Category: Music

Hooked on Needles

Something I realized rather quickly with CD (and also DVD), is the players are commodities. I have never felt the same personal connection for a disc player the way I always have for my speakers, headphones, receivers, turntables, and phono cartridges. Yes, even phono cartridges.

These are a few of the pickups, as cartridges used to be known, that I remember fondly.

The Pickering V15 came installed on my Garrard 40B turntable, way back in early 1972. Five years later, the Stanton 500 was on the Micro-Trak tonearms of the Russco Cue-Master turntables at the radio station.

The Shure M91ED was purchased to replace the Pickering.

The Audio-Technica AT-13Ea lived on my JVC VL-5 turntable.

BeaTles Tower

Last August, I made a big deal about the retirement of the Master FM Antenna that had been on the Empire State Building since 1965.

No Static at All – 3

In Let It Be, at the start of the rooftop concert there’s a shot of a far more imposing mid-1960’s broadcasting structure. The British Telecom Tower.

After sixty years, the BT Tower still looks quite futuristic. I first saw it during a business trip to London about thirty years ago. I’m surprised it isn’t a more widely recognized landmark. The tower is now owned by an American investment group that plans to convert it into a hotel.

https://apnews.com/article/london-bt-tower-sold-hotel-mcr-773d8074736576edaba3af8f1eff27ea

Carmen Tributes

Ohio’s Eric Carmen passed away two months ago.

Ray Carmen, who is heard on LuxuriaMusic, is also from Ohio.

https://raycarmenmusic.wixsite.com/ray-carmen-music/the-pop-radio-program

Ray’s POP! RADIO PROGRAM is always a very enjoyable eclectic blast. Last night’s show was a special tribute to Ray’s sister, who passed away last year. Click or tap the cool cat to listen to an hour of his sister’s favorite songs.