Monday, October 20, 2008

A She-Devils Memory

While digging through old cassettes and Protools project CDs I was delighted to discover a "She-Devils On Heels" promo from 2004. This was from the "third season," when Annie first joined as co-host, and I think the promo sums up the show perfectly. So does this picture.


The commercial was very much a collaboration, though I think Annie's energy was the most crucial ingredient. What I remember most about it was forcing poor Annie to say "Do we HAVE superpowers?" about fifty times. What I remember most about that picture was...well, unsurprisingly I don't remember it at all.
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13 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 22, 2008 at 8:37:00 AM EDT

    i love the Annie giggle at the end

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  2. Adam ThorntonOctober 22, 2008 at 8:47:00 AM EDT

    Distinctive, isn't it!

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  3. KimberOctober 22, 2008 at 10:01:00 AM EDT

    Gosh, this makes me miss hearing your voice on ol' CKMS. You do have a great radio voice y'know.

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  4. Adam ThorntonOctober 22, 2008 at 11:43:00 AM EDT

    Thanks! I credit five years of Tim Horton's drive through. :)

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  5. AnonymousOctober 23, 2008 at 8:21:00 AM EDT

    she has a face for radio

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  6. AnonymousOctober 23, 2008 at 12:33:00 PM EDT

    Good thing the promo link's in the blog - otherwise I could only imagine what was going on. That's not what I thought was on Canadian radio!

    Is CKMS an alternative or mainstream station?

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  7. Adam ThorntonOctober 24, 2008 at 8:59:00 AM EDT

    Hey, I think Anonymous just INSULTED me!

    Fortunately it was funny.

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  8. Adam ThorntonOctober 24, 2008 at 9:01:00 AM EDT

    Gary, CKMS was the community radio station affiliated with the University of Waterloo. It was alternative "College" radio.

    So no, not the sort of thing you'd usually hear on the airwaves. It was a good show, usually.

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  9. AnonymousOctober 24, 2008 at 12:48:00 PM EDT

    Thanks for the radio info.

    I know little about that college - but I remember (way, way back) programming in something called "Watfiv" - Waterloo Fortran Four when I attended NYU. On an old IBM 360 mainframe - ah, the days of "big iron," punch card readers, and keypunch stations. Same Waterloo, perhaps?

    Lest you think us old-fashioned then, we also had an HP 3000C timeshared computer hooked up to ultra-modern teletype terminals with paper-tape punch capability.

    How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm when they've seen all this?

    Y'see, all this talk about old computers is relevant - it brings us back to a time when radio was a more respected - and appreciated - medium.

    P.S. Gonna be away from PCs for a few days. Will be back early Nov.

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  10. Adam ThorntonOctober 24, 2008 at 3:33:00 PM EDT

    Have a good vacation, Gary! If it IS a vacation...

    You're 100% right, those "WAT-" applications were all produced by "WATcom," a local business run by UofW computer science graduates.

    I was priveleged to have spent a summer working at their spin-off thinktank, "WATfac," just before the whole company went belly-up (not my fault).

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  11. sarobalOctober 25, 2008 at 9:28:00 PM EDT

    I've got people who want to record my laugh. I remember the fond memories of going to bubble tea and curry in a hurry before the show.

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  12. AnonymousOctober 27, 2008 at 5:44:00 PM EDT

    she devils on heels!

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  13. Adam ThorntonOctober 29, 2008 at 8:48:00 AM EDT

    I'm waiting for the "Annie's Giggle (Dance Remix)!" With EXTRA bubble tea.

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