blair@yogi.DEC (A note from the bear cave...) (11/06/85)
Joe Yao asks if the flurish of articles on PHC, & GK is a kis of death? I think not, but... All Things Considered interviewed him a few months back and Garrison's said that he would expect to be doing the show for about three more years then move onto something else.... eventually moving back to Lake Wobegon. The child in me felt sad when I heard that. - Wayne Blair, decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-yogi!blair
jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao) (11/08/85)
In article <1297@decwrl.UUCP> blair@yogi.DEC (A note from the bear cave...) writes: >Joe Yao asks if the flurish of articles on PHC, & GK >is a kis of death? With apologies to those not in on the joke, and especially to Time, Inc. for perpetuating an unworthy canard, the reference was to a postulate in the last decade that appearing on the cover of Time Magazine meant that a phenomenon had achieved the ultimate in middle-class value, and was therefore shortly to disappear from the "current" scene, never to be heard from again. I prob'ly shouldn't have referenced this. Brings too much attention on this poor shy person in the Midwest (of Maryland). ;-) -- Joe Yao hadron!jsdy@seismo.{CSS.GOV,ARPA,UUCP}
dbp@dataioDataio.UUCP (Dave Pellerin) (11/11/85)
I heard the Seattle broadcast (two and a half times!) over the weekend, and I have a sinking feeling about an otherwise great show... We all have noticed the regular appearance of Chet Atkins (is that how you spell it?) on the show, and this broadcast was no exception. But in the past Atkins & Company have kept to the accoustic, bluegrass kind of stuff that goes well with a wood stove, a 'biskit' and a winter Saturday evening... ... Well this show we were 'treated' to the first signs of a change in the show; Electric Guitar! I'll bet you a years supply of Ah-Hooah Hot Sauce that we'll see more of this in the future, with a love-sick Garrison taking more and more vacations, and Atkins left to mind the store, until finally we will end up with yet another edition of 'Grand Ole Opry'! The only positive note about this scenario is that such a show (without Garrison) would be doomed to failure... -- Sorry, just had a bad dream ! ---
tanner@ki4pv.UUCP (Tanner Andrews) (11/13/85)
Well, I did enjoy the seattle show (twice; it is re-broadcast here on sunday afternoons). Still getting an assortment of guests, too. I should also point out that, by this time, the "opry" isn't the opry anymore; so one show like it wouldn't be too bad. Straight down-hill when they moved to this "theme park", abandoning the Ryman. One bull auction on the new stage for the novelty won't rescue the whole affair. Still, we can hope that GK doesn't plan on taking too many more vacations (in Denmark or elsewhere, tho NFL seems likely). Surely he's used up this year's vacation -- two months already! -- <std dsclm, copies upon request> Tanner Andrews, KI4PV uucp: ...!decvax!ucf-cs!ki4pv!tanner