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Drive Time Radio
In my six weeks of drive time across the United States of America this summer, geography was not the only thing I covered. I was all over the musical map, too…
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My iPod – RIP?
My iPod bit the dust. At a Motel 6 in Kansas, I went to update my hallowed Road Trip playlist in order to delete “Smokin’ in the Boys Room.” The nostalgic novelty of that song, I had found, turns out to be rather paltry. Grating, even. But when, in room 116, I connected my digital drives and mashed “sync,” I received, OMG, a stop-sign, exclamation point, “Error 1429″ pop-up warning that my device was “corrupt.” Well!
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Wish They All Could Be California Classical Radio Stations
It’s 9:30 at night in Palm Springs, Calif., and I realize I have had the Southern California classical radio station, KPSC 88.5 FM, on the radio all day. OK, I set it for the dog, truth be told, since classical music on WDAV 89.9 FM is what they play for him at Camp Wagging Tails back home, and what I play for him at my condo while I am at work, on account of his mild (now) separation anxiety.
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Posted in Road Music
Tagged classical music, classical radio, Dodger, dog, John Syme, Palm Springs, road music, road trip, WDAV, WDAV 89.9
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Palm Springs, California: Another Saturday Night?
We ended our San Diego stay, a petite week, by one more festive visit to Dog Beach before heading up the coast. Sure enough, exiting the accursed I-5 to the Pacific Coast Highway, we saw signs to Doheny Park and Laguna Beach, and the Beach Boys started belting out “Surfin’ Safari.” I did not plan it, honest, my playlist did it on its own.
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Posted in Road Music
Tagged AV 89.9John Syme, Beach Boys, Davidson College, Palm Springs, road music, road trip, surfing music, WD, WDAV
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The Hoover Dam
WDAV announcer, producer and work buddy Jennifer Foster, will you please compile me a personal mp3, iTunes compatible, to download for the road?
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Posted in Road Music
Tagged Bee Gees, Davidson College, Jennifer Foster, John Syme, NPR, road music, road trip, WDAV
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Caliente/F.M.
Yesterday, I was 26 years old again, just for about 20 miles on U.S. 190 back to I-40. You can flat haul ass on that road, and I did, just for a little, in my 1967 Mercury Comet Caliente ragtop.
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Posted in Road Music
Tagged Davidson College, John Syme, Mercury Comet, playlist, road music, road trip, WDAV
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Memories of the Future
I have learned that road-trip music provides an ear to the future, as well as to the past and present.
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Posted in Road Music
Tagged cassette tape, convertible, Davidson College, John Syme, Mercury Comet, playlist, road music, road trip, United States
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