[Dixielandjazz] Only remotely OKOM: OTR.

Marek Boym marekboym at gmail.com
Wed Jul 14 16:59:11 PDT 2010


Am I THAT old?
To me, "old time" sounds like "before my time."  The Beatles arrived
when I was not even a teenager anymoe (although uite young).  Strange
to consider them "old time."
Cheers

On 14 July 2010 22:26, Bob Smith <robert.smith at tele2.no> wrote:
> Mike, by "old-time radio" I assume you mean programmes as opposed to
> equipment. Here in Norway a lot of old-time programmes are repeated as well
> as artists. The artists they repeat most of are old-timers such as Elvis
> Presley, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, and opera singers such as Gigli,
> Bjoerling, and Caruso. The State-owned Norwegian Broadcasting sends 24 hours
> a day of jazz on digital radio, where jazz from 1916 upwards to the present
> day is sent. The stirring speeches of otherwise long forgotten politicians
> also pop up from time to time. Some years ago they sent Orson Welles' "War
> Of The Worlds" that caused so much trouble in the USA when it was first
> sent. Of course, most of the material was made by Norwegians, and apart from
> a handful of artists, e.g. Kirsten Flagstad these will not be known ouside
> Scandinavia.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Bob Smith
>
>
>
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