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ROCKOLLECTIONS: SALUTE TO RADIO- RADIO IN FILM AND TV

Nearing the Finale, the first of the last two Chapters of our Salute To Radio, I'll start with a song I only have on an old cassette from the 80's.

And it sounds it, lol!

Then a brief look, not as long as I would have liked, at how Radio has been portrayed in other Media.

In this case, Film and TV.

All leading us to the Sad Life of a DJ, and the best song ever about that.

One that had to be…

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Added by Mike Pell on November 17, 2013 at 11:43pm — 14 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SALUTE TO RADIO- BROKEN RADIOS AND HEARTS

Moving on with the Salute to Radio and my 15 Years as the host of Rock Lives, Rockollections or anything else you want to call it…as long as it’s nice!

To start, I will finally be playing that song I mentioned way back in in Chapter Two- one of the all-time great Rock & Roll Namedropping…

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Added by Mike Pell on November 13, 2013 at 10:48am — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SALUTE TO RADIO- SEX AND THE RADIO

Still Saluting Radio, and now over 15 years ago I did the first Rock & Roll show at a station that never played that Music.

Back then it was quite a bit different- more emphasis on my talk rather than Music.

I would read the Billboard album reviews and tell what were the top 10 or 20 songs on the charts.

But the most fun thing was Engineer Ken and I each time wondering what we could get away with.

Could I play 2 songs…

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Added by Mike Pell on November 11, 2013 at 1:22am — 6 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SALUTE TO RADIO- THE FALL OF FM

Anyone who has ever listened to my show knows that I do not have any rules about what I am going to play.

Here's the inside scoop on how I work it- most times doing a Theme, the Opening or the Last Song comes to me, sometimes both.

After that, I think of every song I can on the topic and make a list.

Then the most important part- I play them!

And while one is playing, the song that should come next becomes…

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Added by Mike Pell on November 6, 2013 at 8:43am — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SALUTE TO RADIO- THE RISE OF FM

Time to continue our Salute To Radio, for my 15th Anniversary doing the Rock show.

Previously, I made some promises here- I say them again.

You will hear the BEST damn songs about Radio you will ever hear!

As a kid I liked the radio, but when I heard FM, I fell in love!

These next two chapters will be about the grand, and for the most part failed, experiment of FM Progressive Rock…

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Added by Mike Pell on November 4, 2013 at 12:16am — 8 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: HALLOWEEN 2013 PT.2 END

Halloween is really knocking at the door now.

DO NOT answer it!

I thought I'd play you some Ghost songs in this ending half.

There are a load of Ghost songs out there-…

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Added by Mike Pell on October 30, 2013 at 9:16am — 6 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: HALLOWEEN 2013 PT.1

Halloween approaches, or should I say it creeps up quietly behind us.

Some very interesting songs in here, including a just-released, brand new one.

But the Centerpiece in this opening half is a trip back to those good old Free-Form FM Radio days, for a…

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Added by Mike Pell on October 27, 2013 at 11:00pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SALUTE TO RADIO- SCARY RADIO

Even after all these 15 years, new things can happen- it keeps life interesting.

The night before I recorded this show, I heard a song from 1979 for the first time in my life.

It was sent to me by a friend, Jeff Hogland, and I was completely taken by…

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Added by Mike Pell on October 23, 2013 at 2:13am — 10 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SALUTE TO RADIO- STRETCHING YOUR IMAGINATION

The big 15th Anniversary has come and gone.

I had the shocking thought that I started in 1998...the last CENTURY, lol!

In the mid-60's, the Radio Advertising Bureau hired Stan Freberg to do a series of Ads touting the benefits of…

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Added by Mike Pell on October 20, 2013 at 11:26pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SALUTE TO RADIO- RADIO SELLS OUT

Well this is as close as I can come to my October 20th 15th Anniversary without shooting past it.

I said this Series would be emotional, so what better way to Celebrate than with the emotions Disappointment and Anger, lol?

Why not, what with the long ago…

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Added by Mike Pell on October 16, 2013 at 10:10am — 9 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SALUTE TO RADIO- IT'S DEPENDABLE

I had computer problems last week at the worst possible time- for of all the Themes for Series I have picked over the 15 years, Radio is the one I am most passionate about.

I wrote, "if only computers were as dependable as Radio"- something I have felt for a long time.

Thus an idea was born...and I will use Music to…

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Added by Mike Pell on October 14, 2013 at 12:10pm — 9 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SALUTE TO RADIO- THE RADIO IS ON

Sorry, no NEW show this week, my computer was in the shop and one couldn't be done.

I'll pick it back up from where we left off next week though.

And I PROMISE you that during the span of this Salute To Radio Series, you will hear things you have never heard before.

You will hear things that haven’t been played on the radio in…

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Added by Mike Pell on October 8, 2013 at 10:36pm — 2 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SALUTE TO RADIO- RADIO BEGINS

Sorry, no NEW show this week, my computer was in the shop and one couldn't be done.

I'll pick it back up from where we left off next week though.

And I PROMISE you that during the span of this Salute To Radio Series, you will hear things you have never heard before.

You will hear things that haven’t been played on the radio in…

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Added by Mike Pell on October 6, 2013 at 11:17pm — 2 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SALUTE TO RADIO- THE RADIO IS ON

As the 15th Anniversary approaches, I wonder if I can do 20?

Seems far away, but I sure have a lot ideas I haven't gotten to.

And hey, I was wrong when I wrote in the opening half that I would be playing one of the…

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Added by Mike Pell on October 1, 2013 at 11:57pm — 10 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SALUTE TO RADIO- RADIO BEGINS

It's A Salute To Radio, marking my 15th Anniversary in a few weeks of doing a regular weekly show at the same Radio Station!

I did something similar to this 5 years ago for the 10th Anniversary.

In actual fact, I started there on August 25, 1998 as a Fill-In guy, but by October 20th 1998 I had The Rock Show, so that's why I am doing…

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Added by Mike Pell on September 29, 2013 at 10:51pm — 6 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: BOND...JAMES BOND PT.2 END

It's time I mentioned Ian Fleming, the author of the novels and stories the Bond Industry has been built on.

I read many of them, and Sean Connery was always the man I visualized as James Bond.…

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Added by Mike Pell on September 24, 2013 at 11:27pm — 17 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: BOND...JAMES BOND PT.1

It seems like the James Bond Movies have been around forever- we know Diamonds Are, lol!

And the Songs that go with them.

I'll start with…

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Added by Mike Pell on September 22, 2013 at 11:17pm — 18 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: VOL.I- RETURN TO 1967 PT.2 END

Here's the 2nd half of a Return To The Summer Of Love or at least 1967, which I will do periodically.

This is a very good episode, with things you may not have ever heard or thought of in quite some time- and again, an authentic…

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Added by Mike Pell on September 18, 2013 at 12:10am — 6 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: VOL.I- RETURN TO 1967 PT.1

I thought for the Last Official Week Of Summer 2013, a Return To The Summer Of Love might be in order.

As I have said before, 1967 is my favorite year for what was breaking out all over the place in Music, and also…

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Added by Mike Pell on September 15, 2013 at 11:50pm — 6 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: 9/11 NEW YORK SONGS PT.2 END

Over the years for September 11th, I have explained that although the Pentagon was struck, songs about Washington D.C. are not many, and the ones you do come across are always about the government- usually with some sort of protest or humor.

Then there is United 93,…

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Added by Mike Pell on September 10, 2013 at 11:54pm — 10 Comments