Knowledge is a funny thing. You never know when you'll want to know seemingly useless information.
I've been making some new promos for the radio station. It involved gathering clips of music from tracks we play, and when I was finished I had a pile left over. So I thought "waste not want not", I'll use them for something else, and that gave me the idea for this blog.
Apparently "waste not want not" has been traced back to 1772, although the idea must have been around as long as we've been having ideas. The 1772 bit of information came from a Google search. I found what I was looking for easily, and was immediately grateful that someone had bothered to research and store that knowledge, but simultaneously amazed that someone could be bothered to research and store that knowledge. Which brings us back to my leftover clips of music.
I've stuck 25 of them together, how many artists & titles can you get? No prizes, just an exercise in retrieving some seemingly useless knowledge/memories you have stored in your head [or your friends' heads].
And if it helps ... there's one track by a made up band, one person appears on two tracks, one track is a live recording, and only one track includes John Lennon on backing vocals [he also co-wrote it].
All the tracks will be played over the weekend, so you can look at the text on your DAB radio or on the WebPlayer if you're stuck. I'll give you the answers on Monday along with the regular AUDIOBLOG.
I've been making some new promos for the radio station. It involved gathering clips of music from tracks we play, and when I was finished I had a pile left over. So I thought "waste not want not", I'll use them for something else, and that gave me the idea for this blog.
Apparently "waste not want not" has been traced back to 1772, although the idea must have been around as long as we've been having ideas. The 1772 bit of information came from a Google search. I found what I was looking for easily, and was immediately grateful that someone had bothered to research and store that knowledge, but simultaneously amazed that someone could be bothered to research and store that knowledge. Which brings us back to my leftover clips of music.
I've stuck 25 of them together, how many artists & titles can you get? No prizes, just an exercise in retrieving some seemingly useless knowledge/memories you have stored in your head [or your friends' heads].
And if it helps ... there's one track by a made up band, one person appears on two tracks, one track is a live recording, and only one track includes John Lennon on backing vocals [he also co-wrote it].
All the tracks will be played over the weekend, so you can look at the text on your DAB radio or on the WebPlayer if you're stuck. I'll give you the answers on Monday along with the regular AUDIOBLOG.
So there you go ... a reminder to make the most of resources, a plug for the radio station, a trip down memory lane, exercise for your brain, something fun to do with friends, and a reason to lure you back to the Blog. Waste not want not.
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