Month: August 2008
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Red Around Town: August 16
In the summer of 1960 I was working as the afternoon deejay on KGW in Portland, Oregon. In two weeks I was to be shipped off to Fort Ord, California for basic military training as I was a resident of the U.S. It’s a long story but two weeks prior to leaving town I recorded…
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Red Around Town: August 9
Are we enjoying too much of a good thing? This year has been a benchmark year for the number of festivals and concerts in the Lower Mainland. I cannot remember a period where there was so much entertainment to choose from. But, like the kid in the candy store maybe too much is too much.…