One day in the early 1980s I was listening to New Sounds -- I was newly married, we listened almost every night, and all I can say, in the less said the better category, is that I'm glad the show has lasted 30 years and glad the marriage didn't -- and John put on a record that haunted me immediately, has haunted me since, and introduced me to the true range of possibilities in new recorded music: Gavin Bryars' Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet. I'm sure many people will mention Bryar as someone we got from you, John. You amaze me, almost daily, you have amazed me for three decades, and please know that you are one of the blessings of being alive and sentient in New York since Reagan took office (oy). I also love when your brother calls in from deepest Queens (where I went to Catholic HS) to argue important theological points of classic rock. Two men on the radio have had an emormous and blessed affect on my life: you and Jean Shepherd. A thousand thank you's. -- Vince Passaro
Vince Passaro
New York City
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*effect. oops. Radio personalities while on the radio are ontologically without affect, I guess. But they compensate with inflection?
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