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Friday, December 25, 2009

There's Such A Thing As A Television Tradition

by Altrok Radio

Growing up in the late sixties and early seventies as I did, there's actually some gratification to knowing that the occasional bits of pop culture persist. For instance, on Labor Day weekend, I can't help but tune in to the MDA Telethon...

...and that's why I'm watching The Yule Log on WPIX, at least 'til it ends at 1PM. It's even got a newly chosen hour full of not-very-new-but-unheard-for-decades Christmas tracks in its last hour at noon. (Of course, we've still got A Very Inappropriate Christmas running all day at the AltrokRadio.com web radio station and its low-bandwidth mono counterpart...though it's up to you to decide how inappropriate it is. Anything with Blondie, Albert Brooks, The Smithereens, The Beatles, Julian Casablancas, Frank Sinatra and Cyndi Lauper, Maps, New Muzik, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Bad Manners in among it's eleven-hour running time can't be all bad...)

Merry Christmas, folks!

posted 12/25/2009 11:10:00 AM

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