Here's the audio from the last performance of the Christmas season yesterday for the Addison County Gospel Choir. I recorded the performance which was held a Brandon Baptist Church in Brandon, Vermont on Saturday, 11 December 2010.
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That’s Peggy O’Neill
My mom, Peggy O’Neill, turns 89 on November 14th. Still going strong, Mom’s still very much this ‘middle-aged’ guy’s Mom and is as invested in her role as wife, mother, and friend to many as she has ever been. It goes to prove that while our roles change over time, we still can serve God in important ways. May we forge against the tide of this day to disregard our elders. “Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD.” Leviticus 19:32 NASB [Originally posted May 9, 2010] It was September of 1943 when Peggy Riley loaded up her brand new, yet very used green 1932 Model “A” Ford coupe with its rumble seat and Kelly green spoked wheels, blessed with questionable brakes and glass jars of water for a radiator that was wont to boiling-over. Armed with a new bachelor’s degree from Emmanuel College in the Fenway in Boston and with a desire to teach, the single child of Pearl and Jimmy Riley, a local “poor man’s lawyer” from Lowell, drove northward into the relatively distant and far-off village of Newmarket, New Hampshire. Peggy had jumped at the Continue reading →
WCAP Radio Days 1984
Here’s a classic [proving that 'classic' does not necessarily confer 'talent'] aircheck from December 5, 1984 at WCAP (980 Lowell). It’s unedited so you can hear lots of pops from when the “skimmer” aircheck tape deck turned on and off. Skimmer only record whenever the mic was on and goes into ‘pause’ mode when the mic it turned off. I worked at WCAP for many years. Even when working elsewhere, with few exceptions, I held down radio shifts at WCAP from around 1981 until 2000. Darlene McCarthy, the news anchor on this audio, is now the weekend news anchor for 7 NBC (WHDH TV Boston). Darlene has been a very successful news anchor for many years. During that time at WCAP Darlene and I shared the 6 pm. to midnight shift; I was the music guy and Darlene did top of hour news throughout the evening. It was clear, during her time at WCAP, that Darlene would go very far and she was a pleasure to work with. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Happy New Year Twenty-Ten
“Twenty-ten.” Sounds better than “two thousand ten.” We’re going to need to get used to saying “twenty” right up until “twenty ninety-nine.” While we won’t be there that late in the century (well, most of us won’t) we might as well get used to “twenty ten” and saddle up for another year. Here’s to a great year. Good riddance 2009. Past is past. Thank God.
We’re back.
Bill-O’-Notes® has been on extended hiatus. Slowly back. I’ll be dropping in some audio tidbits from some man-on-the-street things I’m doing for Farm Fresh 102.9. I also have lots to say about faith, politics, life, and priorities among each of them.