KLPX had an all-request weekend this weekend. Which struck me as odd. How many people request songs on the radio anymore?
Requests were a big deal when I was 12 and discovering different kinds of music. I loved calling the station, actually getting through, talking to the DJ, and then waiting by the stereo, hand over the tape player's record button.
Sometimes my song would be played, sometimes not. Either way, I'd get the thrill of the chase.
When I was 12, the Internet as we know it didn't exist. You couldn't buy almost any song that had ever been recorded for chump change. You couldn't do a four-second YouTube search and, more likely than not, listen for free.
I realize, on an intellectual level, that there must still be people in this city who don't have Internet access. I guess I've been spoiled so well for so long, it's hard for me to fully comprehend.
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I can't wait for you to start yelling at kids to stay out of your yard.
No, this is the opposite. I'm saying that technology has rendered the delights of my childhood obsolete, and nostalgia aside, that's just fine.
"Hey kids, get on my lawn" sounds kinda creepy, though.
Well, you're safe there because you don't have a lawn. ;)
"Get off my driveway!"
The only time I'd see kids there is when I'd be in danger of running them over, so that works.
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