Vinyl Voyage Radio

Just realized that the radio station is no longer broadcasting in "Live" * mode.  Therefore, you will not be hearing "Funky Feel Good Fridays" today until the issue gets resolved---most likely later in the afternoon. Sorry for the inconvenience. * Live mode is when the station is playing off my computer in the studio (read: my basement).  The computer has stored about 1000 songs or so, all recorded from vinyl.  As a backup, Live365 has a shortened playlist and when the studio computer goes down, the Live365 playlist goes into effect.  That is what is playing now.  Why this happened, I am not sure.  I just discovered the problem at lunch.  So, when I get home, it will be fixed.  Hopefully.

In 1982, K-Tel did it again with Radio Active .  This album demonstrates one of the more endearing things about K-Tel albums:  variety.  On this album we have powerhouses like the Who and the Police with the Commodores and Rick James.  I've said it before and I'll say it again:  the whole concept of "shuffle" advocated by Apple with the introduction of the iPod in 2001was a concept pioneered by K-Tel decades earlier. When Apple announced the iPod, one of the selling points was to have access to a variety of different music at your fingertips.  On October 23, 2001, Steve Jobs demonstrated the new iPod, featuring his own playlist and his ability to move between very different types of music.  The songs on Steve Jobs' playlist?  "Building a Mystery" by Sarah McLachlan, "Porcelain" by Moby,  "Sweet Sixteen" by Chuck Berry, "One Week" by Bare Naked Ladies and "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan. Although you can...