May 20, 2012 to May 26,
2012
It's
amazing how one can adapt and make last minute changes. Just minutes before the
show started I learned that Robin Gibb had
died. He was the co-founder of The Bee
Gees, along with brothers Maurice
(Robin's twin) and Barry. I
immediately adjusted the playlist for this week's show to ensure there was
going to be some great Bee Gees songs played in tribute to Robin and his family.
And what a week it was with the other sad news of the passing of Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco. So this week's show also needed to have some of
Donna Summer's hits played. As it turned out, I had requests come in for both
Donna Summer and The Bee Gees. Thanks for the calls and the requests. I sure
hope there will be no more deaths; there's been too many with Whitney Houston, Donald "Duck" Dunn from Booker T. & The MGs, Levon
Helm from The Band, and now Robin Gibb and Donna Summer. Enough already!
Last
week I indicated that we are not going to have the Real Media LIVE feed
available due to technical problems. Well it appeared to have been solved and
the live link button was reinstated, only to discover that it now had one channel
coming out on both left and right sides of the stereo mix. That's unacceptable;
you can't listen to only 'half a song'. So once again, we are removing the LIVE
Real Media link until such time as the problem can be resolved. We may just
need to completely retire the Real Media stream. I will be sure to let you
know. If it becomes the case, rest assured that the Windows Media stream sounds
excellent and is, in fact, at an even higher bandwidth than the Real stream. Stay
tuned for more details.
If
you have a birthday coming up, be sure to let me know. Send the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com and I'll wish you Happy Birthday on the show and play Birthday,
our official birthday song by The Beatles, for you.
Mark
your calendars for a couple of specials coming your way. We present the Annual Father's Day Special Live June 17th and then the following
week, June 24th, be sure to join us
for the Annual Summer Beach Party
Special. You can check out the complete list at the Specials Page.
As
a tribute to Robin Gibb, the Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing The Bee Gees performing I Started A Joke. It's our Song Of The Week.
Voice Your Choice presents The Buckinghams with two of their hits
vying for your votes. Would you like me to play Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song) or Mercy, Mercy, Mercy? Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice Page.
I'll play the winning song in the 3rd hour of next week's show.
Here
is this week's Rock & Roll News for the Week of May 20th,
2012
Show
the world you're a proud Islander! Send
your photo and we'll post it to the Treasure
Island Oldies Listener Gallery. Send it to listenergallery@treasureislandoldies.com
Enjoy
the show while you're on the go this summer with your iPhone, or other
smartphone, and the Tune In Radio app. You can listen to the Latest
Show, the Rock & Roll News Podcasts, and the Live Show as
well. Just be sure that to do a search for the live show, it will have to have
started in order for the show title to appear in the live stations results. Get
more out of your iPhone or other smartphone with the Tune In
Radio app, available at the iTunes Store.
Hope you have a great week. See you on next week's show.
Bye for now.
Michael
Hope you have a great week. See you on next week's show.
Bye for now.
Michael
