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Well, maybe not All Thanksgiving.....but who will be playing Alices Restaurant and at what times?
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Not sure if we're doing it this yr but in past WMWM has played it at noon or so. WZLX probably.
Back in the 90s Arlo did a guest shot on Car Talk, a special Thanksgiving edition "recorded before a live
audience at Johnny D's", in which he performed part of it, I think. At one point Click and Clack direct him
to the waiting room so his VW Microbus can be repaired. Arlo: "Hey, officer Obie! What're you doing here?"
Back in the 90s Arlo did a guest shot on Car Talk, a special Thanksgiving edition "recorded before a live
audience at Johnny D's", in which he performed part of it, I think. At one point Click and Clack direct him
to the waiting room so his VW Microbus can be repaired. Arlo: "Hey, officer Obie! What're you doing here?"
Maybe not the first...... but you can hear the yearly double-helping of Thanksgiving goodness of "The Alice's Restaurant Massacree" on WXRB-FM/95.1 in the Dudley/Webster area of Massachusetts and in nearby Quinnebaug, Connecticut. It can be heard at noon/Eastern (right after the daily playing of Richard Clayderman's "Star Spangled Banner") and once again at 3:00 PM/Eastern. They stream worldwide on http://wxrbfm.com or via http://tunein.com . The "app" on smart-phones works there too! Happy Thanksgiving!!! 
This will be the 2nd year we haven't played it.
Is you were 18 years old when the song was released, you're 62+ today. Not our target audience.
I was 5 when the draft was abolished. An 18 minute anti-government rant about how to avoid the draft, gets lost on a 25-54 year-old. I still don't know how it became a Thanksgiving tradition. Other than the date of the arrest, there's nothing cool about Thanksgiving contained within.
We decided to put the song/video up on our station web/FB pages for people who want it to watch "on demand"
Is you were 18 years old when the song was released, you're 62+ today. Not our target audience.
I was 5 when the draft was abolished. An 18 minute anti-government rant about how to avoid the draft, gets lost on a 25-54 year-old. I still don't know how it became a Thanksgiving tradition. Other than the date of the arrest, there's nothing cool about Thanksgiving contained within.
We decided to put the song/video up on our station web/FB pages for people who want it to watch "on demand"
True, the song goes back quite a ways and the audience has aged. Much like when I attend the occasional folk coffeehouse up in Essex and you see a lot of white/grey-haired folks. The audience is getting up there in years. Similarly, I listened to a podcast of a show called Baby Boomer Favorites and they were doing "answer records" to songs like The Wanderer,
The Lion Sleeps Tonight, and At The Hop. Hearing songs like that from late 50s/early 60s, I thought to myself it's been awhile since stations like WODS played them, and it was actually a bit refreshing to hear them. But there's a reason why
sock hop faves aren't on 103.3 anymore: the demo they want is a bit younger than those who grew up with that music.
The day may come when they drop Beatles, Beach Boys, and Motown, one would think.
Another song they played was a response to Duke of Earl by Gene Chandler, a song that was #1 the week I was born
in early Feb. of 62 (the following week: Peppermint Twist). Well, I think Arlo's song came out in the year of Sgt
Pepper and the Summer of Love when I was 5. When was the draft abolished, 73 or so? I was 11 then and didn't have to worry about being drafted. (For that matter, an episode of the TV cartoon Wait Til Your Father Gets Home revolved
around a college-age student possibly being drafted,and thinking of fleeing to Canada. It came out in 72, when there still was a draft.) Indeed, Arlo's song is
based around that idea, and as Neanderpaul said, it's been quite awhile since then.
Though some stations around do appeal to that older audience--WJIB comes to mind--and there are some stations like mine who will air shows like "Uncle Henry's Basement" (doo wop/group sound) and "Kaleidoscope Moodrops Falling"
(the psychedelic rock sound). Those who grew up with each type of music right now may well be AARP members.
The Lion Sleeps Tonight, and At The Hop. Hearing songs like that from late 50s/early 60s, I thought to myself it's been awhile since stations like WODS played them, and it was actually a bit refreshing to hear them. But there's a reason why
sock hop faves aren't on 103.3 anymore: the demo they want is a bit younger than those who grew up with that music.
The day may come when they drop Beatles, Beach Boys, and Motown, one would think.
Another song they played was a response to Duke of Earl by Gene Chandler, a song that was #1 the week I was born
in early Feb. of 62 (the following week: Peppermint Twist). Well, I think Arlo's song came out in the year of Sgt
Pepper and the Summer of Love when I was 5. When was the draft abolished, 73 or so? I was 11 then and didn't have to worry about being drafted. (For that matter, an episode of the TV cartoon Wait Til Your Father Gets Home revolved
around a college-age student possibly being drafted,and thinking of fleeing to Canada. It came out in 72, when there still was a draft.) Indeed, Arlo's song is
based around that idea, and as Neanderpaul said, it's been quite awhile since then.
Though some stations around do appeal to that older audience--WJIB comes to mind--and there are some stations like mine who will air shows like "Uncle Henry's Basement" (doo wop/group sound) and "Kaleidoscope Moodrops Falling"
(the psychedelic rock sound). Those who grew up with each type of music right now may well be AARP members.
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