“In Flanders Fields”

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During World War I Lieutenant Colonel John McCrea a Canadian from Guelph Ontario was paying his last respects at the gravesite of his good friend Alex Hemer when he noticed that the only thing growing amongst all the crosses were poppies. As he sadly looked around at all the graves he was inspired to write his immortal poem “In Flanders Fields.”
My old Jury bandmate Bruce Walker after enduring the butchering of Mr. McCrea’s poem at a Remembrance Day service recently decided upon returning home to pick up his guitar, turn on his tape recorder and give the famous poem a melody. 
Bruce dedicates his version of “In Flanders Fields” to all the fallen soldiers in all wars. Beautiful work Bruce and know that the rest of the “The Jury” were definitely there with you in spirit as you recorded it. geo

 

 

 

No Sexual Tension. (new for December 07/15)

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While visiting WLAC in Nashville years ago with Mark Hubbard he introduced me to a new talk guy by the name of Rush Limbaugh whom he claimed was going to be very big.
Mark it turned out was not only the group head of Osborn and Fairmont Communications but also an aspiring song writer which I found out about after he also introduced me to meet Carolyn McClain of Billboard Magazine. Mark had brought along a cassette of his tunes which he wanted Carolyn to hear in hopes of course that she would pass them on to the folks she knew on Music Row but after my being introduced to Carolyn she seemed more interested in me telling my friend Bob Christy to give her a call sometime. Finally she hit hit the play button on the cassette player but about halfway through the first tune she reached over and stopped the tape then said to Mark … Either that woman singing has either never had sex, or she’s some kind of beauty queen. Mark admitted that she had once been Miss Cincinnati.
 
SOME MORE STUFF TO PONDER… 
  
The first step in doing something special is wanting to do it.
 
Would you rather receive a dollar from everyone who listens to radio or those that don’t.
 
The only way radio gets back in vogue is by creating product like HBO did.
 
The good news about radio is that the amount of people who tune in radio has pretty well stayed the same. The bad news is nobody’s doing it as often or for as long.
 
I’m not a big fan of married couples doing morning shows because of the lack of sexual tension.
 
The methodology used to gather the ratings determines what radio station is #1 more so than their product ever has.
 
I doubt that anybody running radio today has any idea how to get somebody to listen to it nor do they know how to make a stock go up so what is it they do.
 
It’s the PD’s responsibility to protect the talent from the sales department, management, and of course the listeners.
 
The easy part about doing an upgrade for a phone must be for the phone must be for the phone company because they have our attention as they begin the up sell but at my hourly rate for my time they owe me a ton of money.
 
It doesn’t really matter why a terrorist wants to kill you, just know that he does.
 
In this era every great foot ball has less than three years before the players stop playing as hard because they’re more worried about their endorsements and book deals than football. That’s why I think Bill Belichick blows the Patriots up every two years.
 
Overachievers is a word created by under estimators.
 
Is there such a thing as a good guy with a gun?
 
During my lifetime there have been 3 musical phenomenons, Frank, Elvis, and The Beatles but only Elvis and The Beatles changed the world even though Sinatra acted like he ruled it.
 
When my son was growing up unlike me he got to do it his way, I had to leave home before I got to do it my way but to this day I’m still not sure which way is the right way.
 
The worse thing about Florida in the summertime is the humidity but it’s the only thing you don’t hear or see on the weather casts.
 
There’s no shortcuts to anyplace worth going.
 
The most beautiful thing a man will ever see is the first time he sees a woman naked. The most beautiful thing a woman will ever see is her child for the first time.
 
Most men have little interest in romantic dinners, fancy engagement parties, big weddings, or children. We only want what you want so all we ask is that you know what you want.
 
How is it that most of the German people are not held accountable for the holocaust but most but even though less than 5 % of white people owned slaves all seem to be held responsible for slavery.
 
I’m not sure if I dislike unions or big business more, both have no interest in the customer.
 
The truth is a hell of a lot easier to remember than a lie.
 
Is it just a coincidence that liar and survivor rhyme.
 
To have something you’ve never had likely means you’re going to have to do something you’ve never done.
 
We’re all gifted at something but figuring out what that is may take a lifetime.
 
Never letting them see you sweat is good advice but not sweating is even better.
 
Why have I never heard of most of the things and places which claim to be world famous.
 
If you’re not at the luncheon meeting … You’re probably lunch.
 
The more successful you become the more you tend to stop doing the things that make you successful.
 
If a night of torrid sex in a book is described in one page it was written by a woman, whereas if written by a man it could go on for a chapter or two.
 
Most people I see smoking today don’t appear to be able to afford to do so.
 
How you say what you mean is 60% of communication.
 
If it’s true that women control 81% of the spendable income in America isn’t our debt really theirs.
 
Freedom of speech ends at the door to your office building, your rights end at the tip of my nose.
 
Much more @ GeorgeJohns.com, on Twitter@GeoOfTheRadio
 
 
 
 
 
 

Happy Twentieth Birthday Camera Anne Johns Summerfield

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It Was 20 Years Ago Today When My Wee Daughter Cami Came Out To Play
Now I’ve Only One More Thing I Need To Say On This Her Very Special Day
Happy Happy Birthday Baby, You’ve Grown Into Such A Smart & Beautiful Lady
You Were Only five Minutes Old When You Grabbed Me By The Heart
So Now It Hurts Like Hell When We’re Apart
Happy Birthday Babyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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Women Will Almost Do Anything! (new for Nov 09/15)

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When Todd Wallace, Kevin Metheny, Tom Birch, E. Alvin Davis and Bob Pitman first started doing music research we hired Kevin to not only PD WIBG but to also set up our own research at the Fairbanks stations and I’ll never forget the WIBC jock meeting I called to announce our plans.
I explained to Gary Todd, Chuck Riley, Orly Knutson, Pete Sullivan, Jerry Baker, Bob Lamey, Nat Humphries, and Jed Duval that we were hiring a bank of intern type people who would calling folks all over Indianapolis to get their opinions about the music we play. The plan was to have them listen to hooks of songs and then rate them which would determine what music we should be played on WIBC. Once the grumbling began I interrupted it by sarcastically saying that they were absolutely right, this was our radio station why would we let the people dictate to us what to play, we’ll f**king play anything we feel like playing because we have the power to do so … F**k them! 
It was the first standing ovation I ever received at a radio station

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What a weekend!
My daughter Cami turned 20 on Friday so she decided to take the train home home to West Palm Beach from USF to celebrate leaving her teens behind. Amtrak though it appears had other plans. When she got up Friday morning she was informed that her train would be an hour late which they added to with small increments every 15 minutes or so throughout the day and evening. Cami originally was scheduled to arrive in West Palm at 4:45 in the afternoon but didn’t get here until 1:15 AM so of course her birthday plans were ruined. It wasn’t over yet though because when I finally got her to her mother’s house she was devastated to learn that her beautiful dog Buster (pictured) had passed.
Needless to say I am having very creative thoughts about Amtrak.

MORE THOUGHTS ABOUT OTHER STUFF I’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT…
 
The more my Daughters lives appear to be in jeopardy the more prejudice and racist I become.
 
Muslim women claim they dress like they do so as not to attract men.
 
Men are into how things are whereas women are into why they are.
 
Bill Belichik must look pissed off all the time because he’s thinking about all the taxes he pays out of his enormous salary. I sure can’t think of any other reason.
 
I think the FCC should make the owner of the last placed radio station give up his license.
 
Where the hell did all the radio station engineers go.
 
Why do most of the ideas you come up with behind the walls of a radio station seem to suck when presented elsewhere.
 
As easy as this sounds it’s not done on most radio stations … Simply do more of what people like and less of what they don’t like.
 
Justice unfortunately is only a concept.
 
If you’re ambitious America is the only place to be, but if you just wanna “hang out” Canada should be your choice.
 
Have you ever noticed that the people who whine about the economy the most are the ones whose lifestyle affected the least by it.
 
There are no rain checks for missed opportunities.
 
I love cleaning up sales promotions even before they finish coming out of the mouths of the sales folks.
 
I drove by a hospital the other day which was for women and children exclusively, I wonder where the one for men is.
 
75% of Tattoo removals are done on women.
 
Most women are up for almost anything as long as they don’t have to discuss it the next day.
 
A good woman is the woman who loves listening to her man tell her stories about his life but the moment he hears … You already told me that story, he immediately starts searching for fresh young ears.
 
Women are not afraid of beautiful women, they’re afraid of young women.
 
Is there anything more distracting than a beautiful woman entering a room where a very serious business meeting is going on.
 
Where would Michael Jordan be if there was no NBA, Paris Hilton if there was no sex, Tom Cruise with no movies, or Taylor Swift without a recording contract, which just proves that “The Bard” was right all along when he claimed … The Plays The Thing.
 
The intent of the law is the only thing that counts, the law itself is for lawyers to argue over so they can make money.
 
Because a person is powerful does not make them right.
 
Back in the day Jim Hilliard used to give us enough rope to either hang ourselves or get him some great ratings but it was always our choice.
 
If you just live for today and today is not a good day, what the hell do you do then.
 
Your past only exists when you think about it.
 
You have to learn how to resist fear because nobody is born courageous.
 
Old age and treachery trumps youth and skills every time.
 
Sometimes all ya gotta do is dream bigger.
 
It’s much easier to teach a gifted person how to do it right than teach a person who does it right how to be gifted.
 
Imagination is what you use to take a peek at the future.
 

Once again the only people doing better this year are the rich and the poor.

If you think it’s about the players and not the coaches, check out the 49ers this year.

When I was growing up in Canada the saying was … Go west young Man go west but I discovered that by going south, life turned out much better for me.

Maybe now that Cami is no longer a teen, maybe just maybe PB Teen will stop sending me e mails about their exciting new sale.

For some sneak peeks at new stuff go to GeorgeJohns.com on Twitter @GeoOfTheRadio