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Post by your friend on Jun 24, 2014 9:20:43 GMT -5
The whole "sounding loud" thing drives me bonkers. It ALWAYS results in clipping of audio, and is just awful. It's also incredibly annoying when switching from XM/CD/Aux in my car to FM because of how they crank up the levels. I understand WHY this practice goes on, but it is rather poor reasoning.
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Post by your friend on Jun 19, 2014 10:39:06 GMT -5
I figured like you it was budget related. And perhaps that was part of it. But I think his health was the main one now. Last year when I was hearing bits and pieces of shows from 2009 he sounded awful compared to just a year or two before. I think that "American Top 20" segue they did to get out of one song and into another without the outro and intro of the next was done in part because it was becoming more difficult. [...] I also remember how abrupt the announcement of the shows ending came. I think it was mostly all health related looking back now. I thought something was up when I started hearing the "No Nuthin" between songs--it just didn't seem like something Casey would normally do, since he ALWAYS introed-and-outroed songs in the past.
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Post by your friend on Jun 19, 2014 9:00:26 GMT -5
www.kenoshanews.com/opinion/casey_kasem_477573635.html" We rolled our eyes at the arcana and minutiae of pop-chart trivia we were required to master. We rolled our eyes as we leafed through rock magazines, searching for anecdotes on the lives of debauched young stars that we could spin into the tales of pluck and success Casey loved. (“Coming up, a rocker from Cleveland who slept on bus benches while chasing his musical dreams …”) "We rolled our eyes. Then we did it his way. "Like Dick Clark and Fred Rogers, Casey understood something we often forget about our national character. For all the cynicism of our people, all the balkanization of our politics, all the studied disaffection of our celebrities, all our pose and pretense of being over it, Americans bend toward optimism. Toward hope and pluck. And toward a moving story, well told." With Casey's passing, it is really interesting reading some of these articles. Several decades years ago the exact same arguments against AT40 are being today by some AT40 fans on this very board. No one is arguing the show shouldn't have changed and updated with the times. But it also didn't need to toss out some of the critical elements and features that helped make it successful to begin with.
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Post by your friend on Jun 16, 2014 11:07:26 GMT -5
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Post by your friend on Jun 15, 2014 13:29:47 GMT -5
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Post by your friend on Jun 11, 2014 10:28:29 GMT -5
I'm listening to the 1984 year-end special right now. I noticed that Ed McMann is announcing the extras as opposed to Larry Morgan. Good move - I greatly prefer Ed McMann's voice; it has better "presence" for announcing.
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Post by your friend on Jun 5, 2014 9:28:22 GMT -5
www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/casey-kasems-wife-fights-back-court-papers-n122991...Because Scientology. But also of note: Kerri Kasem said that Dr. Donald Sharman, who has been treating Casey Kasem in Washington since May 13, told her that her father had developed bed sores and infections in the lungs and bladder since Jean Kasem removed him from a Santa Monica facility and transported him to Washington without notifying his family. They stayed at a friend's house with their 24-year-old daughter, Liberty, until Casey Kasem was hospitalized on Sunday. But in a court declaration, Sharman says a June 1 examination showed no infections or bed sores. He also said when he first examined Casey Kasem at his friend's home, "I found the care he was receiving from his wife and daughter and care providers hired by them to be appropriate."
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Post by your friend on Jun 3, 2014 21:54:05 GMT -5
Me either, I'm thinking the gospel according to Douche the Bag. I believe she is referring to Psalm 59: 1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me; 2 deliver me from those who work evil, and save me from bloodthirsty men. 3 For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord, 4 for no fault of mine, they run and make ready. Awake, come to meet me, and see! 5 You, Lord God of hosts, are God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah 6 Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city. 7 There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips— for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?” 8 But you, O Lord, laugh at them; you hold all the nations in derision. 9 O my Strength, I will watch for you, for you, O God, are my fortress. 10 My God in his steadfast love[c] will meet me; God will let me look in triumph on my enemies. 11 Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them totter[d] by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield! 12 For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter, 13 consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, that they may know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah 14 Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city. 15 They wander about for food and growl if they do not get their fill. 16 But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress. 17 O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.
thecatholicscholar.blogspot.com/2013/06/notes-on-psalms-psalm-59.html
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Post by your friend on Jun 2, 2014 21:23:42 GMT -5
NBC just released the most comprehensive article of this sad, sad story I have seen. www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/casey-kasems-wife-jean-center-family-feud-n119276Of note: Jean Kasem’s attorney Joel Paget told NBC News on Monday that his client will finally tell her story in court documents he will file on Wednesday in Kitsap County Superior Court. Jean Kasem has not returned several phone calls from NBC News.
“She does have a story to tell and document,” Paget said. “The only thing I will say now is that if I were as old as he was and in the condition he was, I would hope to have the care that his wife has been giving him.”
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Post by your friend on Jun 2, 2014 14:39:34 GMT -5
Fortunately I don't believe any news outlets have released said audio. Jean is a monster Sadly, they have. It's included in one of the reports from the station in Washington that's been providing a lot of the video. I've heard it, and wish I hadn't. It's definitely Casey. I'd know that voice anywhere. Lord forbid that clip spreads. I certainly don't want to hear it. I think it would break my heart.
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Post by your friend on Jun 2, 2014 11:03:10 GMT -5
I don't even know what to think anymore, I'm just incredibly saddened it has come to this.
Prayers are needed for Casey Kasem and his family.
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Post by your friend on May 30, 2014 16:28:07 GMT -5
I totally agree with you there. I started listening to AT40 in the late 90s and was fascinated by both Casey Kasem and the methodology used to calculate the Top 40. I remember spending much time on the old R&R message boards, and even wrote a persuasive paper in high school about Billboard vs R&R methodology. I, too, consider Billboard to be the authoritative source.
I think that the new crop of chart fans may not realize what AT40 was when Casey was at the helm, or when the show used Billboard. But the fact that I see people on the AT40 cheering on their favorite songs and writing down the songs in notebooks (when it is soooo much easier to go online!) as proof that people still do care about the charts. I know for a fact that AT40 staff have tried to write more chart facts and history into the show, only to be rebuked by upper managers.
With the plethora of charts and data out there, I don't have so much of a problem with the fact that the show would choose to cater to the station that play it. What I have a problem with is simply removing data altogether. Clearly there are young fans besides just us old-timey "foamers" who would be delighted to hear who had the #1 song XX number of years ago this week, or some facts about songs that have hopped on and off the chart, etc.
It doesn't need to even reference Billboard or Mediabase. Just have Ryan say "This week on AT40 in 2002...." or whatever. But a show that is titled "American Top 40" shouldn't treat the Top 40 as if it was a mere coincidence they are playing the songs in a certain order.
I also think it was a mistake to drop the jingles. I was just listening to the Tom Barnard show today, and one of his advertisers was talking about how he didn't like jingles -- until everyone in town knew his business because of the jingle Tom persuaded him to have made. EVERYONE used to know the old AT40 jingles, and when the show was re-imaged in 2004 all it did was update the jingles to sound more modern. I'm not sure when the terrible KellyKellyKelly imaging was introduced, but it sounds out of place when KDWB St Paul-Minneapolis (not a small station or market by any means!) uses jingles to identify their station and then you hear a monotone/slightly beechy voice say "American Top 40".
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Post by your friend on May 29, 2014 22:26:41 GMT -5
It's a serious question: why have a show called "American Top 40" that de-emphasizes both the "American" and the "Top 40" part of the program? Does that make sense to you - because it's f**king ponderous to me, man. Someone recently posted this on the AT40 wall: "Aaron Kohn Yes!!! "Not A Bad Thing" went from #4 last week, to #3 this week on the American Top 40 music charts. Almost to #1. Like · · 27 May at 00:57" Also, scroll down a bit to see the post by Robin Baral Buendia. She even posted a photo of the notebooks where she writes down the Top 40 list every week. Goes to show that the new generation still does care about the chart data... But whatever, right?
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Post by your friend on May 29, 2014 15:24:15 GMT -5
To boil down your post: AT40 is filler material that people don't actively listen to. Ergo, let's remove the facts about the Top 40 from a show titled American Top 40 that listeners don't care about. ====================
This begs the question, if it's filler material that people don't care about anyway, why not throw in a few some nuggets of data for the people who aren't apathetic? This is a win-win situation.
But let's be honest with each other. Either it's a Top 40 program or it is not. Since your argument is essentially that people don't care about the Top 40, then Clear Channel should stop using the name "American Top 40".
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Post by your friend on May 29, 2014 11:04:25 GMT -5
Ratings don't exactly bear what you are saying out, either. There is absolutely no proof whatsoever that de-emphasizing chart positions is what caused AT40 to get better ratings. It has to do with the host. Ryan is a puppet, and I HIGHLY doubt the ratings would suffer if his script included a bit more data about where songs on the chart are.
Not exactly true. KDWB (St Paul-Minneapolis) dropped Rick Dees in favor of Casey Kasem in the late 90s. When Dees and Kasem were on the same network, KDWB could've easily switched shows at anytime whatsoever. If anything, it was Rick's show that was being forced upon stations.
Not gonna argue there. I believe the ratings are up. But it doesn't mean the quality of the show is better. It means a youthful host is more appealing to a young audience. But a Top 40 that barely mentions anything about the Top 40? While we are at it, we might as well build train stations without trains and pools without water.
Yes, the show needed a format change to stay viable -- new host, new imaging, new features. It did NOT need a mission change.
Anecdotal evidence. When I was in high school in the early 2000s, everyone knew who Casey was - he was on KDWB on between 8-12 Sunday mornings. I remember overhearing girls talking about the Long Distance Dedications and it was playing in friend's cars, on the speakers of neighbors backyards, etc. I never got any odd attitudes for being a fan of the show.
As far as "most people not caring where a song charts" do you have evidence beyond anecdotal evidence? We live in a data-obsessed society. If people don't care where a song charts, why does nearly every article about pop music stars mention their biggest hit, current hit, and where on a chart (generally Billboard or iTunes) it landed?
Fact of the matter is, people do care about data. They may not listen to the radio in the same way they once did (people tune in casually instead of for specific programs these days), but it doesn't mean people don't like hearing where their favorite songs are in comparison to the other songs on the chart. If no one cares about this data, then there wouldn't be a CHR format. It has nothing to do with the inclusion of the data and EVERYTHING to do with how the data is presented.
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