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We always think of technology being permanent, that there'll always be somebody around who remembers how to do everything important, and that we are in a perpetual state of forward-motion. I got to thinking about this when I was in San Francisco a few weeks ago and saw my friend Sarah, whom I hadn't talked to in almost ten years. In shooting the breeze with her about the old days, she mentioned that years ago, I had single-handedly changed the way she makes pancakes by suggesting that she add a little bit of orange juice to the batter before hitting the griddle. This rattled me quite a bit, because I remembered doing that years ago, remembered the person who taught me that trick, and even remembered the occasion during which I'd passed it on to Sarah. The problem was, I myself hadn't done it for years. Not because I'd outgrown it or decided I didn't like it, but because I'd simply forgotten. The technology of delicious, tangy pancakes had been lost for nearly a decade, just as the structural secrets that keep those monumental stairways to heaven that you visit every time you go to Europe in place were. Calamity! I needed to rectify the situation immediately, so I quietly excused myself from the left coast, caught the first flight back to Newark, and planned to make myself the first proper breakfast I'd had since 1994."},{"startTime":{"@attributes":{"msec":""}},"title":"Comment: I type this as a plate sticky with butter and syrup, and with a napkin stuck to it sits next to my computer, and a mountain of mixing bowls, whisks, egg shells, and cast iron acoutrements are piled in the sink behind me. My second cup of Bustelo is about halfway finished, and did I mention the container of orange juice I polished off to make this dream a reality? Damn... technology tastes goooood."},{"startTime":{"@attributes":{"msec":""}}},{"startTime":"0:01:35","title":"Straight to Hell","artist":"The Clash","album":"From Here to Eternity (live)"},{"startTime":"0:06:56","title":"Wooden","artist":"Apparat","album":"Duplex"},{"startTime":"0:12:09","title":"My All American Girl","artist":"The Volta Sound","album":"My All American Girl"},{"startTime":"0:16:02","title":"Grits","artist":"The RZA","album":"Birth of a Prince"},{"startTime":"0:20:15","title":"This River","artist":"Colder","album":"Again"},{"startTime":"0:24:47","title":"A Special Morning","artist":"Ralph Myerz & the Jack Herren Band","album":"A Special Album"},{"startTime":"0:28:59","title":"De Costas Pro Mundo","artist":"Fernanda Porto","album":"The Rough Guide to Brazilian Electronica"},{"startTime":"0:33:15","title":"Your DJ speaks"},{"startTime":"0:38:50","title":"Tokyo Joe","artist":"Bryan Ferry","album":"In Your Mind"},{"startTime":"0:42:42","title":"Negative","artist":"Kim Fowley","album":"Sunset Boulevard"},{"startTime":"0:45:38","title":"Rock Stars","artist":"Nonphixion","album":"The Future is Now EP"},{"startTime":"0:49:31","title":"The Temple","artist":"Poison Idea","album":"War All the Time"},{"startTime":"0:52:13","title":"Hey Hey","artist":"Big Nurse","album":"7'"},{"startTime":"0:54:50","title":"Crying Sun","artist":"Radio Birdman","album":"Living Eyes"},{"startTime":"0:57:43","title":"Creature from the Black Lagoon","artist":"Dave Edmunds","album":"Anthology 2xCD"},{"startTime":"1:01:20","title":"On an Evening in Roma","artist":"Dean Martin","album":"Dino"},{"startTime":"1:03:47","title":"Que Sera Sera","artist":"Johnny Thunders","album":"12'"},{"startTime":"1:14:12","title":"Your DJ speaks"},{"startTime":"1:18:39","title":"My Experience","artist":"Abstract Tribe Unique","album":"Massmen Records compilation"},{"startTime":"1:21:47","title":"Unfortunately","artist":"Dwayne Sodahberk","album":"Unfortunately"},{"startTime":"1:24:28","title":"Mountain Energei","artist":"The Fall","album":"Country on the Click"},{"startTime":"1:27:43","title":"False Heavy","artist":"The Heads","album":"Under Sided"},{"startTime":"1:31:41","title":"Where Have all the Good Times Gone?","artist":"Van Halen","album":"Diver Down"},{"startTime":"1:34:32","title":"Your Hole","artist":"8 Bark","album":"Structurally Sound"},{"startTime":"1:36:57","title":"Right Here's the Spot","artist":"Basement Jaxx","album":"Kish Kash"},{"startTime":"1:41:16","title":"Querstromzerspaner","artist":"T. 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It was great to see you all showing your support for freeform radio, and believe me, your efforts shall not go unrewarded."},{"startTime":{"@attributes":{"msec":""}}}],"playlist":{"@attributes":{"url":"https:\/\/wfmu.org\/playlists\/shows\/9453"}},"@attributes":{"offset":"0:8:25","shareSafe":"0","timestamps":"1"},"audio":{"@attributes":{"url":"rtmpt:\/\/rtmp.wfmu.org\/cfx\/st\/mp4:HT\/ht031111r.mp4"}},"title":"Mike Lupica from 11\/11\/2003","segments":{"@attributes":{"url":"https:\/\/wfmu.org\/playlists\/shows\/9453\/starttimes.xml"}},"info":{"@attributes":{"url":"https:\/\/wfmu.org\/playlists\/shows\/9453"}},"flash_server":"rtmpt:\/\/rtmp.wfmu.org\/cfx\/st\/","mp4_server":"\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/arch.wfmu.org\/"}

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Mike Lupica from 11/11/2003

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