tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535834.post421671890958350917..comments2023-08-25T09:54:34.488-04:00Comments on Tao of Pauly: Southern Fried Radio and the Rise of the MachinesPaulyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020689398161655082noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535834.post-1709561565706170882013-06-11T23:41:58.126-04:002013-06-11T23:41:58.126-04:00I've discovered podcasts are a good accompanim...I've discovered podcasts are a good accompaniment to long walks with my dog. As for radio, for the past 10 years I've only listened to satellite radio, sort of a necessity when road trips are mostly in the backwoods of Iowa/Nebraska/Minnesota/Kansas. But I do miss my mixed tapes off late night radio and bootlegs from hipper college friends ...Grange95https://www.blogger.com/profile/01857460215043659894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535834.post-30754621856661267622013-06-11T16:33:49.610-04:002013-06-11T16:33:49.610-04:00Has radio been replaced by streaming services like...Has radio been replaced by streaming services like Spotify? Wolynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04428782184898610640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535834.post-22622537433275884612013-06-11T16:17:22.714-04:002013-06-11T16:17:22.714-04:00I loved the radio as a young kid. I'd record s...I loved the radio as a young kid. I'd record songs off the Top 40 shows with Casey Kasem on this junky boombox I somehow inherited. Sometimes I recorded myself bring the DJ. When I moved to Germany in the mid-80s, all we had was Armed Forces Network. They divided the day into 30-minute and one-hour blocks an hour of R&B, an hour of Top 40, an hour of country, 30 minutes of world news, etc. At night you sometimes got Dr. Demento or old radio serials from the 30s and 40s.<br /><br />Some of my best memories from high school involve sitting by the old 1980s stereo receiver my parents' friend had disposed of, tuning in the weird station from Austin that only came in at night under the right conditions. Hearing Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, The Church, and all sorts of local bands from Austin coming in through the static was a treat. It really opened me up to the bigger cultural world beyond the little military town I lived in.<br /><br />I don't listen to the radio anymore, though. Sometimes I try. After a few minutes I just can't take it. Too many commercials, same old songs all the time. Ah well.Spacemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00800221494231134199noreply@blogger.com