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FUNNY-- YOU DON'T LOOK KAIJU-ISH
March 20, 2020 10:00pm

 

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FUNNY-- YOU DON'T LOOK KAIJU-ISH
AND SO, WITH NO END IN SIGHT TO THE PLAGUE outside, or to the lasting absence of a Radio Valencia studio-- possibly, says the rumor mill, we'll re-open in May? --what we have here is, as you have guessed, yet another re-run. But what else can we do? THANKS, by the way, to all those who are still listening to these. Would that the audio quality were better. But it can't be. Legally, as it turns out. Because: copyright. Yes, the world of computers does not allow for "Fair Use," as we used to call it. Under the inflexible tyranny of digital ubiquity-- get used to it! --NO music can be played in a form that is reproducible from the listening end. Of course, here at ADH, music is mainly an effect-- part of what we offer and not the ne plus ultra, the be-all and the end-all. But we have to wear the same chains as everyone else. Why, I tell you there are whole towers full of usually young, usually bearded, usually ectomorphic, young-ish men whose ENTIRE FUNCTION is to monetize whatever used to be free. These are what your soi-dissant "tech" workers are usually up to. The ability of the ultra-rich to make themselves ultra-richer trumps (an appropriate expression) any claim of literature, art or civilization. The humanities are merely fuel for their bonfire. Well, Sir or Madam, this episode was originally podcast May 26th, 2017, when the late Dr. Peter Goldie was still permitted to contribute to the station. Only yesterday... Keep a-listenin', O faithful ones, Etherettes and Rocket Rookies. One of these days we'll emerge from our long slumber, unfold, spread and dry our new wings and take to the sky...


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