Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts

1. I never knew there was a word for my problem:

tsundoko2. So many Sunday nights growing up spent patiently by my tape deck, finger poised over the ‘record’ button as I made Top 40 mix tapes. Keep spinning the hits Casey Kasem.

“Mr. Kasem…. didn’t invent Top 40 radio, the countdown show, the on-air dedication or the brief performer bio. But the weekly show he introduced on July 4, 1970 …. brought those elements together in a design that was as much psychological as musical.” Continue reading