Welcome to my three thousandth post. This blog began in April 30th, 2005. As of this date, that works out to
20 years or 7,317 days. (That works out to a post approximately every 2.4 days.) I knew by the fall of 2024 that I was on track to hit 3,000 posts this Spring. So I have been pondering the meaning of this endeavor. But, it's been a strange ride and I've met some good folks along the way. To everyone who made time for my questions, left a comment or even shared research; I can only say thank you.
I wish I had something wise and sage to say; some observation I could deliver with gravitas on the nature of writing. If I do, it is simply this: We are what we do. Writing of any kind is a self-perpetuating activity. I write because I am a writer. Because I am a writer, I write. It's a circular observation that lacks a rhetorical conclusion but I don't think anyone is asking for one.
If I ever stopped writing it would irrevocably change what I am. At the moment I can't imagine what that would be like. Kurt Vonnegut's knew about this and at the beginning of his 1962 novel, Mother Night he wrote: "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."
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As a radio nerd, bit by the bug years ago, I am here for the history of radio. All of the technology, entertaining, broadcasting, stations, and people. The numerous posts on self-made records, and a number of links which were already in my wheelhouse, are a bonus.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the big 5,000 bash sometime in 2038!
ReplyDeleteIf we all live that long, I think it's mandatory.
ReplyDeleteI've been visiting Arcane Radio Trivia semi-regular for at least a decade. You always have some good stories. I sometimes miss your postings of old 78 record finds and their audio... But your site is got to be amonst the most interesting and fun on radio history. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteI would go back to doing that but free audio hosting is hard to come by. I continue to hoard audio. I've still been occasionally putting the better quality commercial radio air-checks on Archive.org .
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