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'Jingle Bells' with Twists
'Jingle Bells' with Twists
'Jingle Bells' with Twists
We've been playing Christmas music on Greatest Hits 98.7 WFGR's sister station, 100.5 The River, since Nov. 2. In addition to my gig as mid-day host on 98.7 WFGR, I am also our operations manager. Part of my job is helping schedule the music for WFGR and 100.5 The River. So, yes, I have gotten to know my Christmas songs well, very well. And I can tell you this: A couple of new videos of "Jing
Sounds You’ll Soon Never Hear Again – #14
Sounds You’ll Soon Never Hear Again – #14
Sounds You’ll Soon Never Hear Again – #14
Today's printers might actually work -- well, most of the time but boy don't we miss bone-crunching sound of the dot matrix is one of the most immediately recognizable noises in yesterday's technology. What other sound, after all, so deafeningly conveys the message: "Hey, buddy: Get ready to fix a paper jam"? I wonder whatever happened to all of these things?  I bet in Africa somewhere t
Sounds You Soon Won’t Hear Again – #15
Sounds You Soon Won’t Hear Again – #15
Sounds You Soon Won’t Hear Again – #15
Between call-waiting and speech-based signals ("The number you are trying to reach is busy..."), the soothing sound of a busy phone is something you rarely hear these days. How many teenagers have heard this tone?  Hard to believe, but think about it - when is the last time you heard this tone when you made call...
Sounds You’ll Soon Never Hear Again – #16
Sounds You’ll Soon Never Hear Again – #16
Sounds You’ll Soon Never Hear Again – #16
It was the ringtone before there were ringtones -- the predecessor to an infinite array of annoying pocket-based serenades - but hey, at least we weren't toting around "Bag Phones" anymore! Now look at the ringtones everyone has.  Nothing more annoying than "Baby got Back" blasting when someone's wife calls...
Sounds You’ll Never Hear Again – #17 [VIDEO]
Sounds You’ll Never Hear Again – #17 [VIDEO]
Sounds You’ll Never Hear Again – #17 [VIDEO]
The cry of the AOL mail man was damn near ubiquitous in the 90s. For future generations, it'll be about as familiar as those blasted "50 free hours" disks we used to get sent every seven days. I still think I have a whole pile of them sitting somewhere - Or there is a landfill - or several for that matter full of those things...
Sound You’ll Never Hear Again – #18 [VIDEO]
Sound You’ll Never Hear Again – #18 [VIDEO]
Sound You’ll Never Hear Again – #18 [VIDEO]
I bring you #18 on the list of the 20 sounds you'll soon hear disappear in the next 10 years or so. Love it or hate it, there's a good chance that fanfare-like sound signaling the start of Windows 3.1 is forever etched in your brain. Or how about that airy little ditty that greeted you upon bootup of Windows 95?
Sounds You’ll Never Hear Again – #19 [VIDEO]
Sounds You’ll Never Hear Again – #19 [VIDEO]
Sounds You’ll Never Hear Again – #19 [VIDEO]
I bring you #19 on the list of the 20 sounds you'll soon hear disappear in the next 10 years or so... The brief tone. The dialing of those magical numbers. And that screech -- by God, that screech. It's musical, really, starting with a single beep and expanding into cascading harmonies of mechanical song. Then comes the satisfying bursts of static, with their climactic rush that screams out:  Yes-