taking care of business....

moving time

food

Chicken and Cheese Enchelidas in Mole Sauce, with fresh Salsa. Cheers.

Yellow Snow

radio radio

to me, they are a great radio station. But then again, I like college radio. I hate XM radio and Siruis. Well, I can't say I hate it becuase I won't turn it on. But I remember staying at a friends house one holiday season and they had some DMX cable radio digitial music thingie. Interesting - many channels they said! anything you want! click on the funky remote and read about the song! where's the buy button I ask them? Oh wait, here is the "alternative" channel. Wait, that's Sonic Youth! Oh, but they are on Geffen on not their SST stuff. In fact, all the "alt" music was major label alt music.

But here's the thing - there are no DJs ans that sucks. Sure, DJs can suck sometimes, but they can entertain and enlighten. They can open a window on their world if they are not held back. A friend who I used to DJ with in Florida used to tell me "listening to college radio is like trying many resturants. Some times the food will be great, and others not so great." Variety is the spice of life and all that.

Now among the missing

This tape was consumed by the tape deck in my car. It is a drag as I really miss this tape. I made it of all records (yes!) made in 1988 that I owned at the time. Ever since I had a turntable and a tape deck, I was making mix tapes for myself. I would make them for friends as well, and foist them upon them like fruitcake at the holidays. I think with my goofy music selection, people would not know what to really make of them. I enjoyed them, and I realized to not dump them on people as much as enjoy them for what they are. It's probably why I enjoyed doing radio shows - ladling out large chunks of music which moved me at that moment.

Now I make CDs for myself. Always audio CDs - an hour or so. Shorter than the tapes. But the worst thing? They don't last as long. That tape was made in 1989, which meant it made the move from MD to CA and then to WV, and probably rode in 3-4 cars, and lived on several tape decks. It always sounded just fine. Now I burn a CD and I have to be careful or in 2 weeks in the car it's scratched and trashed. Did we really move forward?