The world’s one mighty “Lo” short.

R.I.P.Lorenzo ‘Lo’ Milam

There were two men walking the earth more responsible for the being of Jiveradio than anyone else, and now there’s only one. Chief among those two was Lorenzo Wilson Milam, who reportedly died July 19th at his home in Oaxaxca, Mexico.

Lorenzo (‘Lo’ to some) fathered a gaggle of early ‘underground’ radio stations, some of which are still on the air today, KBOO Portland (OR) being an example of Lo’s idea of free-form, anti-estab radio.

He was also a writer and English Professor among other endeavors. His last book (above) is a great read and a classic look into Lo’s mind and perception of the world from his lifelong perch on crutches & wheelchairs. He says about the title: “If you don’t understand the word walkies, you probably are one.”

Lo changed our world in many ways, all good. His body is finally freed and his spirit plays on in the universe… and specifically on Jiveradio.

PS- The other man is thankfully still walking the earth around South Africa somewhere.

You talkin’ to ME?

Engineer Timmy ‘Tinn’ Cann installs the loaner transmitter on Grizzly Mtn for our Madras station while his crew prepares cocktails & charcuterie. This guy looks like there’s nothin’ to it, but under the grampa hat lurks a mind of razor-sharp wit and other-worldly knowledge.

Yep…the stream is down…

…and the crack technical crew at the “data center” is working on it. As we say around the hive…”please standby…and feel free to enjoy any one of our Jive-assed shows available on demand on our DJ menu above”. We also say: “Men, can’t live with ’em, pass the jerky.”

>6jul20 8:45am PDT: The stream is back up, but the Google & TuneIn apps are still silent while repairs are being made.

testing is bad!

For those of us who live under the sword of death if we don’t comply strictly with the FCC rules on Emergency Alert System testing (formerly the EBS), this little coffee room joke hit our buttons.

Best wishes and good luck to all the Jivers out there in COVIDVILLE…Russia and Brazil can try as they might but WE’RE NUMBER ONE!

“Lightning Bugs Jazz”

“Lightning Bugs Jazz”  – Our Man Lump Sum Tom painted this [oil on tin] while in quarantine waiting for COVID test results, which take more than a week where he lives. We think it has a good dose of Jiveyness. Results came back negative.

——–  …and in a barely related note, this chuckle from a regular listener:

A chap I know from the central valley drops by. We get to jawjackin’ and he tells me that this pandemic thing is a Chinese bomb set off on purpose because we (the good ol’ USA) was doing so well. I said well geez, this is a worldwide plague, killing thousands worldwide. He shot right back, “Why do you think we have so many more deaths than any other country? China. They made the bomb that way…that’s the way they planned it.”

Not able to grasp the logic, I said that I’d heard of people who really believe the earth is flat and he says, “yeah well, are you gonna get a vaccine when they have one?”, I said yeah sure, I root for science in all cases. He said “Not me, no way.”. Are you an anti-vaxxer too, I ask. “Yep” he says. I couldn’t help myself and quipped, “well, as long as you’re the last to get a hospital bed and first in the grave, I guess that’s fair.” and he smiled and said “I got no problem with that.” We both smiled and parted ways.

I like this guy. He’s a nice guy. People believe every kind of thing. I’m just hoping I don’t fall off that big waterfall where the sun goes down.