Here’s the wrap-up, kids. The decline of Top 40 AM radio, and the rapid rise of Album Rock on FM; a trend that overwhelmed even the mighty WABC. Thanks for watching!
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Chapter VIII. The Deadly Poppy Field.
Audio Adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of OZ, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1961
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Low Emissions, Empty Wallet
Does this look like price gouging, even for original Honda factory parts? I’m fine with a local garage marking up parts, but this seems excessive to me. The place has proven itself to be an honest business in the past, but with labor the total came to $1100!
Blame It On The Booze?
Hot on the heels of the example set by moralist Mel Gibson, substance abuse rehab seems to be the first refuge of former Congressman (but still Republican) Mark Foley. Ray Davies of The Kinks sang eloquently about the evils of alcohol in the album Muswell Hillbillies.
More Early Days
See a previous post for two trailers to the Animé title, The Place Promised in Our Early Days.
Here are two scenes from the movie that I’ve spliced together. Note: the bit rate is pushed up to 700 Kbps. We’re giving this one ★★★★★ (OK, who sees five red stars here and who sees something else?). Thanks go again to honorable son Eric for putting it on the Netflix queue!
This One Goes to Eleven
Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 was released on August 31, and it looks very promising. The DVD player is excellent. Here’s how the embedded controller appears with WMP11. The PREV and NEXT buttons are much more obvious now, so it should be easier to see that there’s more than one file to be played.