tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post7331144895118838585..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Adventures in bad tasteBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-22556572401299379172020-02-18T23:00:09.394-08:002020-02-18T23:00:09.394-08:00Frelling Hell.
I always enjoy the nostalgia that y...Frelling Hell.<br />I always enjoy the nostalgia that your talks of those old days in SoCal evokes for me, but i've got to Thank You big for this one.<br />I had no damn clue that Freddy Snakeskin and Doc On The Roq were guys i used to hear on TenQ. Next you'll be telling me that Swedish Eagle was actually Tom Hatten going crazy in his old age.-3-https://www.blogger.com/profile/18201804552651989442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-2737761594596054072013-11-25T00:08:18.973-08:002013-11-25T00:08:18.973-08:00TenQ wow a blast from the past! You, also had anot...TenQ wow a blast from the past! You, also had another guy that use to work there his name is Robert Soto what ever happen to him he use to had a car club call Dynasty!!Rose Gurrolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-5553970357462935342012-05-11T22:49:04.425-07:002012-05-11T22:49:04.425-07:00I don't think it was misguided at all.. I thor...I don't think it was misguided at all.. I thoroughly enjoyed having you around the station... and even more so I've enjoyed your work since. Whenever I see your name on a credit roll I smile. Ten-Q and KGBS was a after school job for me that lasted til they closed us down.. but the memories I made those 4 years have lasted a lifetime... thanks in part to guys like you.Shari Boydnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68959490397363794272011-02-03T05:57:56.692-08:002011-02-03T05:57:56.692-08:00I really enjoyed reading your blog, Ken and have b...I really enjoyed reading your blog, Ken and have been hearing a lot more about KNTQ from my friend Ed Ryba in LA and listening to clips via YouTube.<br /><br />Can you imagine what it was like here in the UK when there was nothing on the radio during the day except the BBC Light Programme and a very limited amount of pop music programming? Then offshore radio arrived in 1964 with Radio Caroline. We finally got all-day music, but the sound was rather staid and the music was pretty M-O-R. Then BANG, in December, in sails Radio London from the US bearing Top 40 radio and PAMS jingles, and also Don Pierson's notion of teaching raw-recruit DJs and old-school announcers to emulate KLIF!<br /><br />By May 1966, Radio London have got the sound right. The Brits love Big L and Caroline has had to undergo a swift change of format to compete. Then Don sails a bunch of American jocks over the pond to start his second venture, Swinging Radio England. Sadly, the station was gone by the end of the year. The jocks' hyper, echo-filled delivery proved too much of a culture shock for most listeners, whose ears had never as much as heard a PAMS jingle prior to December 1964!<br /><br />Would we have been ready for KNTQ in the Seventies? Probably not.<br /><br />Mary Payne, Radio London WebmasterMary Paynehttp://www.radiolondon.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-52544472394864067542011-02-02T23:07:54.865-08:002011-02-02T23:07:54.865-08:00Ken, don't know if you've heard yet, but W...Ken, don't know if you've heard yet, but WUSA is coming out on DVD next week (Feb. 8) from Olive Films.jbryantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-48517039343023812012011-02-02T06:37:47.252-08:002011-02-02T06:37:47.252-08:00I just read this post Groundhog Day morning. While...I just read this post Groundhog Day morning. While sick and at home yesterday I listened to the TenQ aircheck on "The Ultimate Radio Bootleg". What a station!!Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14907108987148863078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63158159983825960562011-02-01T20:31:31.013-08:002011-02-01T20:31:31.013-08:00Didn't the head of the hooker's union (Mar...Didn't the head of the hooker's union (Margo St. James?)in San Francisco have sex on the air with a late night jock?Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-30562981644340945872011-02-01T16:47:41.243-08:002011-02-01T16:47:41.243-08:00I hear the Real Don in my head! Look out for the T...I hear the Real Don in my head! Look out for the Ten Q duck, he's got your WAM!...Walkin' around money!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36567221938482751652011-02-01T15:34:23.051-08:002011-02-01T15:34:23.051-08:00>>I'm happy that you liked my book on Sh...>>I'm happy that you liked my book on Shepherd.<<<br /><br />Hi Eugene,<br /><br />I'm glad you found this thread! Yes, your book was both terrific and fascinating, and not just for what it said about Shepherd (the contrast between his private and public persona), but for what it said about talent in general; i.e., there are many, many talented people in almost every creative field, and yet just a handful of them are "the best of the best". While Shepherd was a very good writer, his truly STANDOUT talent was telling meandering stories on the radio, and I found it fascinating how he refused to accept that; it would kind of be like Meryl Streep-- who displayed a nice voice in that Abba movie-- abandoning acting to become a lounge singer.<br /><br />I suppose in the case of Shep it wasn't quite so clear cut, as in the end he was fired from the radio for having only "cult audience-sized ratings," but the fact that in his later life he refused to discuss those years struck me as very sad, as again, there were plenty of funnier screenwriters but there was never anyone as captivating as he was for 45 minutes behind a microphone.<br /><br />I also think it's sad that Stern had those nasty things to say about Shep and Shep retaliated in kind, as they were both (and Stern still is) extremely talented-- in my opinion, the two most talented guys who ever worked in radio.Mark B. Spiegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812922729002094771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-42032192484598155592011-02-01T15:20:24.915-08:002011-02-01T15:20:24.915-08:00< there was always Jean Shepherd. I recently re...< there was always Jean Shepherd. I recently read a great bio about him ("Excelsior You Fathead!")> <br /><br />I'm happy that you liked my book on Shepherd. Although it's got some biographical material, even more, it's a description and appreciation of his genius on radio, as well as in other media. There was always Shepherd--at least for two decades on New York's WOR, heard in 26 states. and he was almost never in bad taste. As I like to say, he tickled the better parts of our minds.Eugene B. Bergmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04047024985035823342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-57829121290891927892011-02-01T11:15:45.918-08:002011-02-01T11:15:45.918-08:00Wow, the description of Nancy Plum sounds like the...Wow, the description of Nancy Plum sounds like the overnight girl who used to work at the station I was on at the time. All the male workers said it sounded like she was broadcasting on the "International Oral Sex Frequency". Of course, we never told her that, but eventually she found out. At first she was super pissed but then just laughed it off. But the station was sold, we all went our different ways and have no idea where she is now [or if she is even in radio anymore].YEKIMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921751875397071034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-60042810150994046662011-02-01T09:48:28.867-08:002011-02-01T09:48:28.867-08:00Ajjjj,
The key to finding cheap digs in L.A. is t...Ajjjj,<br /><br />The key to finding cheap digs in L.A. is to respond to the ads that use the word "adjacent", as in "Beverly Hills Adjacent", "Santa Monica Adjacent", etc. It won't be <em>in</em> Beverly Hills or Santa Monica, and odds are it's a listing for a dumpster in an alley, but you'll be within hiking distance of a desirable address.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12605720135889434652011-02-01T09:20:11.027-08:002011-02-01T09:20:11.027-08:00Ajjjj,
I am in a similar predicament and find th...Ajjjj, <br /><br />I am in a similar predicament and find that this blog: <br /><br />http://www.losangelesorbust.com/ <br /><br />is pretty helpful. Just to assure you, I don't run the blog, but the gentleman who does is really nice and usually fields questions. <br /><br />I met him at Austin Film Festival this year. <br /><br />Best of luck. Maybe we'll be on the same staff.lucifervandrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11222482184840116176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-70254053338433265092011-02-01T09:10:07.806-08:002011-02-01T09:10:07.806-08:00So, I have a question for you. As a young writer ...So, I have a question for you. As a young writer about to move to LA and working with a limited budget, what parts of town would you recommend to live in... specifically cheap enough but still not running to your car and back. Also, is there an area of town where you'll be closer to where most of the TV writing happens, or is it spread out?Ajjjjnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40805546601084589202011-02-01T08:11:00.767-08:002011-02-01T08:11:00.767-08:00Amen on Jean Shepherd.Amen on Jean Shepherd.Barry in Portlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01563401367244981009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49835376844467515312011-02-01T08:03:16.741-08:002011-02-01T08:03:16.741-08:00I've been told the original shooting script of...I've been told the original shooting script of "FM" was a real classic description of 1970s pop radio - and was ripped to shreds by the commercial urgency of adding more Linda Ronstadt concert footage. (Robbing Alex Karras of an Oscar nomination)<br /><br />So epic film of this period still remains to be made...Phillip Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498595633633248863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-25461347333962790652011-02-01T07:19:45.872-08:002011-02-01T07:19:45.872-08:00Man, radio used to be fun (even when I did it, in ...Man, radio used to be fun (even when I did it, in college in the early '80s; we had a [rare for college] commercial license and actually ran a profitable operation).<br /><br />The problem with funny jocks of the "outrageous" variety, though, is that Stern came in and absolutely took it to a higher (lower?) level, and I mean that absolutely NOT facetiously; that guy is so funny (or was, anyway, as I haven't heard him in years) that it made everyone else seem like a much lesser talent.<br /><br />For a different (and much milder) take there was always Jean Shepherd. I recently read a great bio about him ("Excelsior You Fathead!") and found a site that actually streams many of his old shows:<br /><br />http://jeanshepherdpodcast.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Ken, were you a Shep fan growing up?Mark B. Spiegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812922729002094771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68448687950668208722011-02-01T07:15:55.639-08:002011-02-01T07:15:55.639-08:00Ken, any truth to apocryphal story that Jimi anony...Ken, any truth to apocryphal story that Jimi anonymously sent a cake to a KHJ staff meeting that rubbed in their ratings demise to Ten-Q? If true, what did it say on the cake?Jack Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593863611930561323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-15798997692440200672011-02-01T07:07:22.856-08:002011-02-01T07:07:22.856-08:00Retro-jealousy. In '76 I was in the Willamette...Retro-jealousy. In '76 I was in the Willamette Valley, working for a PD who couldn't talk. I eventually got canned for pointing out to the GM the spot in which the PD talked about the sale on a 'veritable speed drill.'Rich Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-38338707378762752132011-02-01T07:03:44.097-08:002011-02-01T07:03:44.097-08:00Shades of PIRATE RADIO.Shades of PIRATE RADIO.RyderDAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980791636129598607noreply@blogger.com