I am a vinyl addict. The gateway drug was radio. When it was riding the crest of the wave before TV came along and kicked it to the curb that wasn’t there. Before TV which a lot of people thought would be the death of radio, a format already writhing in pain. You could only get so big and radio was gargantuan— a seething mass of gelatinous goo— an 800 pound gorilla. By the time I came along, everyone had a radio.
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Frank Gutch Jr: Life at 45 RPM… My Life as a Vinyl Addict; Plus Copious Notes
Posted in Opinion with tags Alistair Hulett, bill jackson, Blue Sky Boys, Crash Vegas, cream, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Earthquake, Frank Gutch Jr., Indie Artists, Indie Music, Javier Escovedo, Jethro Tull, Jim Basnight, Kate Burke, Melissa Payne, mick abrahams, Moon Dial, music, Music Radio, music videos, Norrish Reaction, Paul Hood, Paul Revere & The Raiders, radio, Ransom & The Subset, Records, Ruth Hazleton, segarini, Seventh Fire Records, Spirit, Susannah Espie, The Meyce, The Moberlys, The OF, The Zeros, Tom Griswold on July 14, 2015 by segariniFrank Gutch Jr: Ray Brandes, Gary Heffern, Jim Call and Javier Escovedo: The Denizens of San Diego, The Big Research Turtles Giveaway, (and pssst! There Are Notes)…..
Posted in Opinion with tags Antje Duvekot, Country Dick Montana, Crushed Out, Dan McLain, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elephant Revival, Frank Gutch Jr., gary heffern, Green Pajamas, I'm Your Man, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Javier Escovedo, Jim Call, Lisbee Stainton, Ray Brandes, Records, Research Turtles, San Diego, Shook Twins, Soundcarriers, Sylvie Simmons, Tell-Tale Hearts, The Crawdaddys, The Minnows, The Penetrators, The Zeros, Ticktockman, Tim Griswold, Tom Dyer, Whispering Pines, Will Kimbrough on October 10, 2012 by segariniI know a go-go girl. Not one of those Studio 54-types who more than likely considered it a job or a chance to take her dancing to a higher level, but an honest-to-God go-go girl who danced because it was (and still is, thankfully) in her blood. Her name is Elaine McAfee Bender. I will be writing about her go-go life soon. I know a girl who sings about go-go girls. Well, about go-go girls in the modern world. Her last album, in fact, is titled A Go-Go Girl In a Modern World. Her name is Laurie Biagini. I will be writing (more) about her soon, too.