07:00gottacook...I do it as well, that is, "crank ...gottacook...I do it as well, that is, "crank up the volume" when an old Beatles song comes on the oldies station (except for "Hey Jude," which I turn off after the first 'na-na-na-na'). I guess my point is that my collections of such songs can sit idle FOR YEARS before I put on one of those CDs (except for the Beatles Anthology, which I "get out" a couple times a year, especially Volume 1) and, yet, when these same songs come on the radio, it's as if it's the only way I can experience them. It's strange.WB Jaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-47376613672411878672020-05-06T10:14:38.756-07:002020-05-06T10:14:38.756-07:00And don't most of you here find that things yo...And don't most of you here find that things you didn't care for/like "way back when" haven't gotten any better over time? Was watching "Welcome Back Kotter" recently and realized I still didn't think it funny, save the occasional 'Julie...have I ever told you about my Uncle...' jokes, which, in the early seasons, bookended episodes. On the other hand, "All in the Family," a show I didn't "get" in my pre-teen years, I find, more often than not, laugh out loud funny (and in which I can appreciate the acting brilliance of Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton).WB Jaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-79506351042467186332020-05-06T10:04:57.062-07:002020-05-06T10:04:57.062-07:00Re: The criticism of drive-ins as not the best way...Re: The criticism of drive-ins as not the best way to see a movie.<br /><br />Why would you go there to watch the movie?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05266475919252239220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-48072763619640790072020-05-06T09:46:09.113-07:002020-05-06T09:46:09.113-07:00I've been doing the same thing over at https:/...I've been doing the same thing over at https://www.rockinradio.com/ for the past fourteen years. My upcoming show will feature Stevie Wonder's song that he co-wrote for the Supremes.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17850672682992802562noreply@blogger.com