Where do you live (O/T)
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Topic: Where do you live (O/T)
Posted By: EdisonLite
Subject: Where do you live (O/T)
Date Posted: 06 July 2018 at 11:36pm
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Yesterday, I bought 9 years worth of the CD series "Promo Only Mainstream Radio", and it turns out that the seller is someone who contributes to this board a lot, and also lives pretty near me in L.A. Even though we had communicated about the Promo Only CDs shortly before I decided to bid on them, it was until afterwards that he recognized either my name or moniker EdisonLite from this board. It's Eric A, BTW. And we plan to meet up sometime. I've also met with Brian Weber a couple times, who lives in LA.
So I decided to start this post - whoever reads this, can you tell us what city/town you live in? Maybe there are 2 people that live near each other that might end up meeting up. Eric mentioned that there was a similar post once before. I kind of recall it, but we have a lot of new members now, so I thought it's worth starting a new post here. When I found out that the seller of these Promo Only Mainstream Radio CDs (which contain quite a few radio edits/mixes) was someone from this board, it made total sense because the people on this board are so focused on getting single versions :) |
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Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 2:01am
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Great idea!
I'm in the Owasso area in Northeastern Oklahoma, near Tulsa. ------------- Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com - http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage - http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 4:44am
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I think most of you know I live in Milwaukee. The only
member of the board I've actually met in person is Ron (aka crapfromthepast), although I've spoken with a few of you over the phone too. I think it'd be cool to set up a Zoom meeting some time so we could all meet face-to-face, at least virtually speaking. |
Posted By: Ringmaster_D
Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 5:17am
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I live in the northern Chicago suburbs, although I grew
up in the NYC area. My wife keeps telling me "you need to organize a get-together with all those guys." I'm not sure how practical it would be, but it would be fun. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 8:41am
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I live in the suburbs north of Dallas. As far as the people who post regularly, I had the privilege of meeting Brian W. for lunch in Burbank a couple years ago, and I used to visit the late jimct in Connecticut about once every year or two. I also met prisdeej here in Dallas for lunch when he was here for a short visit. Steve Sharp hasn't been on the board in several years, but I met him a few months ago at a DJ convention in Las Vegas. A handful of others are Facebook friends. Always nice to put faces with the names! ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: cmmmbase
Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 9:52am
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I live in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC. I'm
from Massachusetts, originally (lived in both Berkshires and the Boston area). |
Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 11:49am
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Interesting cmmmbase, before living in LA, I lived in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC and am from Massachusetts, originally!
Framingham, MA & Reston & Fairfax, VA What suburb of VA? |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 3:15pm
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I live in Upstate New York right near Albany. I'm actually jealous you got all those promo CD's before I could get my hands on them!
And I joined this board (and read it from afar) because I am so OCD about 45-single versions. My zealous pursuit of buying top 40 singles will probably leave me broke, but I intend to have every last one even if it takes a lifetime. I do find it amazing that I have to order overseas single versions or comps that have the top 40 hits I need simply because they are unavailable here in the US. It seems the overseas people do a much better job of collecting our top 40 singles then we do! |
Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 3:28pm
Like you, I’m also in the northern suburbs of Chicago (and I was born in NYC, but not raised there). ------------- Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken. |
Ringmaster_D wrote:Posted By: cmmmbase
Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 5:21pm
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Edisonlite:
Springfield |
Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 5:37pm
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I'm not allowed to divulge such information. They tend to discourage that kind of behavior when you're in the witness protection program. ;)
Just for fun, I'd entertained the thought of having a T40MOCD Summer Picnic in the Twin Cities a time or two. Highlights would include a group tour of Prince's Paisley Park in Chanhassen, a trip to the Maul Of America in Bloomington ("see over there? That's where the Sam Goody store used to be!"), plus a surprise visit to the KFAI studios while Ron is in the middle of his Friday night Crap From The Past broadcast. (Ron: it's a surprise, so please ignore the previous sentence.) Unfortunately, the vinyl Frisbee golf event didn't make the final cut, since I'm not sure if I have a sufficient quantity of junker 45s anymore. Has anyone tried substituting CDs? If this were to transpire somewhere, it would be similar to the comment any of us who've ever been in radio invariably hear: you don't look at all like you sound (or - in this group's case - write.) I'm not sure I could handle such a vast assemblage of weirdness in one place. ;) |
Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 7:01pm
| Concord, NH |
Posted By: prisdeej
Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 7:56pm
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Great thread! I live in Providence, Rhode Island which is one hour south of Boston. I've been an active member for 6 years but I read more than post. As Aaronk mentioned we met when I was
visiting Dallas last summer. This is truly my favorite forum to visit, and I check it several times a day. ------------- DJ L. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 8:25pm
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Erie, PA, 2 hours east of Cleveland and 2 hours west of
Buffalo. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: TomDiehl1
Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 9:46pm
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I live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Previously, I've lived in Vista, California, Erie, Pennsylvania, and Rensselaer, New York (5 minutes outside of Albany), but somehow never connected with any of you in person. The fact that I don't drive and have to rely on others is a big factor, especially considering my wife is disabled and is uncomfortable with meeting new people, let alone trying to make it in to places to meet new people. Being broke is the other big factor... I make less money than my bills cost me... but, I certainly would love to meet any of you that my path might cross. John, we still get up to Erie once or twice a year, so I'm still crossing my fingers. ------------- Live in stereo. |
Posted By: boynamedfoo
Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 11:11pm
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Canton, Ohio...but more importantly has anyone notice
edtop40 hasn't posted since Oct. 2017 or even visited since April of this year. Hope he is well and just sidetracked. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 11:15pm
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Ed is doing okay. A few of us have talked to him on email recently. I
believe he is in the middle of moving. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 08 July 2018 at 5:29am
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I've been doing some Zoom meetings recently with a private
FB group. Yesterday, I had a video meeting with a chap in Scotland and a gal from my home state of Minnesota. I still think we could set something like that up for this group. |
Posted By: eric_a
Date Posted: 09 July 2018 at 12:46am
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As EdisonLite mentioned, I'm based in LA, with roots in NY (the Catskills originally and later NYC). Love the
idea of a live meetup - in person or virtually. Fun to run into a fellow board member on eBay! Regarding that Promo Only collection, my subscription has lapsed a couple times over the past decades, so when I spotted a big collection on eBay, I decided to buy the lot, keep the discs I needed, and unload the duplicates. I'd actually considered asking this group if anyone wanted to go in with me and split up the lot, but wasn't sure if it was appropriate for the board -- but fortunately, seems the friends from the board found me. :) |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 09 July 2018 at 12:52am
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I'm in the Los Angeles area, the San Gabriel Valley. In
person from this board I've only met Aaron and Gordon. |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 09 July 2018 at 5:35am
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,...finally back from travel...
I'm in Minneapolis, and have had Paul H sit in on the radio show. Let me know if you're passing through Minnesota. I grew up in NYC, and went to school in Rochester, NY and Tucson, AZ. (Unrelated: Have you had good luck selling large collections on eBay? I'd considering selling off my Hot Hits, Spotlight On Hits, and The A-List discs.) ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
Posted By: 995wlol
Date Posted: 10 July 2018 at 7:44pm
| I'm one of a few of us in the Twin Cities area. I'd enjoy getting together and meeting in person! |
Posted By: Steve Carras
Date Posted: 10 July 2018 at 9:28pm
WHittier,L.A.Area.. ------------- You know you're really older when you think that younger singer Jesse McCartney's related in anyway to former Beatle Paul McCartney. |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 11 July 2018 at 5:04am
Ah, fairly close to me. I pass Whittier every time I go to Disneyland. I keep meaning to try out The Original Pancake House and their oven-baked Apple Pancake, but I never get around to it. I like the King Arthur Antique Mall there, but I haven't been in a couple years. |
Posted By: MMathews
Date Posted: 11 July 2018 at 12:50pm
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San Leandro, California here...
But originally from Long Island, New Yawk. |
Posted By: eric_a
Date Posted: 11 July 2018 at 1:25pm
Sounds like we have critical mass in LA, enough for a local meetup? Related note for Angelenos: this weekend is Freakbeat Records' semiannual sale in Sherman Oaks. It's worth braving the crowds...I've been known to buy crates worth during these weekends. |
Posted By: RichM921
Date Posted: 11 July 2018 at 8:50pm
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Although most here probably don't know me, I thought I'd answer too.
I'm only an occasional poster but a daily reader. I'm in Knoxville, TN, not originally though. I was born in NY and raised in FL. |
Posted By: Bwci Bo
Date Posted: 12 July 2018 at 3:26am
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I feel like the odd one out here, but I'm in Palmerston North, New Zealand (about two hours drive north of the capital, Wellington).
It's pretty unlikely that I'll get to meet any of you (let alone attend any group picnics!), but if anybody is visiting New Zealand, I'd be more than happy to catch up. Facebook has been a great way of putting names to faces though, as I have had the pleasure of "meeting" a few of you on there. |
Posted By: Plastic Steel
Date Posted: 12 July 2018 at 5:46am
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I live in Western Pennsylvania, which, like Bwci Bo, is
also a bit of a drive north from Wellington, New Zealand. |
Posted By: jono
Date Posted: 12 July 2018 at 7:31am
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I’m from Central Wisconsin, about 3 hours from Minneapolis and 2
hours from Milwaukee. Basically in the middle of nowhere, certainly as it pertains to music stores. (Good thing there’s online shopping now!) The only person from this board I may have seen/met is Paul Haney, but I didn’t know it at the time. I stopped in to Record Research to buy one of the Top 100 Pop books (I’ve had 4-5 editions over the years) and I think Paul was having a discussion with another guy (not Joel). Might have been for the 2009 12th edition, although I’ve been to RR at least 4 times over the years. I continue to read the board frequently, but only feel the need to post when I can add to a discussion. I, too, am all about single versions, so I’m very thankful for the many discoveries that people have brought to my attention through this site. Jon O. |