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Comment on BoC Playlist for Friday, October 9, 2009 by Jon B.

Jon B. — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:24:29 +0000

Steve!

I thought I recognized the name on the CD, and I do remember that 20(!) year old conversation, but I did not connect the two things. Crazy!

There are several Lothars CDs available for sale. Click the Lothars Merch link in the right column of this blog.

Comment on BoC Playlist for Friday, October 9, 2009 by Steve Painter

Steve Painter — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:03:58 +0000

Hey Jon,

I wanted to thank you for playing my record– Dark Sunny Land “Kon Taan Kor” last Friday as part of the BOC MOB MIT special. It was an honor to be played between Sonic Youth and Burma and I loved how it sounded supporting the Concert Report. I would welcome having it played behind the concert report or any other way you care to feature it.

I doubt that you would remember this, but you and I were toiling in the same vinyard maybe 20 years ago at TNE and we once ended up in a meeting together. After the meeting I introduced myself and asked if you were the same Jon Bernhardt who did radio on MBR. Turned out the answer was yes. I was a fan of BOC then and have kept up when I could — it helped me through some unemployed stretches later on, and I now realize I can hear it from the archives, even when I’m working. I’m long gone from TNE thankfully, but still do software QA in the financial industry (don’t tell anybody!) when I have to.

And I also have the Lothars on Camera Obscura…is there more?

Hope BOC goes on for many more years. Boston college radio is the best there is.

Thanks again!

Steve Painter

Comment on Wobbly Tech Tip #2: Running a function on just the dragged element of a script.aculo.us sortable by Christina

Christina — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:05:49 +0000

“but hopefully someone, somewhere, sometime, will find this useful.”

And stick around to buy some temp-’toos.

Comment on WMBR DJ JON BERNHARDT CELEBRATES 25 YEARS ON THE RADIO WITH A PAIR OF BENEFIT CONCERTS FEATURING HIS FAVORITE BANDS by nadav

nadav — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:55:39 +0000

Holy cannoli!

Comment on Seamy LA by Chevy Nova Defender

Chevy Nova Defender — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:06:34 +0000

Actually, “no va” means “doesn’t go” and is different from the Spanish word “nova.” Contrary to popular belief, the Nova did not flop in Mexico, and actually sold well in all of its markets for the better part of a decade. The SeeMyLa ad campaign is really stupid though. I’m not sure how people don’t catch these things ahead of time.

Comment on Hands Off 2007! by Captain Ants

Captain Ants — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:22:24 +0000

Ahoy There Matey!

I’ve put my deposit down and booked a long weekend off too :D

It’s a top idea and I’m totally looking forward to seeing and meeting so many theremin practioners and enthusiasts on the 27th of July :)

If you get to the welcome bar before me, then mine’s a pint! :D

Cheers!

Captain Ants
Theremin player and laptop synth noises for The Jaw-Line of Julianne Moore

Comment on Spam Spam Spam Spam by Jon B.

Jon B. — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:59:44 +0000

Well, the CAPTCHA thingie proved to be pretty useless. Not because anyone “solved it”, but because nearly all the spam I was getting was trackback spam, against which the CAPTCHA was useless. I’ve since done some more research and I think I’ve got a winning Anti-Spam Cocktail. I’ll post about it in more detail after I’ve done some more testing and I’m more convinced that it’s working effectively.

To answer your last question Frank, subscribe to this blog! I don’t post very often, but upcoming gigs definitely show up.

Comment on Spam Spam Spam Spam by Frank Urro

Frank Urro — Wed, 23 May 2007 23:51:03 +0000

Wow, too funny. Yah, I understand your spam bane oh too well. Stopping this crap is my business, that’s how your blog popped up on my radar! There are hundreds of posts just like yours crankin on just how much of a waste of time spam is – and they’re all right on the money!

I thought I would write fast before your Captcha thing started to overwhelm. Yes, there are thousands of spammers that sit and solve Captcha’s just get their links posted. Mostly because they are paid to. Yup, there are site out their that hire people to post. I give you link here but that would just boost their Search Engine Ranking, and that’s the last thing we want to do. I must delete about 40 or 50 per day that have solved a captcha trying to get listed in our corporate forum. (But, there is real solution coming, that’s what my blog http://www.respect101.com is all about.

Well, the funny thing (at least for me) is that when I first look at a site a get that – separated by the globe feeling – then, the first link I click on in your blog references a story about you in the Boston Globe! No way! You’re right down the street, relatively speaking, from Marlboro. I was in Boston last night in fact right on Huntington Ave.

Where can I get a hint on where you perform? Maybe I’ll drop in and say hello!

Cheers for now!

Comment on Open Sourced by steve garfield

steve garfield — Mon, 07 May 2007 14:12:36 +0000

I saw the writeup about you in the Globe today and then found this site via Gogle by way of Open Source.

I posted a link on my blog asking the eternal question, “Why doesnn’t the Boston Globe provide links?”

Comment on They’re Heeeeeeere…. by Joe Turner

Joe Turner — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:41:40 +0000

Oh.
My.
GOD.

You will never… NEVER… live this down, you corporate whore! ;-)

(Good job, man, seriously!!!)