This genealogical ancestor of recording tape has nothing to do with this post, although the tableau was apparently arranged by someone harboring a degree of frustration.
All the music you hear on WCLV originates from compact discs. Some of it, for convenience, is also recorded to a computer cut and played by clicking a mouse. It's a labor-saving device that makes it easier for me to play the 30+ pieces of music for you every morning on WCLV's 6-10 a.m. "First Program."
Some overnight computer updating was still going on this morning, which required me to play today's music the "old-fashioned" way, from CD. It requires much more effort and planning to do so, but it makes you appreciate the modern conveniences.
As the 10:00 a.m. shift change neared, WCLV's midday host, Mark Satola, and I fondly recalled the romance of cueing up an LP. There was an art to turning on the cue monitor, hitting the "on" button, placing the stylus on the vinyl, waiting for the music, then stopping the turntable and backtracking, that is, positioning the LP back a half turn, so that when you started the piece, there was just enough silence to cushion the music.
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