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Halloween -War of the worlds , monkey’s paw, classics

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Classic, and certainly needed!

An aircheck from Halloween night 1973. A night of radio drama starting with a local version of War of the Worlds, Arch Obler’s "The Darkness", a show on Vampires, A ghost story called "The Bed", "People Places and Things – a 30" piece on UFO’s. Including actual commercials from the time period in Buffalo, NY. All pieces were performed by DJ’s at the station at the time.

The DJ for the War of the Worlds was known as Shane, who seemed to be the archetype for the hip DJ of the time.

The first time the station aired their version of WotW several years previously, even though it was promoted heavily, police departments were called and even the National Guard was called to the Grand Island bridges! For several years afterwards it was aired with a new beginning for newer songs and dj’s but the final cutaway to the newsroom on track 10 is original.

The other pieces are very good but my favorites are ‘The Darkness’ and ‘The Monkey’s paw’. Please enjoy!

This audio is part of the collection: Old Time Radio

Audio Files VBR MP3 Intro-Don’t turn around 3.1 MB
sattlers commercial :60 628.7 KB
War of the Worlds part 1 2.5 MB
Turgeon commercial :60 492.2 KB
War of the Worlds part 2 1.7 MB
Keyhole fashions :60 493.8 KB
War of the Worlds part 3 4.5 MB
Sattlers records :60 489.5 KB
War of the Worlds part 4 2.1 MB
War of the Worlds part 5 5.4 MB
Turgeon commercial :60 493.2 KB
War of the Worlds part 6 7.1 MB
War of the Worlds part 7 9.8 MB
War of the Worlds-closing 484.7 KB
twin fair records and tapes :60 471.2 KB
Vampires -1 17.6 MB
McDonalds :60 480.6 KB
Keyhole fashions :60 483.6 KB
Sattlers :60 505.5 KB
KB ID 53.8 KB
The Darkness part 1 2.4 MB
Turgeon :60 508.1 KB
The Darkness part 2 3.5 MB
Twin Fair :60 514.9 KB
The Darkness part 3 3.2 MB
McDonalds :60 422.2 KB
KB ID 53.8 KB
The Bed part 1 3.1 MB
Keyhole fashions :60 494.7 KB
The Bed part 2 4.5 MB
Sattlers :60 505.5 KB
The Bed part 3 3.4 MB
Twin Fair :60 471.2 KB
The Monkey’s paw 12.5 MB
People,Places and things UFO’s 12.8 MB

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9627 – Monday

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Workitty work work. Workitty work. Workitty workitty workitty work. Sounds a bit like a train on the track, clackitty clack.

Solid Day today – So much so that I snoozed a bit on the train ride home. I got a little extra time, as they were single-tracking on the green line heading toward Suitland station. I guess one was down for repairs.

Things I listened to today as I worked: Jean Shepherd (the guy that did a christmas story) , Phil Harris (Bandleader for Ol’ Jack Benny) I like that Archive.org has a built-in streaming player – I can listen on my laptop in the background while I do my thing. I should listen to Jack too, while I’m at it, but I really Like Ol’ Phil and Alice’s wedding dynamic.

Found out that a coworker of Sean’s got canned for having a wireless device (an ipod touch, I think) – The price you pay for working with certain levels of security clearances. I’ve been some places that forbid cell phones and flash drives, too – just to protect proprietary info. (In my case, it was the courthouse.) Not sure what Sean’s going to do about his entertainment, now… I guess a walkman will have to do the trick, rather than an ipod? Seems sort of stone-age given the technology corridor here.

BHK and I swung by Jerry’s for supper tonight – I got onion and green pepper pizza, she got the chicken "cheese steak" sammich. While we waited for it to cook, we swung by Giant to pick up some goodies for next supper – green beans, peas, broccoli for the noodle dish she’s got in mind… not to mention the chocolate covered bunny grahams (Easter goodies out already?? What about St. Patty’s??) and Old Bay Cheese-crackers, shaped like little crabs. Nom nom Nom.

Smoking dulls the effects of caffeine. As in, you need 3-4 times as much caffeine as a non-smoker to get the same effect. It also has the same effect on some antipsychotics – meaning smokers need a much bigger dose, and if you quit smoking while on them you’ll be overdosing. And if you start smoking while on them, you’ll be underdosing.

1 year ago – train show, PBBMPC sammich, champions online, 80s meme

2 years ago – kitty pix, q&A meme

3 years ago – compusa victory, nanageddon

4 years ago – M & Anchorman, overtown website

5 years ago – Hating on Monday Meetings, Good Links for odd sound, I start giving away Itunes codes, bro screws up

6 years ago – Thinking about getting a hearse, dream edits, Streets of San Fransisco, Jim Rockford Answering Machine Archive

7 years ago – Went to ER over my back, Travel & Newt pictures, confluence

8 years ago -stomp furby, Pete & pete, got interviewed by The New Digital Reporter, How I define good/evil, the menstrualhut is born.Geotarget