What has happened or may happen in the local music scene
Hey gang – The Summer Solstice has arrived and we are giving Lee ‘The Night-flier’ (above) and the rest of the our staff some much needed R&R time – plus yours truly time to swamp out the studios before start of the next broadcast year at WOAS-FM 88.5. The www.woas-fm.org website remains active even when […]
In Part 1 of Live Shows Revisited (2-23-22), I asked for stories about your favorite concert memories. Less than three days later, Howard Szaroletta from Reno, Nevada responded. In terms of ‘mining data’ for interesting stories, I have to say I struck paydirt on the first try. There is no way I could tell […]
From the Vaults: Live Shows Revisited Time to dig into the past and reminisce about some of the live concerts I have been privileged to attend. The list is too long to talk about more than a few at a time. The wheels really started rolling when I did an internet search under the […]
By now, no one will be surprised in the slightest when I say, “I did not get to do a recap of the sixteenth edition of the Porcupine Mountain Music Festival in 2020 or 2021.” The idea of events, both major and minor, being canceled was a great disappointment to both fans and musicians. […]
While recounting the saga of former Eagles guitarist Don Felder (FTV: Don Felder 11-20-19), we discussed the hot musical ‘coasts’ that existed in the 1960s. New York City and California were considered the east and west coast hotbeds of musical activity. Eventually we added Florida to the mix citing names like Felder, Tom Petty, […]
WOAS-FM Wraps Year WOAS-FM will wrap up the COVID influenced 2020-2021 broadcast year at the end of June. We would like to extend our thanks to everyone who helped fund our transmitter repair last fall and the students who jumped on board for the second semester of what turned out to be a most unusual […]
When searching for ideas for these written ramblings called ‘FTV’, I periodically feel the cosmic wheels spinning when inspiration pops an idea into my brain. The way my mind works, a tune, a fragment of a memory, a photograph, or a bit of stray conversation can plant the seed of a topic for consideration. […]
Saturday 12-12-20 Update – turns out the problem isn’t so serious with the audio – the last power failure reset the new server to the ‘default’ which is the webcam camera – thanks to Lee’s sharp eared brother for pointing out he could hear us talking in the studio even though the board audio was […]
Last medical update – Daniel’s vision is back to 20/20 with his glasses on…after traveling absolutely no where since early March, the sudden need to put 1500 miles under our belt was necessary, but we are still glad to be past it! Thank goodness the mild November and early December weather made the three trips […]
My annual ritual of summarizing the backstage events of the Porcupine Mountain Music Festival dates back more than a dozen years. I was organizing some of the articles that I keep filed chronologically, so naturally I started re-reading some of these ghosts of PMMFs past. With the COVID-19 pandemic scuttling our favorite local festival this […]