May I gush?

coindaughter · August 29, 2002 11:29AM

I just wanted to thank you all for helping me through the maze I find myself in...coins to the right; coins to the left!

I am grateful that you all answer my questions thoughtfully. You have given my so many good ideas that I have used, and that I never would've thought of. You've pointed me to resources that are extremely helpful.

Just wanted to say *T*H*A*N*K *Y*O*U!!

(....and I'll be back!)

Russ · August 29, 2002 11:48AM

<< ...coins to the right; coins to the left! >>

...Here I am, stuck in the middle with you. Sing along, everyone.

Russ, NCNE

MadMarty · August 29, 2002 11:58AM

<< coins to the right; coins to the left! >>

Sorry Russ, sounds like a Buffett concert to me... Fins Up

lordmarcovan · August 29, 2002 12:12PM

Gee, thanks, Russ.

I really needed that stuck in my head the rest of the night...

ClarkOfKent · August 29, 2002 12:29PM

lordm,

Let me help you with that problem. Repeat after me....

"This is the story... of a lovely lady... who was bringing up three very lovely girls."
"All of them had hair of gold... like their mother's... the youngest one in curls."

Take it from there. You can thank me later.

Clark

IrishMike · August 29, 2002 12:30PM

it's a small world after all.............

Bear · August 29, 2002 12:30PM

If something is going to gush, I would much rather it be an oil well. Bear

Russ · August 29, 2002 12:30PM

Clark,

That was cruel.

Russ, NCNE

MadMarty · August 29, 2002 1:02PM

Great my wife was reading the post over my shoulder and started humming the chicken dance. Now that is stuck in my head...

presleyh · August 29, 2002 1:48PM

small world after all will screw me up for a week, and i havnt been to disney in 5 years!!!!

gemseeker · August 29, 2002 3:45PM

or the very familiar .. money, money, money, money,, money money money money....don't let money fool you...

coindaughter · August 30, 2002 1:53AM

Bumping it up to gush on the morning peoples!

Good morning, Morning Peoples! Consider yourself gushed!

nwcs · August 30, 2002 2:11AM

I guess I'm not in the Jimmy Buffet era! I just wish I had coins to my left and my right! Instead I have work to my left and work to my right!

Neil

Russ · August 30, 2002 2:25AM

What is with all this Jimmy Buffet talk? Stuck In The Middle With You is Stealer's Wheel. Derned kids.

Russ, NCNE

presleyh · August 30, 2002 2:29AM

I think they got it mixed up with "fins to the left, fins to the right" you know the buffett song about sharks?

dorkkarl · August 30, 2002 2:52AM

did'nt stealers-wheel evolve into gerry rafferty? baker street? now THAT'S a classic.

K S

Russ · August 30, 2002 2:58AM

Karl,

You are correct. Rafferty was a vocalist and guitar player with Steeler's, co-wrote Stuck. You must be old.

Russ, NCNE

Placid · August 30, 2002 3:03AM

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...

Oop's...I had the jokers on the wrong side.

Clankeye · August 30, 2002 3:09AM

Stuck was good, but I liked their later hit Star. 'Bout time there was a Stealer's Wheel thread around here.

Russ · August 30, 2002 3:14AM

OOH! OOH! Check it out!

(Have speakers on)

Russ, NCNE

RELLA · August 30, 2002 3:17AM

I knew all of that...and I don't feel old at all after my third bottle of Mt. Dew everyday.

Anyone who is a fan of classic rock should own City to City by Gerry Rafferty IMO.

RELLA

shirohniichan · August 30, 2002 3:27AM

Coins to right of them,
Coins to left of them,
Coins in front of them
Valued and listed;
Storm'd at with loupe and lens,
Kept from coins one spends,
Into the jaws of plastic,
Compared to the price of Trends,
Rode the six hundred.

Clankeye · August 30, 2002 3:31AM

Russ--
Hey, thanks for the link to that guys lyric site. There's another great song on there, Magnet and Steel by Walter Egan. I fell in love for the first time to that song and Right Down the Line by Rafferty one glorious summer long ago.

I've also been looking for the lyric to Abraham Martin and John, and what do ya know, there it is.

Clankeye · August 30, 2002 3:54AM

BTW, coindaughter... please forgive the hijacking of your thread by the Gerry Rafferty fan club.

I am not one of those that has advised you, but I am sure that those who have appreciate your thanks, and will be there in the future to help or simply enjoy your stories. It's good things have turned out well.

HoosierDaddy · August 30, 2002 4:20AM

ALL OF YOU ARE FIRED!!!!!!

Although Baker Street is one of my more-often played mp3's, I had not thought about Right Down the Line for ages! I had to drop everything that I was doing and rush right out and download it! If there are any of you who need that tune on mp3, just e-mail me and I will send you a copy! It is such an excellent tune! Made my Friday...

-Hoosier (an ex-DJ from the late 70's and early 80's)

Russ · August 30, 2002 4:24AM

<< (an ex-DJ from the late 70's and early 80's) >>

Dasm! Me too! I used to work a couple clubs part-time in Portland, OR.

Russ, NCNE

shirohniichan · August 30, 2002 4:24AM

No fans of Lord Tennyson, eh?

zenny · August 30, 2002 4:28AM

you mean Lord Marcovan?

HoosierDaddy · August 30, 2002 4:41AM

I did the bar thing as a part-time gig - pay sucked but the booze was free - but did the evening shift on a local radio station for about 4 years total. Gained tons of useless trivia!

-Hoosier

MadMarty · August 30, 2002 4:51AM

Hey Russ,
What do you have against Jimmy Buffett!!! Don't make me link to Fins!!! Better say your sorry!!!

Russ · August 30, 2002 4:56AM

<< pay sucked but the booze was free >>

Yep, and the women were easy. Even an ugly guy can get some if they're the DJ.

My dad was a jock for over about 30 years. Worked KJR Seattle in the '60's when it was the hottest rock station on the west coast.

EDIT: Just for grins, this is what I sound like.

Russ, NCNE

Clankeye · August 30, 2002 5:08AM

Russ--
Might I ask his name? You are talking my childhood here. I would have been listening.

Russ · August 30, 2002 5:11AM

His on air name was Russ Rebel.

Russ, NCNE

Clankeye · August 30, 2002 5:21AM

Russ--
Has a familar ring. Oh God, sounds of Hooray for Hazel, Wendy, Journey to the Center of the Mind and other such classics are begining to fill my head. KJR in the 60's... every northwest kid had to be tuned in.

Russ · August 30, 2002 5:26AM

<< ... every northwest kid had to be tuned in. >>

Hehe, some of us had no choice.

He did KJR briefly in the late 50's, moved over to KRKO for a bit, then back to KJR for a couple years, then back to KRKO for about 13 years. Then taught it for about ten, then bounced around from station to station for the rest of his career.

Russ, NCNE

Flash · August 30, 2002 2:45PM

Growing up in Oregon, I used to be able to tune in KJR late at night during the Summer when the sky was clear. Ahh, the memories! My best friend that I grew up with has been a DJ every since he was a teenager and still in highschool, so I spent a fair amount of time hanging around at radio stations.

For some odd reason, Harry Chapin's song WOLD keeps popping into my head.

DesertLizard · August 31, 2002 3:49AM

I am late to this thread but I can only "second that emotion"!

This forum is SPAM free, expletive free and commercial free. That's all good but what is so wonderful is the knowledge you guys/gals have. I have avoided lots of mistakes and more importantly learned so much in the last 2 months.

I hope to stick around and be able to share some of experiences as well.

Keep gushing coindaughter!

shortdj · August 31, 2002 5:34AM

I want to hi-jack this thread too (sorry!)..... I guess I would make the 3rd DJ on this board, as I've done the club thing (not called bar thing since the 70's & 80's) and also the radio gig thing as well. Boy some of the stories I could tell you, but not here!

Us DJ's have to fight them off almost as much as band members do!! I guess it's the coin geek in me that keeps me on the spinning side of the music instead of the dancing side! In radio, if I had a buffalo nickle for every time I played a Michael Bolton or Mariah Carey song, I wouldn't have to work for a living!

coindaughter · August 31, 2002 8:26AM

Hey, hi-jacking no problem!

Not only are you guys knowledgeable, you are entertaining as well! Thanks for all the...uh...oldies you spun!

See ya in the funny papers,
CD

osirisMMII · August 31, 2002 9:50AM

Whewie Russ........ for a sec I thought you were gonna say your dad is Charlie Brown (or Clydie!!)........ or maybe the legendary Pat O'Day (I actually worked for him for awhile).......... or Gary Lockwood........ or Ichabod......... or Matt Reedy........... or Sunshine Sherry......... hold it - that wouldn't work

I didn't even know FM existed til about 6th grade! And you weren't supposed to listen to KING with Murdoch in the Morning........ they played The Beatles and the stoners listened to those guys

............. And what about Kasey Kasem and "American Top 40!".......... whoa.......... flashback.......... actually I remember the name Russ Rebel but I'm thinkin' I remember it from KRKO when I moved up near Everett as a teen........ hmmmmm.......

edited to add: Where did your dad teach? Baileys? National? Or BCC? Or ______

dorkkarl · September 11, 2002 9:56PM

HAD to bring back this thread. russ, you are THE MAN!!! er, i mean the "rebel"....

nazareth, anyone???

K S

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