Comments on: Open thread 7/25/2025

By: Wendy K Laubach

Wendy K Laubach — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 02:13:09 +0000

I almost guessed Hendrix, but I was iffy. That was it. That’s pretty much my era, so I have no excuse.

By: Philip Sells

Philip Sells — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 06:03:51 +0000

Hi, Rufus. That was an interesting comparison of the PR approaches of those two stations. I wonder what WMHT here sounds like on the subject. Probably Doctor Alan Chartock holding forth in that way that he does, only more so. (Oh, wait a moment… I didn’t know he retired from the radio a couple of years ago. Well. Anyway, I have no desire to listen in on his replacement.)

By: huxley

huxley — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 04:57:04 +0000

I don’t listen to the radio at all since Click & Clack retired.

AesopFan:

BTW C&C were both graduates of MIT!

RIP Tom “Clack” Magliozzi (1937-2014)

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 03:21:31 +0000

@ Rufus > ” they’ve been having an impromptu fund raising drive due to their loss of funding from Congress’ cuts to NPR.”

I am happy to see the people who want to support NPR are doing so, with their money, not mine. The entire CPB system should have had a done-by date from the beginning, where the governnmet subsidies were removed, gradually perhaps, but inevitably.

I don’t listen to the radio at all since Click & Clack retired.
My sister, however, who is among the brain-washed Democrats and watches PBS all day long, sent in $500 because “Trump cut their funding.”
And that’s fine.

By: John Galt III

John Galt III — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 01:03:47 +0000

Rock – White man’s Rap

who cares

By: SD

SD — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:13:38 +0000

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By: neo

neo — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 21:08:41 +0000

Rufus T. Firefly:

That’s so funny; I did the same thing with McCartney.

By: Rufus T. Firefly

Rufus T. Firefly — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 21:00:35 +0000

I guessed Paul McCartney for about 2/3 of the first 9 and then stopped guessing and fast forwarded to see which names were featured.

Paul McCartney still looks like a 12 year old British lad.

By: neo

neo — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:55:02 +0000

Rufus T. Firefly:

He looked familiar, but I didn’t get him. Then again, I was watching the video at double speed, so it was harder.

By: Rufus T. Firefly

Rufus T. Firefly — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:51:06 +0000

huxley,

He was also a very good distance runner and is a very good golfer.