Unlistenable

“The radio is no longer listenable. It’s sad to see a medium with so much promise squandered, surrendered to children and fanatics. 

“As a teenager I loved listening with an ear plug late at night. The lights were out and everyone slept. That was the age of ‘underground radio.’ That’s how I first heard Jimi Hendrix playing ‘Red House.’ Even talk shows, like freak shows, seemed interesting. John Birchers, UFO nuts, JFK conspiracy theorists — but also a guy, late at night, from a city I no longer remember, talking at length about Sherwood Anderson. 

“Of course, everything then was new. I hadn’t yet sorted out the gifts from the cranks.” 

—Patrick Kurp, journalist and blogger, “To Give In to the Story at Hand,” Anecdotal Evidence, Jan. 22, 2018.

• Editorial Comment: These days, I’d give a lot for a couple of UFO nuts and a good JFK conspiracy theorist.

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