Jimmy & Johnny – I Can’t Find The Doorknob (1958) – Audio Only

May 13, 2024

I hear ’em screamin’ and a-havin’ a ball
Commotion’s comm’ from the end of the hall
I’m missin’ out on all the party again
‘Cause I can’t find the doorknob, I can’t get in
My baby’s in there and it’s makin’ me sad
I hear her laughin’ and it’s makin’ me mad
I see a dim light in the lover’s den
But I can’t find the doorknob, I can’t get in
— Jimmy Fautheree

Doorknobs would be something to learn. Not much competition, easy to ship.

Went to a “Trade Days” where they sell antiques and collectibles. Acres and acres of vendors.

Still don’t know what I should be searching for. I brought $80, left without buying anything. I looked up a few things but no luck. My wife who’s been doing this since the ’90s bought about $700 worth of vintage things for the antique mall. There’s good deals out there but they’re not obvious, you need to know what you’re doing. I still don’t.

If I was doing this on my own I would have probably quit by now. For the hours I’ve spent it hasn’t been profitable but with my wife in the business I’m out there anyways. I’m just taking my time looking around, no pressure, I’m lucky. It would be hell to try to start this from scratch and try to make a living off it.

— David

Elvis Costello – Radio Radio (1978)

May 9, 2024

I wanna bite the hand that feeds meI wanna bite that hand so badlyI want to make them wish they’d never seen me
— Elvis Costello

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Selling on the eBay store is going well, 100% positive feedback, 85 items sold of 170 listed (as of today exactly half of my listings have sold), every item shipped and received on time. No returns or customer issues.

I had an issue though that has convinced me that I need to run the store from the website. I’ll still be on eBay, they are the biggest market for the things I sell but I need to become more independent and less reliant on a single platform.

The main difference this means is I’ll be here more, working on the website more. Actually turning it into a business. (I should have sold 850 items and had 1700 listed by now – that’s on me)

I’m expecting to resync the website with eBay next week, there are some items available on eBay that aren’t listed on the site. In the future I’ll have things listed on the site that won’t be available on eBay.

— David

On the Air – Peter Gabriel (1978)

April 18, 2024

Every night I’m back at the shack
I’m sure no one else is there
I’m putting the aerial up
So I can go out on the air
— Peter Gabriel

I’ve been working on the station’s music scheduling/playlists. With such a diverse library there’s a lot of juggling when setting up different rotations that flow from one genre to another and having it sound right, some things just don’t work together. A lot of it is just experimenting and then listening back and seeing what works and what doesn’t.

I added new rotations over the weekend and have been fine tuning it over the week. Set it up the tentative schedule last night. I thought it sounded great. Still tweaking it here and there but I’m happy with it as it stands.

This morning I looked at the stats and all my listeners were gone.
Current listeners 0, they had all dropped off.
Haven’t had 0 listeners in the middle of the week in years.

After about 10 minutes I started getting some listeners but they weren’t the same ones.

I normally listen to the station from my computer, before it goes out streaming. When I want to crank it I listen to the online stream on the home stereo.

I was listening on the stereo, music was flowing and I was really wondering what happened – the new rotations do sound great, what was going on?

Then I got knocked off, lost the stream. Went back to the computer and the other listeners got knocked off too. 0 listeners again.

Apparently we’re having technical issues.

— David

Madness – Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day) (1983)

April 5, 2024

… Walking now, over covered ground
There’s a chance if I move around
I need a moment to reflect
On the friendships I have wrecked
Why is it time, don’t I always try?
… I hear them saying (tomorrow’s just another day)
— Carl Smyth

I’ve given up on scheduling. I was getting things done unless it was on the schedule.

I had set up a schedule with repeating reminders that would reset everyday on a “To Do” list. Every two or three days I would go through the To Do list and check off everything I hadn’t done.

Things need to get done, but like rust – another day, another week – it’s not a big deal until it is.

— David

Simon and Garfunkel – The Dangling Conversation (1966)

March 27, 2024

Yes, we speak of things that matter
With words that must be said
“Can analysis be worthwhile?”
“Is the theater really dead?”
— Paul Simon

The blog police say to keep your readers engaged you have to update regularly.
Next week I’ll be adding to the site and making some changes to the backend but for now I got nothing. All is good.
— David

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Iced Earth – Burnt Offerings – Cassette – Tested – Good

Season To Risk – Season To Risk – Cassette – Tested – Good

Sacred Reich – Surf Nicaragua – Cassette – Tested – Metal Blade – 1988

Chum – Dead To The World – Cassette (1996) – Tested – Good

Soundgarden – Ultramega Ok – Cassette (1988) Tested – Good

Glass Hammer – Live At Nearfest – CD – Good

Jimmy & Johnny – I Can’t Find The Doorknob (1958) – Audio Only

Elvis Costello – Radio Radio (1978)

On the Air – Peter Gabriel (1978)

Madness – Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day) (1983)

Simon and Garfunkel – The Dangling Conversation (1966)