I had planned to have a couple more Christmas show reviews up today, but I stupidly forgot to bring my Walkman to work with me last night so that project sort of got derailed. Rest assured, I will have something up tomorrow. I didn't forget, strangely enough, to take along my new copy of Martin Grams, Jr.'s latest book, Information Please, which I received in the mail yesterday. A nice, quick and easy read, and it measures up to the usual Grams standards, of course.

Also currently on my reading list is Robert Taylor's Fred Allen: His Life and Wit, a book that I have read before but have rediscovered thanks to a recent purchase on eBay. (My other copy of this book is currently in storage; when I moved back to Savannah in June 2000, I was sort of starved for space and ended up storing a lot of my "stuff" in my father's rented space at a quaint little joint called "Uncle Bob's Storage." So whenever I have something but can't get to it right away I refer to the article as "being held hostage at Uncle Bob's.") A great book on a great man, and a definite must-read. Try to read Fred's Treadmill to Oblivion and Much Ado About Me before tackling the Taylor bio, though.
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On this date in the Golden Age of Radio

From Those Were the Days:

1927 - For the first time, famed radio announcer George Hay introduced the WSM Barn Dance as The Grand Ole Opry. The show’s title may have changed but it remained the home of country music.
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