This morning was an unusual one for me. Well, a lot of it was just my regular ol’ routine, but there was something small that I did differently, and it made the morning truly interesting and happy! I listened to a different radio station! I know, I’m such a rebel.
I started off in my usual routine, flipping between 91.1 KNOW, which is an MPR News channel and 89.3 The Current, an MPR current & local music station, when I heard the most fascinating recordings being played on a station between the two. 90.3 KFAI was playing music from the 1890′s to 1920′s from 9-11am this morning! If I could have, I would have run home, put on my pajamas and made a mug of cocoa, and cuddled up next to the radio to soak in all the marvelous sounds.
There’s something about the noise in those old recordings that just, I don’t know how else to say it, makes me feel happy, and in-the-moment and nostalgic, all at the same time. Maybe it’s the wonder at how far we’ve come, maybe it’s the realization that while technology is vastly different, humanity really hasn’t changed that much over the past 100 years. I can’t pin-point what I love about it, but songs like this one (The Mocking Bird (ca. 1893) by John Yorke AtLee, via Archeophone) just make me stop and listen in awe!
I know EXACTLY what you mean. I was flipping through my library’s CD collection and came across “Folks- He sure do pull some bow” and had to check it out. it’s a whole collection of hollowed-out, tinny old recordings from WAY before rock. Very cool.
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That is awesome! I may have to put it on my Library Loan list!