As you regular readers know by now, I have a daughter named Cassaundra who lives in Seattle. She’s a good kid, she’s gone through some tough times but has never given up. She’s still in college, and she’s still a member of the National Guard. She’s even saving up money to buy a new car – nothing major, just trying to get a beater with a heater.
I mention this today because Cassaundra has started up her own video podcast. Yep, my daughter’s doing her own version of blogging.
Wanna see?
Sure you do!
Here’s her most recent video blog, about her frustrations with radio stations and their limited playlists.
Now although her YouTube videos might not always be safe for work – this clip is okay, though – it’s nice to see her offer her opinion on things, and to share her thoughts with the world, just as her old man does.
For me, though, it’s pleasing to actually see Cassaundra at all – 3,000 miles is a very long distance, and just knowing that my daughter is okay and healthy, after all she’s been through – knowing all that, is a welcome relief for me.
Chuck The Writer 
I don’t really have the time to start commenting on another blog but her old man should probably send her an XM Radio.
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I agree with Cassie about remakes. It’s the only time when recycling creates more trash instead of less.
I think Cassie would have loved radio before automation ruined it forever.
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She has some interesting insights. She’s a smarty like her old man and she’s pretty too !
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The homogenization of radio began when the federal government relaxed its rules on station ownership during the Reagan years with the effect that we now have almost no local ownership of the medium, little or no local programming, little or no local announcers.
It’s all about squeezing every cent from a community and offering little or nothing in return.
It’s about fewer and fewer songs in rotation, fewer and fewer staff members, more and more automation, to make the most money out of advertisers who are duped by sales reptiles regurgitating Arbitron book numbers as gospel truth.
There are rare exceptions in the Albany area, WEQX and WEXT to name two, but I honestly can’t think of any others unless you’re into news and public affairs. In that case, WAMC may be more to your liking. Good luck finding anything else of substance from 88-108Mhz.
Clear Channel has done the lion’s share of killing the very medium it owns.
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And you probably wouldn’t want to own an Edison Diamond Disc player. Edison, being the oligarch that he was, insisted on approving any musical performer that recorded for his company. Read a little about his life and you’ll learn that he was as deaf as a post, especially from his 30s onward, with the result that the music recorded for the Edison Phonograph Company sucked!! A deaf Music Director, yes!
You’d probably be happier with a Victrola. The Victor Talking Machine Company of Camden , NJ signed all the best jazz and pop artists in the world. Don’t mean to spout off a history lesson to you, but a little more reading might be in order before forming those kinds of statements. I recommend the book, “From Tin Foil To Stereo” as a starting point.
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Um… Tedgimp… I would have to respectfully disagree regarding the Edison Diamond Disc materials. Yes, Edison had to approve all the recordings, and he did indeed favor more Victorian parlor ballads of the day, but there are some very impressive recordings on the Diamond Disc label. And this is coming from someone (me) that has enjoyed Edison Diamond Discs and a player for years.
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Good point. That’s what makes horse races. I at one time had 16 antique phonographs (six Edison cylinder, seven Victors and two Columbias and a Zonophone) in the house. I’ll say one thing for TAE, his travelling ‘tone test’ shows were a hit with the public. I eventually sold off all machines except one and now just scour the shops for discs. Latest aquisition: a NOS copy of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli doing “Nuages.” Current Holy Grail is a decent copy on Brunswick of Cab Calloway doing “Minnie the Moocher.”
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Tedgimp – You might be interested in this blog post I wrote last year about when Thomas Edison’s “tone tests” came to the Washington Avenue Armory in Albany.
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Excellent post! Knew I should have found your blog before I did!
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