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Getting The New Year Started on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity

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I’m Uncle Marty, and on this episode we are officially kicking off the new year with songs that feature the start of all sorts of things…  The day, the world, the heart, and love are a few, so let’s get this party started on your Award-Winning 3D RadioActivity. 

Starting over again is one of the toughest things a person can be asked to do. Most of us, at one point in our lives, are forced to do exactly that. Whether you’re reeling from the loss of a loved one, the estrangement of a partner, or the severance from a job, taking control of your new circumstances is an important part of turning around your life.

There are lots of traditions to start the new year.  Parades, and fireworks at the stroke of midnight are observed in some places.  An annual dip in ice-cold water by hearty individuals, most famously by members of the Polar Bear Club too.  Food is also a common denominator.   In Spain, it is customary to have 12 grapes at hand when the clock strikes midnight. One grape is eaten on each stroke. If all the grapes are consumed within the period of the strikes, it means good luck in the new year.  Another way to have those grapes is to drink champagne.  There’s a variety of foods to stuff yourself with.   One preference is pickled or creamed herring with onions, while in the Southern United States, chowing down on black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day is thought to bring prosperity in the new year.   We aren’t going to snack on those legumes on the air, however we can give you some tasty treats for the ear that will make you happy all the way down to the feet too.

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If you have any ideas for the next show about The Teen Aged Years of the Century, please be sure to let me know. It’s easy to send an email by clicking on my name below or message me on Facebook, where you will find links to all the previous podcasts along with the graphics in the
“Photo“ section.

…Uncle Marty

“It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.”
— Marilyn Monroe

Sister Songs On The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity

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We will keep it all in the family this time and next with sisters and brothers.  Not the siblings that you grew up with, not the nuns or male clergy that taught in Catholic schools, or room mates from your college fraternity.   Because this is The Award Winning, 3D RadioActivity we will take a listen to the musical family.  Next week it will include The Everleys, The Isleys, and other brotherly offerings, however you will  have to wait a week before we play them.  This time it is all about all sorts of sisters.  Big ones, little ones, some are simple or dancing anywhere they can, and don’t forget the blonde ones.  Can they do it for themselves?  Yes, they can!

Sister Songs On The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity

 

Send Sean and me an email by clicking on my name below, or message us on Facebook, with your suggestions and ideas for our next program as we musically express some brotherly love.

…Uncle Marty

“It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.”
— Marilyn Monroe

Playing Musical Numbers on The 3D RadioActivity

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We are going digital in a different way this time on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity…

As you know, a number is a mathematical object used to count, label, and measure. The definition has been extended over the years to include  zero, negative numbers, rational, irrational, Prime and complex numbers to infinity and beyond.  Some traditionally have alternative words to express them, including:

  •     Nothing: 0
  •     Single: 1
  •     Pair, couple, brace: 2
  •     Trio: 3
  •     Half-Dozen: 6
  •     Decade: 10
  •     Dozen: 12
  •     Baker’s dozen: 13
  •     Score: 20
  •     Half-century: 50
  •     Century: 100
  •     Gross: 144
  •     Ream: 480
  •     Millenium: 1000

In music there are self-contained sections that combine with other such parts in a performance.  The use of designations in extended vocal compositions has the practical advantage of facilitating rehearsal plans, especially when they include assignment of numerical characters.  In a concert of a popular piece, for example, the individual tunes performed are often referred to as “numbers.” The designation is also applied to sections of large vocal works such as opera, when the written or printed score designates the titles in sequential order, hence the aptness of the term.The use of designations in extended vocal compositions has the practical advantage of facilitating rehearsal plans, especially when they include assignment of numerical characters, not to be confused with what we are playing this time on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity.

Don’t forget to drop a line to let me know what you want to hear.  Message me on FaceBook or click on my name below to send an email with your choices.  This is your show, Sean and I only host it for you.

…Uncle Marty

“It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.”
— Marilyn Monroe

Lost In The Music on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity

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This time on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity, the word lost can be taken many ways.
* a person in Solitude
* Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland
* Mustard gas, also known as Lost.
* “Lost”, a slang term for being under the influence of the hypnotic drug Ambien
* abbreviation for Local option sales tax.

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It could be one of two tv shows or a pair of movies. There are four novels about it, there are five albums and a lot of individual tunes about it, so that’s why on this episode we are getting lost in the music.

…Uncle Marty

“It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.”
— Marilyn Monroe

The 3D RadioActivity One-der Show

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This time on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity, we are playing one-hit wonders, which is a person or act known mainly for only a single success. The term is most often used to describe music performers with only one hit single.  Some are the result of novelty songs during fads.  More commonly, however, these are serious-minded musicians who struggled to continue their success after their popularity waned.  Because they are popular for only a brief time, their hits often have nostalgic value and are featured on era-centric compilations and soundtracks to period films.  While normal in any era of pop music, most are common during reigns of entire genres that do not last for more than a few years, such as disco, new wave and grunge.  Though the term is sometimes used in a derogatory manner, some fans often have a great passion for these songs and the artists who created them. Some one-hit wonder artists have embraced this following openly, while others distance themselves from their hit in an attempt to craft successful songs with different sounds, or embark on new careers as songwriters.

The 3D RadioActivity One-der Show

The VH One list of the top 100 One Hit Wonders was a good starting point for this show, however more than half of the tunes they listed didn’t meet the 3D standards.  I looked at the Rolling Stone Magazine list and also consulted the Joel Whitburn book to confirm that every song on this show made it into the top 100, and that the artist did not have any others that made it over the century mark, or the bubbling under charts which are songs that did not reach the three digit area.  Some of these are very popular artists had lots of success on those listings while only managing to climb to the hallowed place once.  We did a lot of homework to make sure that this show would be up to temperature.  Sit back and enjoy, With 29 songs and over 102 minutes of music, there is plenty of One-der to go around.

…Uncle Marty

“It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.”
— Marilyn Monroe

 

The 3D Wonders of The World

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On this episode of The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity, we are playing Wonderous music. Various lists of the Wonders of the World have been compiled from way back when to the present day, to catalog the world’s most spectacular natural wonders and man made structures. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the first known list of the most remarkable creations of classical antiquity, and was based on guide-books popular among Hellenic sight-seers and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim. The number seven was chosen because the Greeks believed it to be the representation of perfection and plenty. More recent lists include The American Society of Civil Engineers who compiled a list of wonders of the modern world, Seven Natural Wonders of the World, and The New Seven Wonders. Typically these include a variety of items ranging from The Internet to the Great Migration of The Serengeti, The Aurora Borealis, The Polar ice caps and a few structures like Stonehenge, Rome’s Colosseum, The Great Wall of China, The Leaning Tower of Pisa, The great Pyramids, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, Panama’s Canal, and The Taj Mahal, the mausoleum in India, not the musician with that name.

The 3D Wonders of The World

 

Be sure to tune in next week, when we will feature “One Hit Wonders”!

Fantasy on The 3D RadioActivity!

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Fantasy comes in several forms, some of which is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within take place in imaginary worlds where paranormal is common. Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction by the expectation that it steers clear of those themes, though there is a great deal of overlap between the two.  In the musical viewpoint, it also takes many forms ranging from surreal to the obvious.  Fantasy Records on the other hand, is a United States-based label that was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California.   We cover all of the bases on this program, and overlap where possible, because that is exactly what we do as we let you fantasies take over this broadcast of The 3D RadioActivity.

Please step this way…

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2012/08/27 – Fantasy

Be sure to tell me what songs pop into your thoughts when you focus on the word “Imagine”.  You can be sure that we will hear John Lennon, Alan Parsons will tell us a tale of Mystery and Imagination, and The Atlanta Rhythym Section will sing about Imaginary Lovers, a song I nearly played for this Fantasy theme, however it spurred my imagination to use this idea for a whole show.  The same thing happened when I recently heard the phrases “Give and Take” along with “Lost and Found”.  Its’ truly amazing to me how this creative process works.  I want to invite you to participate by telling me your favorite lost, found, give, take and imaginary songs so I can play what you want to hear.  As another phrase goes, the more the merrier.

The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity is playing Winners & Losers

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On this episode of The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity we are continuing our recent musical theme.  We have heard songs about games, tunes about The Olympic events and other sports were the focus last time, and now we have started with Win or Lose for the fortunate and for those who aren’t as lucky.   It’s tough to lose, however they do say that it only makes you stronger. Winning isn’t always pretty, because Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it’s a draw.  27 songs, almost 100 minutes of music!

I want to thank Radio Dave with Liner Notes, Steve, proprietor of Acid Flashback, Bob from Vinyl Schminyl Radio, and Bart who does Time Warp Radio, and Zecom Radio’s Marty because they all gave me an attaboy on reaching the 150th show last week.