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From:
Jacob Arnold
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IDM
Date:
Fri, 3 Nov 2000 17:46:13 -0700
Subject:
[idm] Re: an excerpt
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I hope this isn't a reaction to my carefully-typed Futurism post. I did apologize for its length, after all ;-) Jacob
quoted 17 lines FREE FORM INFUSION>FREE FORM INFUSION >=20 >Free form radio. An entirely new type of radio art, it emanated from the = >ever-active mind of a virtually unknown New York actor over the airwaves = >of a tiny, also virtually unknown listener-sponsored radio station. Free = >form radio, unlike the carefully formatted music programs or the closely = >monitored talk shows of the early and mid-1960s, meant free reign by the = >programmer. Free reign to fill a block of radio time with thoughts, = >experiences and schemes. Free reign over the aether to create radio so = >personal that a listener would feel as if he were inside the = >programmer's mind. Fass's first listeners were those few who both owned = >an FM radio-which in and of itself was certainly not the norm in the = >early 1960s-and, for whatever reason, could afford to stay awake all = >night to listen to it. The potential audience was minuscule at best. And = >yet Fass trudged ahead with his radio experiments, and listenership grew = >when listeners began to realize that they were hearing something = >completely new.
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