Wanna Fool Around?

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Robin-WilliamsI don’t know what people who suffer from depression go through but I wonder if they feel any responsibility for what their loved ones are also feeling.
Case in point is Robin Williams whose suicide must of left his family and friends devastated. I hate to say it but from where I’m sitting it looked like a very self centered act which may have stopped his own pain but had to have of left a lot of it behind. But then again what the hell do I know.

Living in the past may cause your future to become a not so good sequel.

You are where you came from but that doesn’t mean that’s where you’re going.
Winning a beautiful woman’s heart without touching her takes a lot of talent and creativity but well worth the quest because no one will ever be able to take her from you.
 
The purpose of one’s life should be to try and make a difference.
 
It took me much too long to figure out that you seldom get what you don’t ask for so I will make sure my Grandson Nathaniel will become very hip to this early on.
 
Nothing fixes itself and in fact everything is in always in a state of decay and destruction. Creativity is the exact opposite of that.
 
Everything you do on the radio should sound like you didn’t have enough time to do it all so you’ll need to come back tomorrow to hear the rest.
 
I love air talent who have a little off air swagger where as management seem to prefer the “needy” types.
 
Who are the new radio legends?
 
Guiding an air talent towards fame and fortune always breaks down at the same old place … Show prep!
 
Breaking into the radio business at the moment would be like breaking into a bank that’s already been robbed.
 
Radio must be using the same research company that Ford used when they built the Edsel.
 
My friend Bob Christy who escaped the radio world some time ago discovered recently that radio sounded a lot worse than he imagined now that he is a civilian. 
 
Have you ever noticed that when things are going well at work you seldom think about it but the moment things start to go south you start thinking you’re working too hard and maybe you need to spend more time with your family and friends or play a little more golf. So goes your work so goes your life.
 
I’ve always been in awe of people who can do things I can’t do which is a rather large crowd.
 
A charismatic person is one who so strongly believes in what they are doing that others are caught up in their “can’t fail” wave of confidence.
 
Most great entities are toppled from the inside.
 
Leaving a little something to the imagination was said by no man.
 
No is instant where as yes always takes hours and hours and hours.
 
The thing that rich people most have in common is the belief that they did it all by themselves.
 
The Grammy’s are for the fans the Oscars are for the actors.
 
Why would you ever buy a stock if you didn’t have some inside information.
 
Men usually have to ask permission to go on a “Boys Night Out” women just go.
 
The neatest thing about Victoria’s Secret is that you can go into the dressing room with a beautiful woman and help her pick out her Valentines gift.
 
Great marriages are the result of a couple not only loving each other but also liking each other.
 
The whole music world changed when Elvis, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis were taking a break during a recording session and started fooling around. Maybe we all need to fool around a little more.
 
The only music that’s too loud is the music you don’t like.
 
I think the truth in business lies somewhere between the owners and the unions.
 
A lot of men’s natural instincts are illegal and I can’t help but wonder who the hell made it so!
 

I’m so busy working on free stuff that I have no time left to do the stuff that actually pays.

Is it also racist to think that somebody deserves a break because of the color of their skin.

If I wasn’t the leader of the band I would have never had the thrill of making records because they would have thrown me out.

How great would it be to be Marcus Mariota’s agent right now.

Speaking of football “Johnny Football” sure didn’t light it up did he.

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REMEMBERING DARYL “B”

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As you probably know Warren, Daryl was a very good friend of mine and he used to tour around with us back when we were called the Phantoms. He and I shared a mic on stage and each night we tried to out scream each other which wasn’t very wise seeing as Daryl made his living with that great voice of his.
Not only did Daryl help Chuck Dann (Riley) produce our first record when we became The Jury, (Until You Do) but when he left for Vancouver, he also talked management into making me the Music Director of CKY which ultimately led to me getting my first PD gig at CKOM in Saskatoon.
The picture above shows Perry Waksvik, Donny Burns, Daryl, and Kenny Taylor as we were about to hit the road for what probably was probably yet another wild night.

 

On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Warren Cosford <warrensnetwork@gmail.com> wrote:

To REALLY appreciate this aircheck……you would have had to have grown up in Winnipeg.
We had TWO “hot” Top 40 stations…..CKY and CKRC.  It was 1962 and I was trying to figure out how to get into Radio. I used to hear this kid named Burton Cummings calling both stations to promote the appearance of this band he was in.  I think they were called The Deverons.  One of the Jocks he used to call was Daryl B…..who worked for a short time at CKRC before CKY hired him away.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Geo’s Media Blog (Weird People?)

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IMG_595811A few years ago when my daughter Cami’s train was delayed while she was attempting to come home from college, struck up a conversation with a guy who was also waiting for it. When the train finally arrived at their station in Tampa, he invited her to sit next to him so they wouldn’t get stuck sitting with all the weird people. About halfway through their journey to West Palm Beach, he excused himself and went to the restroom. When he came back a while later, he looked like this. (see photo above)

GEO’S LIFE-LINES

Have you noticed that the only time you ever hear any positive words used to describe a radio station and/or a radio company is uttered by a very recent hire?
 
The long journey towards becoming wise begins at young and stupid.
 
Patience and courage are learned through adversity.
 
My parents always believed our nation’s leaders would never lie to us but I for some reason do not hold the same belief.
 
A lot of what we were taught by our parents and teachers was simply not true so just like with computers, garbage in garbage out.
 
Rivalry makes the world go round!
 
If you have to use a funny voice to try and make something funny, it’s not funny.
 
It’s tough enough to make good radio without also worrying about a subplot going so forget about all that drama. But then again, “What have ya heard?”
 
Pessimism is a natural state whereas optimism must be conjured up.
 
Arguments are won by being skillful which is almost impossible to do when one is in the middle of a rant or tantrum.
 
You can’t fake courage it must be manufactured.
 
The first station I ever consulted was in LA and when the Sales Manager picked me up in his fire red Ferrari on my first visit I thought, “Maybe this market is different?”
 
People call all the things that they don’t like on the radio, commercials.
 
There is nothing fine waiting for you in the fine print.
 
My Daughter Candis told me that an organized student will always get better grades than an unorganized smarter student which means my Grandson Nathaniel never had a choice.
 
The story Exodus has about as much chance being true as does the story of Noah’s Ark. Other than a bunch of movies, there are no artifacts from either.
 
Did anyone ever call you up to give you something?
 
Holistic healing only works if you believe it does.
 
Growing up in the ’60s in Canada, I remember Prime Minister Trudeau advising high school students to take a year off before entering college. He wanted them to hitchhike across Canada, claiming that they would learn more from their journey than they would ever learn in college. Can you imagine your kids doing that today, what went wrong?
 
Systems accomplish two things, they eliminate a lot of the downside, but unfortunately, they also eliminate an equal amount of the upside.
 
Joe Walsh of The Eagles claims the music today is too perfect and that a lot of hits from the past became popular because of the imperfections.
 
Can you imagine Hitler”s rant must have been like when he woke up to hear that Japan had just bombed Pearl Harbor bringing the US into the war?
 
The torrid tale of a lusty night written by a man is much longer than the event itself was, whereas the woman’s account is usually much shorter than the event actually was.
 
Nielson seems to be in the business of measuring listeners who don’t buy anything.
 
Fear is the PD of most radio stations today.
 
Unfortunately, the instructions about how to think out of the box are written on the outside of the lid.
 
The only difference between making 50,000 dollars a year and 50, thousand a month is the knowledge it takes to do so.
 
Beating last years numbers means nothing, the whole world is a different place in a years time.
 
You eventually become who you act like.
 
How you language stuff is a huge factor in how it all turns out.

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FEAR! (new blog for week of December 1)

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733784_10151835971959307_917910399_nOne New Years Eve in Indy while dining with my brother and my wife I told them that I was considering growing a beard but my wife told me to forget about it so of course it began the next day! I think it may be time to do it again!

Fathers protect their Daughters from all evil which includes their Mothers and themselves.

If you have to tell folks who you are then you ain’t.

Do you suppose that the people who live in Cuba realize they’re driving classic cars.

Is there any better feeling than the one I just got when I put on an old pair of jeans and discovered a 20 dollar bill in the pocket.

Usually when a man loses weight it’s because he’s got a new woman, when a woman begins to lose weight it usually means she’s on the hunt.

Women claim they want a sensitive man until you are.

The only time I see Blacks and Whites hanging out together is on TV commercials.

Being blind is a terrible thing but having no vision may even be worse.

Folks don’t really care who owns the song they only care about the music.

Just cuz you’re rich don’t make you smart.

Public opinion is now more powerful than the law.

A good deed can never be taken away it lives forever but a bad deed can be plea bargained.

Limiting campaign contributions in America would change the whole world.

The the Dolphins players are pretty good but the coaches lose them too many games because they’re not very smart.

One should always live for today but never ever stop dreaming about tomorrow.

Fame tends to make one feel bullet proof.

Your best shot at succeeding may be by trying just one more time.

It isn’t about the cards you’re dealt in life it’s all about how you play them.

Well behaved women seldom become very famous.

It doesn’t matter if people like you it’s really whether or not you like them.

Starting or stopping something could be a life changer.

Being the richest person in the cemetery is not a very worthy goal.

80% of what most radio stations do on the radio only accounts for 20% of its success.

Radio should stop worrying about its image and just get on with the entertainment.

The best thing about radio is no fees.

The only good reason to have fine things is because you want them.

Spellcheck still claims I spell both my Daughters names incorrectly.

Even though we laugh at the companies that still do things the way they always have we still live the way we always have.

Using fear as a motivator is very overrated because it usually ends badly for both parties.

Mark Twain claimed that truth was stranger than fiction because fiction was obliged to stick to the possibilities.

Nobody gave us our independence we just took it.

Most people who live in a fantasy world do so because they can’t cope with the real world while others just do a radio show.

One of the main reasons there are still poor people is to remind the middle class what’s waiting for them if they let up.

What’s the sense of having cars that go from 0 – 60 in 3 seconds if the guy at the red light doesn’t use some of it when it goes green.

When I was 19 I thought my Father was old but now that Cami is 19 I have finally figured out I was wrong.

Being the best at anything pays pretty well.

I figure the Pats & the Pack for the Super Bowl.

Speaking of football how ’bout  dem Stampeders bringing the cup back to Western Canada.


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