We should formally invite him to the fest. I bet he would come if it fit his schedule.
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Re: : NY Times: Possessed (Harry Shearer on Shortwave) > (David Goren) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 11:31:38 -0500 > From: David Goren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Swlfest] : NY Times: Possessed (Harry Shearer on Shortwave) > To: Discussion the Winter SWL Fest list for <[email protected]>, > Shortwave programming discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Myke Weiskopf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kim Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > >> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/fashion/06POSS.html?_r=1&oref=slogin >> >> The New York Times >> January 6, 2008 >> Possessed >> Comic Relief via Shortwave >> By DAVID COLMAN >> >> ?THE great joke of our era is that this is called the information >> age,? said the actor and humorist Harry Shearer. In other words, if >> information is free, you get what you pay for. Since childhood, Mr. >> Shearer has tried to get the genuine article, even if that has >> meant spending a little time and effort to do so. >> >> It was at the peak of radio?s popularity that Harry Shearer was >> born in 1943 in Los Angeles. He tuned in quickly: not only was he a >> child actor whose first gig was on Jack Benny?s radio show (?I was >> passing as a child,? he said), but he had a feverish fascination >> with radio itself. As a boy, he looked down on the Art Deco carved- >> wood radio console in his family?s living room, preferring the more >> sensitive RCA model in his room (?an early vomit-green plastic >> radio?), which he fiddled with nightly like a junior Marconi. >> >> ?I would try and find the most distant station possible,? he said. >> ?I knew something happened when it left Hollywood and then came >> bouncing back from across the country a half a second later. It >> sounded weirdly magical to me. If there was stuff in the air, I >> wanted to receive it.? >> >> Today the vomit-green RCA exists only in the Smithsonian of his >> memory. A dedicated hobbyist in the radio tradition, Mr. Shearer >> has gone through 40 to 50 radios: a Hallicrafters table-size >> shortwave, an early Sony ICF and countless others, big, small, >> portable and pocket-size. >> >> He even forsook the exploding world of television in the ?60s for >> the increasingly anarchic world of radio. ?I never saw ?I Dream of >> Jeannie,? ? he said. ?I think of it as an enhanced childhood.? Even >> today, though he writes and acts as prolifically as he always has, >> it is his voice (of a dozen or so characters on ?The Simpsons?) >> that is probably most familiar to us. >> >> Although he gets romantic talking about his lifelong love of the >> medium, it is always his latest radio that gets pride of place in >> his heart and on his desk. >> >> ?I didn?t call any of them ?Steve,? or get attached to them as an >> object,? he said in the anchorman deadpan for which he?s known. ?If >> they stopped working, I didn?t keep them.? >> >> For some eight years now, his flame has been a Sangean, model >> ATS-909, a digital shortwave radio. The 909 may not have the reach >> of fancier shortwave radios, but for Mr. Shearer?s purposes, it is >> nearly perfect. It is simple enough to involve little in the way of >> instructions, yet allows for the obsessive tinkering and tuning >> that is the hallmark of the radio hobbyist. (An optional 30-foot >> shortwave antenna boosts it to another level of sensitivity.) >> >> It?s not the most attractive radio on the market, but Mr. Shearer >> does not care. ?We have a Tivoli, we have a Bose, all the famous >> radios,? he said, ticking off high-design brands. ?This is my >> companion. I?ve always been more about functionality over looks. >> This has all the buttons I need and not much else. There is one >> that says ?Page,? and I?ve never pressed that. I don?t know what >> would happen.? >> >> Though he loved searching out new music back in the ?60s, he has >> settled comfortably into the armchair of the fanatical global-news >> enthusiast, for which the Sangean is ideal. Though the BBC stopped >> broadcasting shortwave to North America in 2001, a move that still >> pains shortwave fans, he has figured out how to receive the >> transmissions on his own radio via the Internet. >> >> Getting his news from the most reliable (and often most remote) >> sources, Mr. Shearer said, gives him great satisfaction. As even a >> cursory overview at the Information Age will tell you, nothing is >> really free: you pay the price when you don?t get the real story. >> >> >> >> > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/private/swlfest/attachments/20080106/1b99a18b/attachment.html > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 18:56:39 GMT > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Swlfest] : NY Times: Possessed (Harry Shearer on > Shortwave) > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Wow who'd a thunk it? > > -- David Goren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/fashion/06POSS.html?_r=1&oref=slogin > > The New York Times > January 6, 2008 > Possessed > Comic Relief via Shortwave > By DAVID COLMAN > > “THE great joke of our era is that this is called the information age,” said > the actor and humorist Harry Shearer. In other words, if information is free, > you get what you pay for. Since childhood, Mr. Shearer has tried to get the > genuine article, even if that has meant spending a little time and effort to > do so. > > It was at the peak of radio’s popularity that Harry Shearer was born in 1943 > in Los Angeles. He tuned in quickly: not only was he a child actor whose > first gig was on Jack Benny’s radio show (“I was passing as a child,” he > said), but he had a feverish fascination with radio itself. As a boy, he > looked down on the Art Deco carved-wood radio console in his family’s living > room, preferring the more sensitive RCA model in his room (“an early > vomit-green plastic radio”), which he fiddled with nightly like a junior > Marconi. > > “I would try and find the most distant station possible,” he said. “I knew > something happened when it left Hollywood and then came bouncing back from > across the country a half a second later. It sounded weirdly magical to me. > If there was stuff in the air, I wanted to receive it.” > > Today the vomit-green RCA exists only in the Smithsonian of his memory. A > dedicated hobbyist in the radio tradition, Mr. Shearer has gone through 40 to > 50 radios: a Hallicrafters table-size shortwave, an early Sony ICF and > countless others, big, small, portable and pocket-size. > > He even forsook the exploding world of television in the ’60s for the > increasingly anarchic world of radio. “I never saw ‘I Dream of Jeannie,’ ” he > said. “I think of it as an enhanced childhood.” Even today, though he writes > and acts as prolifically as he always has, it is his voice (of a dozen or so > characters on “The Simpsons”) that is probably most familiar to us. > > Although he gets romantic talking about his lifelong love of the medium, it > is always his latest radio that gets pride of place in his heart and on his > desk. > > “I didn’t call any of them ‘Steve,’ or get attached to them as an object,” he > said in the anchorman deadpan for which he’s known. “If they stopped working, > I didn’t keep them.” > > For some eight years now, his flame has been a Sangean, model ATS-909, a > digital shortwave radio. The 909 may not have the reach of fancier shortwave > radios, but for Mr. Shearer’s purposes, it is nearly perfect. It is simple > enough to involve little in the way of instructions, yet allows for the > obsessive tinkering and tuning that is the hallmark of the radio hobbyist. > (An optional 30-foot shortwave antenna boosts it to another level of > sensitivity.) > > It’s not the most attractive radio on the market, but Mr. Shearer does not > care. “We have a Tivoli, we have a Bose, all the famous radios,” he said, > ticking off high-design brands. “This is my companion. I’ve always been more > about functionality over looks. This has all the buttons I need and not much > else. There is one that says ‘Page,’ and I’ve never pressed that. I don’t > know what would happen.” > > Though he loved searching out new music back in the ’60s, he has settled > comfortably into the armchair of the fanatical global-news enthusiast, for > which the Sangean is ideal. Though the BBC stopped broadcasting shortwave to > North America in 2001, a move that still pains shortwave fans, he has figured > out how to receive the transmissions on his own radio via the Internet. > > Getting his news from the most reliable (and often most remote) sources, Mr. > Shearer said, gives him great satisfaction. As even a cursory overview at the > Information Age will tell you, nothing is really free: you pay the price when > you don’t get the real story. > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________ > Looking for insurance? 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Stern, of course, derides him for this. > > > > On Jan 6, 2008, at 6:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> Wow who'd a thunk it? >> >> -- David Goren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/fashion/06POSS.html? >>> _r=1&oref=slogin >>> >>> The New York Times >>> January 6, 2008 >>> Possessed >>> Comic Relief via Shortwave >>> By DAVID COLMAN >>> >>> ?THE great joke of our era is that this is called the information >>> age,? said the actor and humorist Harry Shearer. In other words, >>> if information is free, you get what you pay for. Since childhood, >>> Mr. Shearer has tried to get the genuine article, even if that has >>> meant spending a little time and effort to do so. >>> >>> It was at the peak of radio?s popularity that Harry Shearer was >>> born in 1943 in Los Angeles. He tuned in quickly: not only was he >>> a child actor whose first gig was on Jack Benny?s radio show (?I >>> was passing as a child,? he said), but he had a feverish >>> fascination with radio itself. As a boy, he looked down on the Art >>> Deco carved-wood radio console in his family?s living room, >>> preferring the more sensitive RCA model in his room (?an early >>> vomit-green plastic radio?), which he fiddled with nightly like a >>> junior Marconi. >>> >>> ?I would try and find the most distant station possible,? he said. >>> ?I knew something happened when it left Hollywood and then came >>> bouncing back from across the country a half a second later. It >>> sounded weirdly magical to me. If there was stuff in the air, I >>> wanted to receive it.? >>> >>> Today the vomit-green RCA exists only in the Smithsonian of his >>> memory. A dedicated hobbyist in the radio tradition, Mr. Shearer >>> has gone through 40 to 50 radios: a Hallicrafters table-size >>> shortwave, an early Sony ICF and countless others, big, small, >>> portable and pocket-size. >>> >>> He even forsook the exploding world of television in the ?60s for >>> the increasingly anarchic world of radio. ?I never saw ?I Dream of >>> Jeannie,? ? he said. ?I think of it as an enhanced childhood.? >>> Even today, though he writes and acts as prolifically as he always >>> has, it is his voice (of a dozen or so characters on ?The >>> Simpsons?) that is probably most familiar to us. >>> >>> Although he gets romantic talking about his lifelong love of the >>> medium, it is always his latest radio that gets pride of place in >>> his heart and on his desk. >>> >>> ?I didn?t call any of them ?Steve,? or get attached to them as an >>> object,? he said in the anchorman deadpan for which he?s known. >>> ?If they stopped working, I didn?t keep them.? >>> >>> For some eight years now, his flame has been a Sangean, model >>> ATS-909, a digital shortwave radio. The 909 may not have the reach >>> of fancier shortwave radios, but for Mr. Shearer?s purposes, it is >>> nearly perfect. It is simple enough to involve little in the way >>> of instructions, yet allows for the obsessive tinkering and tuning >>> that is the hallmark of the radio hobbyist. (An optional 30-foot >>> shortwave antenna boosts it to another level of sensitivity.) >>> >>> It?s not the most attractive radio on the market, but Mr. Shearer >>> does not care. ?We have a Tivoli, we have a Bose, all the famous >>> radios,? he said, ticking off high-design brands. ?This is my >>> companion. I?ve always been more about functionality over looks. >>> This has all the buttons I need and not much else. There is one >>> that says ?Page,? and I?ve never pressed that. I don?t know what >>> would happen.? >>> >>> Though he loved searching out new music back in the ?60s, he has >>> settled comfortably into the armchair of the fanatical global-news >>> enthusiast, for which the Sangean is ideal. Though the BBC stopped >>> broadcasting shortwave to North America in 2001, a move that still >>> pains shortwave fans, he has figured out how to receive the >>> transmissions on his own radio via the Internet. >>> >>> Getting his news from the most reliable (and often most remote) >>> sources, Mr. Shearer said, gives him great satisfaction. As even a >>> cursory overview at the Information Age will tell you, nothing is >>> really free: you pay the price when you don?t get the real story. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> _____________________________________________________________ >> Looking for insurance? 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