[rollei_list] Re: OT: Vinyl and CD's
- From: jon.stanton@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: rollei list <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 05:33:44 +0000 (UTC)
Marc, Porky's phrase is actually a paraphrase of something an early Mormon
prophet said:
In June of 1840, Snow declared, "As man is, God once was; as God is, man may
become."
I remember the quote from a Comparative Religion class...
I remember seeing a few 45rpm decks in cars.
>Wel, I got a ride once from Porky Chedwick, the
>iconic DJ who coined the phrase, "as you are, I
>was; as I am, you, too, someday shall be". This
>was in 1966. He had a 45 rpm turntable in his
>car. Only such rig I have ever seen. Look up his Wikipedia
>article.
>
>Pittsburgh rules!
>
>Marc
>
> Here is a curiosity, Philips developed an automotive
>player for 45s. This might well have been what your friend
>had. I vaguely remember reading a paper on it in some
>journal, perhaps a Philips house magazine or perhaps the
>Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, I rather think the
>latter. In any case the thing was a failure, since there was
>no good way of stabilizing it. I think this project is what
>led Philips into developing the cartridge player.
> There are few ideas one can think of that are not in
>some old patent somewhere.
Ah! No, Porky didn't try to play 45's while
driving through the US Pothole Capital. From May
through October, he was in constant demand as a
DJ at open-air parties, and he would hook up the
speakers he carried in his trunk and back seat
and spin disks with an audio voice-over while the
kids came over to the car to shake his hand. He
was, and is, a national treasure.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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