Rodger, I Am Your Father

Actually, Brian McMurry is... In this episode, my former next door neighbor and graphic artist and fellow chess player sat down with me to discuss where the concept of Rodger came from. He's the guy responsible for the Radio Memphis logo.

Meet Rodger.

Obviously, the Radio Memphis logo is a little more than the above, with the addition of some groovy font and some additional artistic splash. However, this guy here is the basis behind the face for the radio station. Take a listen to this podcast to learn more. In it, there are references to a couple of other pieces, they are below the player.




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This hangs on a wall in my living room, much to the surprise of my wife and all those who feast their eyes on this.

The Abduction of Ganymede - Rembrandt

And this is the Hieronymus Bosch, that Brian makes reference to.

The Garden of Earthly Delights

 For more on Brian's stage work with Freak Engine, take a look at their Facebook here. Give them a like and go to a show... or several.

Hope you enjoy and as always, stay tuned.

Radio History - Selected Cuts

Please allow me to get a little educational here. The science of radio broadcast has always fascinated me. In the span of 100 years, it has come a long way. From the dots and dashes of Morse code to the incredible ability to broadcast a high quality signal around the world, I have watched in a state of wonder of how this business has changed on a technical level. If you think about it, a century is a short amount of time considering the things we take for granted, like FM radio is already an outdated form of broadcast. Even its commercial use is around 50 years old. 

If I am asked what it was that really attracted me to this business, it would be captured in this podcast. There is a certain magic associated with the science of radio broadcast. In this episode, I tracked down some recordings of broadcast history and assembled here for your listening pleasure. I'll attempt to explain their relevance to history and how the medium has truly changed the world.

It pains me to think there are those out there who will never know what it is like to manually tune a radio from one signal to another and to hear all the distant signals a hair's breadth out of reach to get to a stronger signal. In our push button society, that bit of magic is lost. To imagine for a moment what it must have been like to hear the world's breaking news through that little now outdated box still holds a fair bit of fascination to me and I hope we did a fair job of capturing that for your consideration here.




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Thanks for listening and always remember... stay tuned.

Ric & Jeff Chew The Fat

We have all referred to ourselves as whores in the radio business. But actual whores working out of an actual radio station is a sight to behold and an amusing story I tell in this episode From Radioland. Jeff Janovetz and I sat down to pick up where we left off from the first episode (sort of) and we get into corporate America, the Peter Principle, the ever changing world of technology, advertising and the aforementioned tale of actually running whores from a radio station.

So, grab a beverage, a sandwich and buckle up, this one get's a little wild.



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Exciting news! Although we don't really make too much of a mention in this show, From Radioland has now surpassed 3,000 subscribers! This podcast is now available on iTunes, Stitcher and Tunein. Or, you can just keep it here on this blog and enjoy each new episode as they are updated every Sunday afternoon.

Thanks for all your support and as always, stay tuned...

Late Night Rambling

Funny things happen when you are up late at night, a few beers in and a handy mobile recorder is sitting on your desk begging to be used for good... or ill. Seriously, the folks at Zoom should send me a check for this endorsement. They are not. BUT, after hearing this, maybe they would like to sponsor the podcast. Because this episode was recorded as an unrefined test of the Zoom H2, I didn't really use any post production filtering. Personally, I think it sounds great just the way it is. Although, I probably should have left the wind screen off as it is pictured here.

Here is what it looks like, topless.

Yes, that is holy water in the background. Don't ask.

For those of you interested in such matters, this is a way groovy little device. To hear what it sounds like, take a listen to Episode 4 of From Radioland. I plan on using this thing more and more as we get out of the studio. Depending of course, on the circumstances. Anyway, hope you enjoy this episode called "Testing... Testing... Amazeballs".

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And as always,

Stay Tuned...

Ric Gets A Little Dark

A little adjustment to the podcast schedule. I am moving the upload dates to Sundays. The reason being is after I upload an episode to Podbean, it takes some 24 hours for it to go live on iTunes. There are bunch of ways to subscribe to this thing but it seems that most of the subscribers to the podcast do so through iTunes. Anyway, here it is, a little early present for your listening pleasure 24 hours before the iTunes subscribers get to listen. I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoy producing the thing.



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