I'm here at the station, minding the board, so I put up Rex's playlist for him. I hope he doesn't mind! It's my fault, Rex!
1:34pm
Brez:
Thanks for the invite down to the rec fair, Rex, but I'm content to keep things the way they are -- you buy the records and I do the listening! I think you'd agree it's a classic win-win situation!!
@PSSimon THAT'S For damn sure man!. @MaryWing You are forgiven & GOD I WISH I WAS THERE....ARGGGHHH!; Even managed to chat with Dave Spazz for a min during his show and he really wanted to meet me there and I was honored to even have him say that to me!. Rock and Roll....Brothers And Sisters!.
@MaryWing My lord, so true. When I could afford to collect I would not head down to Metro Central to buy unless I had at LEAST $300 to spend!. Luckily I still have a lot of gems left....
Any Chicago folk out there? I'm headed there tomorrow and could use some suggestions for spots to hit for records and anything baseball (other than Wrigley)
@I don't facebook, ALTHOUGH I did e-mail you (I believe a track of mine at one time or another).I will hit you up through this thinguemeebob (or you can me)...and I hope you are enjoying this beautiful spring weather....this great music providing the soundtrack is a plus.
@Mary - Are you just Rex's personal board operator, or are you behind the machines for other remote broadcasts?
2:11pm
Irish Mash:
Love the raw music on the show today. As we say in England - this is PROPER!
2:14pm
SB:
@EVERYONE! ... NOT to be a BUMMER but my mother told me that BEN E. KING just passed...I saddens me; One of the greatest soul, Doo-Wop and R&B singers of ALL time!. Looking forward, however, a few of FMU's DJ's tribute to him.
@Mary: he should be safe now. I miss your show, but not to the point of waking up for it. Archives are there, but there are so many shows to catch up with
Don't get me wrong: your show was great live, I'm not sure I'd like it as much on archives. There's something about live radio that's hard to preserve in archives
@Mary: I remember that bell, a hint that I should get going, often ignored. Still, that wouldn't work the same in an archive. And as Glen Jones said, playlists ruin the surprise, though in your case the surprise factor is a real thing
Fred, a couple of people have mentioned "ruining the surprise," which I don't really get. If you want to be surprised, just click on the pop-up player from the archive page without looking at the playlist. :-)
@Mary: the surprise wasn't really in not knowing what was next, more in the interaction with listeners. The way it could turn the show in a different direction, but with you firmly in control. You can accept suggestions or reject them, I love this