KRSN/KRSN-FM Stereo, Los Alamos, had problems with Paul Simon's "Kodachrome." The first time I heard it, the D.J. apologized for the offense that it would produce but played it anyway. Well, they bleeped the offensive bit.
When I think back on all the *bleep* I learned in high school it's a wonder I can think at all.I had to switch to one of the enlightened Santa Fe stations to hear the dirty word. It took a while but I finally heard the unexpurgated version.
"Crap."
"Crap"? That's the dirty word? "Crap"?
Boy, KRSN was really watching out for all those sensitive ears in Los Alamos. I was disappointed.
They eventually removed "Kodachrome" from their playlist altogether. I supposed they figured that everybody knew what the offensive word was and that we all filled it in when the *bleep* happened so they were essentially contributing to the naughtiness of Los Alamos.
KRSN was a nice, little station. They had something for everybody. They had Rock and Roll in afternoons for the school kids. They had Classical music in the evenings for those of us with more taste. They had Paul Harvey for the rest of the stories. And when they were signing off for the night, they had H. L. Hunt's "Freedom Talks" for the patriots.
And they had "Test Your Knowledge"!
"Test Your Knowledge" was a call-in quiz where they'd ask a question and the first person to call with the correct answer won a prize and a chance to win the weekly fabulous grand prize. The answers could all be found in The World Almanac and Book of Facts.
I won the fabulous grand prize once. It was a real silver dollar!
Another time, I answered the question right. I got 50 cents! I was proud of my accomplishment...getting through before anybody else with the right answer. I didn't even have to consult the almanac.
Dad wasn't so impressed. "It'll cost more than 50 cents in gasoline and wear and tear on the car to drive up to North Mesa to pick up the money."
I was such a burden.
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It was always something with Jack. No achievement was too large or small for him to denigrate. I got a 4.0 average my first two terms in college, and he blew up when I got the first one and started ranting about how I thought I was so good and so smart while he got $h1t on and nobody ever appreciated anything he did or praised him for anything.
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I won my first 45 from Krsn. It was some lame song from an unknown group, but I won it!
Well, I get the prize from Dad! He said, "You are a good for nothing kid and you will never amount to anything!" Who's the joke on now!?!
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