Saturday, May 8, 2004

Birth of a label-sanctioned pirate radio station. In the 1960s radio sucked badly; even worse than it does today. There were no rock stations. The only rock and roll was played on the AM pop station, and sparingly, at that. FM was relatively new, and the FM stations only played easy listening, Jazz, etc. My dad listened to FM 95, which played Herb Alpert and the like; almost jazz, "easy listening," boring music. There were two pop stations in town, one of which lost its license around 1963 for a fraudulent on-air contest that had people digging holes all over St. Louis, trespassing, etc, and it turned out that the prize didn't exist. The station went dark, and came back with new ownership and a country western format. This left one bad pop station in the entire large metropolitan area. One evening my dad wasn't home, so I turned on the stereo, a large furniture-like thing, and was amazed that there was rock and roll playing. Real rock and roll, unlike the schmaltz they played on the pop station. What's more, it was in stereo! [kuro5hin.org] 10:00:43 AM     Tarantino Jury Gets Diverse Cannes Lineup (AP). AP - With the Cannes Film Festival a few days away, it's time again for the annual guessing game: What will catch the fancy of the jury president, who this year is the unpredictable Quentin Tarantino? [Yahoo! News - Entertainment] 12:20:54 AM

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