[TapeVille] Re: blast from the past

  • From: Alex HORTON <alexhorton@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: "tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 19:29:14 +0000

Yes, it is.
 
> From: programmer651@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 13:51:36 -0500
> To: tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Subject: [TapeVille] Re: blast from the past
> 
> Is that Royal Canadian song the one from Ren and Stimpy, with the lyrics 
> like, "Our country wreaks of 
> trees, our yaks are very large"?
> Tyler Z
> On Mon, 5 Jan 2015 18:45:44 +0000, Alex HORTON wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> >Came across a tape of Jesse Dylan & Gene Valaitis on AM 640 from 1994. The 
> >cassette contains:
> >- IDs and happy audience reaction from Jesse & Gene's first day on AM 640;
> >- Royal Canadian Mounted Yaksman song;
> >- explanation of how they get the caramel in the Caramilk bar;
> >- Jesse and Gene singing along to the jingle "When you eat your Smarties, do 
> >you eat the red ones last?";
> >- a song about toast;
> >- a bit about a guy trying to order from a drive-through;
> >- various ID jingles;
> >- songs taped off what I assume was AM 640 including Snow "Informer";
> >- after a few songs, the tape started playing backward, unfortunately I 
> >don't 
> >seem to have a means of playing the tape in reverse;
> >- mostly silence on the rest of the first side except points where a young 
> >girl 
> >(I estimate about twelve or thirteen or so) accidentally pressed record 
> >while 
> >talking;
> >- on the other side, Guns 'n' Roses "Sweet Child of Mine", taped off an 
> >album, 
> >cut off in the middle with a country song taped off the radio;
> >- the last few seconds of another song taped off an album;
> >- Eric Clapton "Tears in Heaven" from an album;
> >- silence followed by a portion of Paul McCartney "Live and Let Die"  
> 
                                          

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