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On 7 Sep 2000, at 13:14, Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD wrote: > Dear Listfriends, > Some corrections to the radio/Internet talk show hosted by > Leonard Casavant of Toledo Ohio. This series of one-hour > shows will feature Parkinson's disease. The time slot is > Sundays at 9:00 pm eastern, 6:00 pm pacific standard time > USA. > > The program is aired on two radio stations, but now is also > ACCESSIBLE OVER THE INTERNET, via "streaming," meaning that > you can listen to the radio program over your computer. > > To access go to: > > Renaissance Radio > http://www.renaissanceradio.com/ > > On the left side of the screen, click "Hear KFNX LIVE." > > This will bring up a small screen, which may take some time > to download. You should then be able to hear the radio > program that is currently airing. For additional help, > please contact North American Broadcasting Company at: > > [log in to unmask] > > This Sunday, Len's featured speaker is: > > September 10 -- Dr. Anthony Lang, world-renowned neurologist > and PD specialist from Toronto > > The program is seeking sponsors, so if you know of any > companies that might be willing to help fund the series, > please contact Len Casavant at: > > [log in to unmask] > > I will update the listserv as I receive new information. > > Best regards, > Kathrynne > Hi Kathrynne, Thankyou for the tips on how to listen in on these audio presentations. I occasionally listen to Old Time Radio on the web while I'm lookin' at the e-mail... Warning... It can be addictive! Here is a copy of an e-mail I received in August... Finding Good Memories On The Net By Nick Francesco You can’t spend all your time stuck in your computer’s innards, you know. You need to get some fun out of the thing, too. So this month, we’re going to deviate from my normal format, and talk about some of the coolest stuff on the Internet – pulp fiction, and Old Time Radio. Imagine a man cloaked in darkness; a vaguely-glimpsed silhouette; a motion barely seen out of the corner of your eye. Imagine the flash of a girasol ring and the roar of twin .45 automatics. Imagine a maniacal laugh that sent chills down the spines of the innocent and strikes terror into the hearts of evildoers and sharpsters everywhere. Imagine The Shadow! Now, imagine a superhuman figure, an incredible genius. Imagine him fighting crime with no thought of reward or personal gain. Imagine him having a Fortress of Solitude, to which he retreats when the world is too much with him. He never kills, because his personal code won’t let him. His name is Dr. Clark Savage, Jr (Who? Yes, Lester Dent created Doc Savage and gave him all this stuff five years before Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman in Action Comics #1). Doc Savage and The Shadow were pulp heroes, the central figures of fast-paced, quickly churned out stories of adventure and daring-do written for a young and overwhelmingly male audience. Their hey-day was the first half of the twentieth century, along with The Spider – Master of Men, G-8, The Avenger, Operator 5, Dusty Ayers, The Secret Six, Ace G-Man, and the one-and-only Continental Op. These are names to conjure by. People who were young in the early part of the century haunted the newsstands for copies of their adventures. Some, like The Shadow, made it to radio and people would crowd around the old tube set, transported to other times, other climes. In the 60s, Bantam and a couple of other companies reprinted some Doc Savage and some Shadows. But for the most part, these books and radio shows have languished in the past, sinking out of our consciences, in spite of a grotesque Doc Savage movie and a fair Shadow film – until the Internet. I’m beginning to believe it’s true that you can (if you search hard enough) find just about anything on the Internet. Certainly the fans of these old pulps and radio serials are on the Net, and they’re not letting their favorite characters sink into oblivion without a fight! There are a growing number of sites where you can find homages to your favorite characters, and even sites where you can download old radio shows and old pulp novels. There are, of course, copyright violations occurring here on a regular basis, so I’m not quite sure what to think about that. On the one hand, somebody certainly owns the copyright to these things. But in some cases, no one knows who that is. In other cases, no one seems to be able to get anyone at the copyright owner’s company to care! It’s very perplexing. You may want to think carefully about the moral and ethical questions before you download any of this stuff, but you can certainly read about the characters on the homage pages. Personally, I discovered Doc Savage when I was home sick at the age of eight. Boy, was Was I the target market or what? I had already ripped through Tom Swift and The Hardy Boys and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, Tarzan and John Carter. But Doc beat ‘em all, as did The Shadow, when I discovered him a couple of years later. Finding them on the Net was a wonderful experience, like bumping into an old friend you haven’t seen in years. Getting reacquainted is as much pleasure as discovering them in the first place. For those of you who’ve never experienced Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Spider, or any of the others, there are a lot of hours of pure reading and listening pleasure waiting for you out there. Here are a few links to some of the best sites for pulps and Old Time Radio. Enjoy! Doc Savage: • http://members.aol.com/the86floor/ • http://members.netvalue.net/robsmalley/page1.htm • http://members.xoom.com/_XOOM/liana2000/monk.html The Shadow: • http://www.spaceports.com/~deshadow/ • http://www.shadowradio.org/ • http://testbox.cob.rit.edu/ Pulps and Old Time Radio in general: • http://www.secretheadquarters.com/ • http://members.aol.com/heropulp/index.html • http://www.old-time.com/ cheers .......... murray [log in to unmask]