RADIO HANNIBAL

Radio Hannibal New Show 8.26.08

Dr. Dog - The Old Days
Eno - I'll Come Running
Randy Newman - A Few Words In Defense Of Our Country
Rodney Crowell - Don't Get me Started
Conor Oberst - I Don't Want To Die (In A Hospital)
Bob Dylan - Most Likely You'll Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine
Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
Gene Love Jezebel - Desire
Hercules & Love Affair (featuring Antony) - You Belong
Herb Alpert Remixed (featuring Ozomatli) - Whipped Cream
The Hold Steady - Lord, I'm Discouraged
Lucy Wainwright Roche - Chicago
Leonard Cohen - Dance Me To The End Of Time (live)
Howlin' Wolf - Killing Floor
Albert Hammond - It Never Rains In California
My Morning Jacket - Sec Walk
Glen Campbell - All I Want Is You

Radio Hannibal 8.26.08

DJing With The Dinosaurs

Not much to say except always fun DJing in unique spaces.
Tonight I DJ'd at the Cleveland Natural History Museum in the dinosaur room. 
Of course I played Was Not Was - Walk The Dinosaur.  Oh, and Blue Suede's Hooked On A Feeling.  Ooga chaka indeed.  Just couldn't fit in Troglodyte by The Jimmy Castor Bunch.

World's Largest Record Collection

This story has been reported on fairly extensively over the past few months.  The gentleman had the collection up on ebay for 3 million dollars. 
He lives in Pittsburgh along with his collection and closed record store. 

This is a very well done short documentary on it.

The Archive from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.

Springsteen at the Agora 30 Years Ago

It was 30 years ago this month that Bruce and the E Street band played the Cleveland Agora as part of WMMS 10 year anniversary.  This was a small club show in the midst of his Darkness tour.  The Boss owned Cleveland and the connection between him, the fans in Cleveland and WMMS was magical. 

It's a highly bootlegged show because it aired live on radio stations throughout the Midwest on that hot August 9th night in 1978. 

This is the complete show beginning with Denny Sanders studio intro in which he goes through the list of stations carrying the show including WXRT and WDVE.  Of course there's Kid Leo's stage intro and various comments about Leo, the station and Cleveland by Bruce throughout the show.  It also ends with "Twist And Shout" which never aired.  The band came out well after the transmission ended to play one last song.  So, this boot actually comes from the WMMS archive. 

Never did understand these multiple part files (not mine) because it seems the whole show is in part one.  Also note that the last half of CD3 and all of CD 4 are other live shows and not the Agora show.  Artwork is included too.

 Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Bruce Springsteen - The Agora Ballroom 1978 FM Broadcast (4CD)

Size: 495 MB
Bitrate: 320
mp3
Found in OuterSpace Long Time Ago
Artwork Included

Disc 1:
01. Intro
02. Summertime Blues
03. Badlands
04. Spirit In The Night
05. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
06. Factory
07. The Promised Land
08. Prove It All Night
09. Racing In The Street-Thunder Road
10. Jungleland

Disc 2
01. Intro
02. Paradise By The C
03. Fire
04. Sherry Darling
05. Not Fade Away
06. Gloria-She's The One
07. Growin' Up
08. Backstreets
09. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)

Disc 3
01. Intro
02. 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
03. Born To Run
04. Because The Night
05. Raise Your Hand
06. Twist And Shout
07. Incident On 57th Street *
08. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out *
09. Kitty's Back **
10. Point Blank **

* 16 sept The Palladium, New York, NY 1978.

** 17 sept The Palladium, New York, NY 1978.

Disc 4 - Interview, San Diego 9th July 1978. King Biscuit Flower Hour. Dave Herman, KBFH Radiostation.

01. Paradise By The C *
02. What's Up?
03. The Product!
04. Get Some Specific From You!
05. The Sign on Sunset Strip!
06. The Name Boss, Get Started!
07. Any Kind of Life
08. Feel Close To Them Fans
09. Get Together! The E Street Band
10. Terrific Time!
11. Prove It All Night! *
12. 13-14 Year When You Heard Those Records? I was Nine!
13. The Point Was!
14. It's a Continuation!
15. Meet The Producer, Jon Landau.
16. None Specific.
17. Long Time! Didn't Take That Long Actually!
18. I Like It!
19. Lots More Songs!
20. Maybe So! Hard To Sing!
21. Be A Star! Trapping.
22. Defination: That Contridiction.

* Recorded at Berkeley Community Theater, Sat 11th July 1978.

Top 40 Radio - a blast from the past

If you are a music kook like myself and a lover of radio as well (ok, maybe not so much these days), then have I got a site for you. 

Reel Radio is an archive of old mostly top 40 radio recordings from roughly the 1950's through the 1970's.  There are newer exhibits (that's what they call them) but the focus here is on classic top 40 radio. 

The exhibits are actual recordings of a DJ on the radio.  Some are what we call airchecks or scopes.  This means that the music itself  is missing.  Jocks would roll tape in order to keep their resume up to date and to perfect their performance.  Other exhibits include the music and the old commercials too.  These are typically done by folks who used to record radio shows.  Thus the reason it's called "reel" radio, as in reel to reel tape. 

Reel Radio has been in existence since 1996 and in that time has archived thousands of exhibits from radio stations across the U.S.  Many were donated by the DJ's themselves and others were found treasures in peoples attics, flea markets, etc. 

The annual subscription is a mere $12.  Well worth the price for being able to send your mind reeling (pun intended) back to your youth.  Or as an ear-opening discovery for those who missed out.

Shark Bite Capital Of The World

A belated greetings from the shark bite capital of the world, New Smyrna Beach Florida.  Located just south of Daytona Beach on the Atlantic coast, my son and I had a great week of R&R.  I would've been blogging while there but the condo's wi-fi was out and I was without internet for a week!  Now that's a real vacation. 

We headed out on Sunday flying first class both ways to Orlando airport.  It was Jack's second flight and first time up front.  It was only my second time rubbing elbows with the elite.  If you've never experienced it, well, words don't do it justice.  Suffice to say there's better food served with real china, glassware and silverware, warm towels, free drinks, a drink offer before take off, and very attentive service.  Have I mentioned how much I love Continental Airlines.

We arrive at Orlando airport on schedule and are shuttled to my favorite car rental agency, Enterprise.  I'd reserved a simple compact car but was offered an upgrade to a Cadillac DTS that had been sitting idle for awhile.  Another 10 bucks a day and we were riding in fine style to the shore.  Here's a shot of it on the beach in Daytona.  In case you weren't aware you can drive on the beach there for a small charge. 

My son asked why we were getting such good deals.  I told him it's because I was dressed in sport coat, tie and slacks.  I'm from the old school where you used to dress up while flying, like going to church.  Nowadays hardly anyone does so and thus you stand out as someone important amidst the slovenly dressed.

We arrived at our beachfront condo around 7pm.  A co-worker of mine was the one who suggested I go to New Smyrna, as he and his family have been going there for 17 years.  It's not as well known, meaning less crowded and is a getaway spot for many Floridians.  The condo unit is owned by a friend of his who gave us a great deal on it since it was going unoccupied that week.  We were not expecting the close proximity to the beach and were in awe of our good fortune.  Here's a photo of the complex from the beach.  Ours was on the right side, second floor, closest to the beach.  That's Jack playing in the sand. Here's a few more condo shots.  Breakfast on the balcony. Relaxing poolside. Chillin' in the shade on the balcony after a swim. Most of our time was spent either at the pool or boogie boarding.  I am in need of a boogie boarding fix every year and this sure satisfied me.  Here's Jack in action. As it's prone to do in Florida during the summer, the afternoon thunderstorms would roll in.  This would give us a chance to cruise down to Flagler St., the heart of New Smyrna Beach and about 2 miles north of us.  There's some great shopping from art galleries to unique gift shops to surf shops.  There's also some great well worn bars and restaurants as well.  Here's Jack at the much photographed Flagler Ave. sign.  Being an early riser I was fortunate to catch some spectacular sunrises.  Sometimes while just lying in my bed and looking out the window at the ocean, or in the case taking a sunrise stroll along the beach.

I never did mention as to why New Smyrna Beach is known as the shark bite capital of the world.  This year alone 15 people have been bitten.  Most of them occur north of Flagler at the inlet where the intercoastal waterway empties into the Atlantic.  This is where much of the surfing is done and also where sharks come to feed.  The bites mainly come from baby sharks who can't tell the difference between fish and a human.  Though there have been some more serious bites inflicted by adult bull nose or nurse sharks.  Fortunately Jack and I saw none.  It was in my mind most of the time while boogie boarding but I didn't venture in much past my waist.  Here's a photo taken a couple months ago that's been seen world wide.  It's a remarkable shot taken by a surfer/photographer in New Smyrna.  He was just snapping away at some friends who were surfing and caught this adult shark leaping out of the water right behind them.  So, my son Jack and I, bid you adieu from the sunny shores of the Atlantic Ocean.

The complete Flickr photo set.

Staying Fit

Leading a healthy lifestyle involves a number of things.  Eight hours of sleep every night, regular exercise, good nutrition, avoiding stress, and on and on.  So many books and stories have been written on the subject it's comical.  Why?  Because, in essence, they all come down to the same truths.  Hell, every month in Men's Health they pretty much repeat the articles with different titles.

The bottom line is it takes a good amount of discipline.  And I'm no expert on that.  I fall off the wagon and get back on just like most everyone else.  Still, people have been asking me what I'm doing to stay in shape at 50.  Well, I'll tell ya'...

I started a few years back by reading The Abs Diet  by Men's Health editor, David Zinczenko.  It's pretty much the same drill as all the others...lots of fruit and vegetables, avoid processed foods, little fat, no high fructose corn syrup. 

There were some simple lessons I took away and have incorporated into my daily lifestyle.  Please don't call it a diet.

One, I work out daily. 

Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays I weight train early in the morning. About 45 minutes.

All I use are dumbbells and a bench. I concentrate on legs on Mondays while Wednesday and Friday is for upper body. Workouts last about 45 minutes.

Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays I do aerobics. Mostly that means riding my stationary bike for 45 minutes. Once in awhile I’ll take to the great outdoors for a longer real bike ride.

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, when time permits, after I get home from work I’ll do some routines with an exercise ball.

 

The main point to take away here is that I do this with minimal equipment and produce fine results. I do these workouts at about 5:15am. For me, it’s the perfect way to start the day.

Two, I eat small meals six times a day to keep my metabolism working at a steady rate.  Three, I eat the Power 12 foods Zinczenko has come up with.  He makes them easy to remember with an acronym. They are:

A - almonds and other nuts
B - beans and other legumes
S - spinach and other green vegetables

D - dairy (low fat)
I - instant oatmeal
E - eggs
T - turkey and other lean meats

P - peanut butter (natural)
O - olive oil
W - whole grains
E - extra protein (whey powder)
R - raspberries and other berries

My meals are rather dull and very consistent. Of course, this makes for very easy shopping. I think I could make it through the supermarket blindfolded at this point.

Boring though they are, I take solace in the fact that I do get out to eat a few times a week and that breaks up the routine meals.

Breakfast:

Before the workout I blend a cup of skim milk, a banana, a scoop of vanilla flavored whey powder and 4 ice cubes and drink that down.

After the workout I heat up a cup of skim milk and a tablespoon of flaxseed. Then I add a handful of blueberries (keep them in the freezer to last), a tablespoon of reduced fat natural peanut butter and instant oatmeal. Heat again and stir it up. It’s quite tasty indeed.

Lunch:

In the morning I prep these things for my day. I down 1 low fat cup of yogurt (make sure it has no high fructose and is under 100 calories) around 10am.

At about 12:30pm I’ll have a sandwich consisting of two slices of whole grain bread, two thin slices of low fat turkey and a slice of low fat swiss cheese. Then about a cup of mini carrots and a grapefruit.

Around 3:30pm I eat a whole green pepper and another piece of in season fruit.

On the drive home from work I’ll eat an apple.

Dinner consists of a salad made of spinach leaves, broccoli florets, a handful of raw almond slivers and a garlic vinegarette dressing.

One Sundays I may cook up a large piece of beef either on the grill or in the oven. I’ll replace the almonds with a bit of that in the salad through the week.

In the evening I may have a handful of raw whole almonds or some reduced fat Triscuits and some baba ghanouch.

Other staples I may eat in place of others include sardines or some baked fish, lentils,

There you have it. Maybe it’s not for everyone but you might want to give it a try. It’s doing wonders for me.