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Medialoper Bebop Episode 28: [REDACTED]

January 18, 2012 by Jim Connelly

Kirk, Tim & Jim have all seen Moneyball, so we figured we’d talk about both the film and the concept. (05:30 – 15:20)

After that, we look at the SOPA protests, including the one on this site. And explain why Lamar Smith, the author (or “author”) of SOPA, is exactly like Snooki. (15:22 – 20:55)

Then, we look at SPIN’s plan to tweet the vast majority of their record reviews. (20:56 – 32:53)

Finally, it’s Kirk’s turn to explain what is in his mix, which has been utterly transformed by iTunes Match: Elmore James, Sharon Jones and Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs. (32:54 – 40:53)

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Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Art Howe, Barry Zito, Beach Boys, Bill James, Bill King, Billy Beane, Billy Crystal, Blender, Bob Marley, Bob Marley Bob Marley, Brad Pitt, Charles Bradley, Elmore James, Golden Globes, Harvard, Jeremy Giambi, KFSR, Lamar Clark, Matthew Sweet, Moneyball, New Orleans Saints, Oakland A’s, PIPA, Quadrophenia, Queen, Red Sox, ricky-gervais, Scott Hatteberg, Seth Rogan, SF 49ers, Sharon Jones, Snooki, SOPA, Spin, Steve Jobs, Susanna Hoffs, Toy Dolls, Twitter, Van Halen, wikipedia, William Patry

Medialoper Bebop Episode 22: Time Change!

November 9, 2011 by Jim Connelly

This week, Kirk, Tim and Jim are reeling from the ramifications of the reversion back to Pacific Standard Time, so there are fewer topics, but more digressions!

First, a look at Amazon’s Kindle Owners Lending Library, and what it might mean for the Publishing industry, and you, the Consumer. Yes, you!! (07:20 – 21:00)

A voicemail from Commissioner Loper leads to a plot to capture Jay Fung, who still doesn’t know that he’s been mentioned on nearly every single podcast for the past couple of months. (21:02 – 23:00)

Then, a Musical Moment to Die For: The Dream Syndicate – Then She Remembers. (23:02 – 25:02)

Finally, Jim reveals his amazingly simple 21st Century plan to fix the problem of Daylight Saving Time, something that has been publicly affecting our lives since at least 1983. (25:03 – 33:32)

Here’s what’s in Jim’s mix this week: John Doe, Deer Tick and some rare Smiths. (33:33 – 37:54)

All that, and commentary from our special guest, Siri!!

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Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: A Song of Ice & Fire, Amazon, Bob Mould, Books in Browsers, Brewster Kahle., Daylight Saving Time, Deer Tick, Evernote, Gamestop, God, Gordon Loper, Hunger Games, Internet Archive, Jay Fung, John Doe, Johnny Heathen, Johnny Marr, Karl Precoda, KFSR, Mary Lou Jepsen, Microsoft, Modern Warfare 3, Moneyball, Neal Stephenson, Peter Buck, San Francisco 49ers, Sarah Palin, Scott Oliver, Seiko, Siri, Steam, Steve Wynn, The Atomic Clock, The Dream Syndicate, The Kindle, The Ransom of Red Chief, The Replacements, The Smiths, Tom Waits, U2

Certain Songs: Psychedelic Furs – Into You Like A Train

July 2, 2008 by Jim Connelly

“Certain songs,” Craig Finn sang on The Hold Steady Almost Killed Me, “they get scratched into our souls.” That’s the basis of “Certain Songs:” a look at the songs that have done just that. These aren’t necessarily our favorite songs or the songs that we think are the best, but rather songs that — every single time we hear them — instantly transport us back to a place and time in which that song is forever intertwined. This is one of the reasons we so hate the RIAA’s attempted stranglehold on the dissemination of music: you never know where that next certain song is going to come from.

Talk Talk TalkSometimes the things that totally change your life happen so randomly as to be almost impossible.

Probably usually, actually, which is why you can never think too much about them. In any event, the first great thing to happen to me as an “adult,” was getting involved with KFSR, the Fresno State radio station.

And it happened because Tim made friends with a guy while we were both a Fresno City College.

At the time, Tim and I had only been out of high school for a few months, and we were going to City — or at least I was — because there was really no plan for adulthood besides drinking as much beer and buying as many records and seeing as many concerts as was humanly possible before actual responsibilities started creeping in.

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Filed Under: Certain Songs, Music, Radio Tagged With: Fresno State, Into You Like A Train, KFSR, Psychedelic Furs, Richard Butler

Requiem For Tower Records

October 14, 2006 by Jim Connelly

Tower Records Fresno, after it moved As the ‘Loper who is most in touch with the 15-year-old inside, I had a long conversation with that 15-year-old, and he is a little bit sad about the news that Tower Records is finally dead.

Because when I was a teenager — and for maybe a dozen years after that — the Tower Records in Fresno, California was the greatest place in the entire fracking multiverse, bar none.

Yes, I understand all too well the plethora of market forces that contributed to Tower’s final demise. Over the years, Tower’s share of my disposable income decreased — first it was Columbia House and BMB, then it was used CDs at Ragin’ Records, then it was Amoeba Records, then it was Amazon, then it was Best Buy, then it was iTunes and eMusic — even as my disposable income increased.

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Filed Under: Actual Mileage, Music Tagged With: KFSR, Tower-Records

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  • Certain Songs #2047: The Rolling Stones – “No Expectations (Rock and Roll Circus 12-1968)”
  • Certain Songs #2046: The Rolling Stones – “Blood Red Wine”
  • Certain Songs #2045: The Rolling Stones – “Salt of The Earth”
  • Certain Songs #2044: The Rolling Stones – “Stray Cat Blues”
  • Certain Songs #2043: The Rolling Stones – “Street Fighting Man”

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