Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for August 11, 2024

I understand both POVs

For everyone who is not old like I am. Casey Kaseem was a popular disc jockey in the 60s and 70s. Mama Cass Elliot sang with the pop group The Mama’s and the Papas.

Back in the sixties, I used to listen to “Old Jim Lowe” at WRR in Dallas. Late on Saturday he would play jazz and blues on his “Kat’s Karavan.”

I’m surprised Alex knows who Mama Cass was…

♫♪"If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine…"♪♫

“No static at all…”

When I was a teen in the 60’s living in Northern Calif, on summer nights I could listen to Wolfman. It wouldn’t come in winter. Never understood the science of that.

Gettin’ nuthin’ but static from Channel Z

Sometimes, that Mexican AM station, even though it’s all you can get, is a blessing.

“Skip” can be pretty cool. I remember my Dad listening to WLS (Chicago) some nights after we moved to Colorado. And I’ve talked on sideband CB to El Salvatore from Woodland Park. From my car…

Sorry, mom, but I’m with the girls!

Folks need to sing more together. Just something nice that makes us feel close to each other, something to share.

And we need more folks who can play instruments!

Pair of little ingrates.

You can do some fancy AM radio DX-ing up the mountains.

(Michael never gets that boat ashore.)

Strange, I thought “Static” WAS what the girls were listening to, before sneaking off to the tent…

Wow! This is very old. Like me.

And kids wonder why their parents want to go away on vacations by themselves!

I get very grumpy when people play radios (or worse, TV) all day in campgrounds. Live music doesn’t bother me, no matter what kind – not even the time it was a kid playing scales on their violin. But anything over a stereo system doesn’t have to be shared with your 60 closest neighbors – you could turn down the volume or wear headphones.

Yup. I remember living in San Francisco and listening to LA Dodger games on my little Toshiba transistor radio. It had 9 of those transistor thingies!!

My brother, and I used to play, and sing these same songs, back in the early 70’s. It was THE Folk Rock era, and I, more than he, embraced that…not a hippy, as I was in my early teens, but, I still listen to that music, now.