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The first season of WKRP in Cincinnati is now available on iTunes!
"WKRP" was a staple of daily after-school life for me for many, many years. Johnny, Les, Herb and Venus were shown in a back-to-back 90 minute chunk, spread across two channels every afternoon from 4:00 to 5:30. The show didn't have the longest run (5 years), so I probably saw every show in the series seven or eight times. I knew all of the plot lines (who can forget the fantabulous turkey-helicopter show?) and had an arsenal of one-liners like so many of my friends ("As God is my witness...I thought turkeys could fly."). I also had a slightly unhealthy crush on Jan Smithers.
So good to see these old shows showing up in a new format. I may have to buy one episode just to see if it was as good as my memory thinks it was. I'm sure it's not.
Booger!
Someone want to call John about his ad and ask if there is any rust?
Ian Rodgers, The Vice President and General Manager of Yahoo Music, speaking at the Digital Media Forum in LA on why Digital Rights Management is a failed experiment. A must-read coming at the same time Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead announce their split with the "traditional" record industry and a few scant weeks after Amazon's glorious DRM-free MP3 store goes live.
The writing is on the wall. DRMed music will be gone within a year and music sales will rise for the first time in ages.
Finally. Ironically, this will probably stop me from ever subscribing to the printed version of the Times. That still leaves me open to buy a one-off copy of the Sunday paper, though, and enjoy its hefty newsiness with a latte and a warm scone.
