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I am linking here to a replay (partial)(available for a few weeks) of a show broadcast this Saturday on WMBR in Cambridge. Presented is a Top40 list from Milwaukee WFOX AM from April 1957 – about the time the Milwaukee Braves were launching their most incredible season! https://wmbr.org/archive/88_Rewound____2_8_20_5%3A58_AM.mp3 WMBR is the MIT station located in Cambridge MA and as you might expect the radio signal engineering at the station is exceptional what's even better is the music volunteers provide insight into unique genres, and it's pretty educational to listen to, as well as fun. A DJ there that does several shows is Alex McNeil, who has a fabulous understanding for  rocknroll and related music, as well as very imaginative approaches to what I would call musicology. He also grinds it out – meaning he does the detail labor of research– which is most apparent in 88 Rewound, the show linked to here. McNeil does a show Saturday mornings at 6 am ET called 88 Re...

Velvet Underground Jonathan Richman They were wild like the USA A mystery band in a New York way Rock and roll, but not like the rest And to me, America at it's best How in the world were they making that sound? Velvet Underground. A spooky tone on a Fender bass Played less notes and left more space Stayed kind of still, looked kinda shy Kinda far away, kinda dignified. How in the world were they making that sound? Velvet Underground. Now you can look at that band and wonder where All that sound was coming from With just 4 people there. Twangy sounds of the cheapest types, Sounds as stark as black and white stripes, Bold and brash, sharp and rude, Like the heats turned off And you're low on food. How in the world were they making that sound? Velvet Underground. Like this... Twangy sounds of the cheapest kind, Like "Guitar sale $29.99, " Bold and brash, stark and still, Like the heats turned off And you can't pay the bill. Both ...

BOSTON - We were talking about Wisconsin miscians the other day. One thing about Jerry Harrison is not only did he found the Talking Heads but he also was a founding member of the Modern Lovers, which was arguably an even more important band. They were from around here, and their song "Road Runner" has been considered for the State Song. I looked it up and he went to Harvard to study architecture, then met Jonathan Richmond, the main Modern Lover, and they bonded because they liked the Velvet Underground. The Velvets were played fairly heavily on the Milwaukee alternative radio. The Modern Lovers gigged all over for several years, so got somewhat proficient. Their drummer, David Robinson, later joined the Cars. I personaly think Harrison's influence on the Talking Heads who formed at the Rhode Island School of Design. They all got pretty good on their instruments, but at the outset I bet they didnt sound much different than a typical basement or garage combo,...

UPDATED - Not actually prepared (honestly, would have gotten haircut if I knew this was coming), but I stood with my neighbors on this one - Compact Living (Sponsored by Prince Albert Canned Sardines) is a hypercool new thing. Where young and old live in something about the size of a hotel room. Truth be told, most of these things end up as hotel rooms anyway in the Disruptive Age of AirBnB. Now, It is a decent idea on paper (see below), but the density here is none of it in the manner to maintain an anchored community with kids, for example, that play on the playgrounds, populate the Little League, go to the local schools. Which was Mission Hill's saving grace - a Village in a City Verticalism is not the only way to go. Who sees Boston as Hong Kong, Tokyo, or Blade Runner? Or San Francisco - that formerly Wonderful Wonderful Town. Your humble servant appears here... https://t.co/liodXOzBbl — Jack Vaughan (@JackIVaughan) January 24, 2020 Okay maybe it is a good thing...

One day I go out on the patio to try and create something I saw Mr. Wizard do. Rough Schema as with all Vaughan Projects: There was tall bag part that filled up with the lighter than air. An apparatus to form a base and hold the heat source. That was it. My sister was there. Finding a dry cleaners bag without a hole in it was about impossible. Maybe I plugged things with Scotch tape. Getting the Sterno was easy, we always had some at the base of a bronze chafing dish..... Read more .

Among the ghosts that haunt these times is this one: We’ve been to the moon, but may never return. Anyone with any imagination is forced to ask: Did Earth People lose their mojo? Yutu - 2 tracks. The far side. Courtesy of Chinese Academy of Sciences  Looking back, the arc of progress the moon landings’ foretold was an arc in descent, marking Earth People’s imprisonment on the Third Stone from the Sun, a hard stop to such progress, and a coming back to circular time. The will fails us, but likely the imagination too. You can’t say Return to the Moon is impossible, but in today’s world, it doesn’t appear to be in the offing.   ~~~~~ * ~~~~~ ~~~~~ * ~~~~~ ~~~~~ * ~~~~~  The Year 2019 was a Year of Trouble for Lunar Optimism. Bright with hope were voyages of the Israelis and the Indians in 2019. Bright but doomed. The Indian’s dashed quest being most tragic, its nation gathered around TVs, the countdown going terribly wrong, and the residue then o...