ATTENTION ALL HOOTHEADS! NEW TIME: Sats @ 10am.
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If you know who Steve Cropper is, you don’t want to miss this interview with guitar slouch (sic) Ronnie Wood (be patient to wait thru error msg, it will play–28min runtime):
Can anyone tell us where this is, or what it means? [Thanks for all your incorrect, but amusing guesses.]
YES: It’s a shot from Google Earth of the KPH Marine radio station built by RCA circa 1930 and still operable today. [The KPH receive site is open for visitors every Saturday 1200 to 1700 local time. Visitors are welcome! The receive site is located at 17400 Sir Francis Drake Blvd in the Point Reyes National Seashore, just past G Ranch on the way to the lighthouse.]
The view from the street is locally known as the “Cypress Tunnel”, which was planted & tended by Coast Miwok descendant Joe Sciallo, of Marshall, CA, who was a station rigger for the facility 90+ years ago.
So, did ol’ Joe, whose ancestors have tread on that ground for only ten thousand years or so, know when he planted the little Cypress seedlings that they would look somewhat like a radio tower from space? Sure he did.
We’re happy to reprise the little “Birdnote” episodes now fresh baked daily at/around 8am M-F on all Jiveradio network stations. [That’s a mama Snowy Plover and her little tyke.]
here are the songs heard on the latest Gratuitous Echo (#6)…..
jefferson airplane…..a small package of value will come to you shortly
camper van beethoven…..good guys and bad guys
electric flag–killin floor
the beatles–and your bird can sing
jade warrior–may queen
king crimson–i talk to the wind
joni mitchell–underneath the streetlight
carly simon–haven’t got time for the pain
d.j. blather break
the who–armenia city in the sky
traffic–hole in my shoe
pink floyd–see emily play
the stones–dandelion
the beatles–everybody’s got something to hide except for me and my monkey
the small faces–itchycoo park
(the last six songs were a flashback fantasy of listening to radio in a park in London in 1967)
Gratuitous Echo…..new episodes Saturday night at 9. replay Weds night at 9. and always avail on the website. just go to DJs, then BVD, and the show is right there. listen at your leisure!
i was chatting with a listener recently who was a bit frustrated. she likes a lot of our programming, sure, but was crabby because songs that she liked weren’t identified. yes, this can be a pitfall with our notorious low budget operation, BUT……this is exactly why we love SHAZAM. this nifty app can really be helpful in the song/artist identification realm. it’s free, it downloads very quickly, and, more importantly, IT WORKS. really helpful for expanded appreciation of Jive Radio! so if you don’t have it on your phone…….get widdit!