Comments on: Tenants Run Apartment Network (Jul, 1940) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:12:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: mike stein http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/comment-page-1/#comment-1103776 mike stein Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:29:54 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/#comment-1103776 post number 7 was a year ago. so, what was on the disc? post number 7 was a year ago. so, what was on the disc?

]]> By: charlie carreras http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/comment-page-1/#comment-1103728 charlie carreras Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:19:09 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/#comment-1103728 I just saw this comment. We at the Mahwah Museum would love to know more about what you have - pictures etc. Go to our website at mahwahmuseum.org to see our current exhibit. We have the largest exhibit of things from and about Les Paul in our museum. Check it out and let me know what our think. Charlie Carreras I just saw this comment. We at the Mahwah Museum would love to know more about what you have – pictures etc. Go to our website at mahwahmuseum.org to see our current exhibit. We have the largest exhibit of things from and about Les Paul in our museum. Check it out and let me know what our think. Charlie Carreras

]]> By: Chris Weeks http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/comment-page-1/#comment-1085582 Chris Weeks Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:40:03 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/#comment-1085582 Hello,I very much enjoyed this page about Les Paul and Booger Brothers radio.I may have an actual item from this era in the form of an 8 inch homeade disc with Les Pauls signiture etched into it and dated 3-7-1939.The disc is solid red with 4 holes in it and made by the wilcox-Gay company.I have included your link along with others in my hub-(blog)and your cover pic of Booger Brothers as well.It does show and signify that its from you and belongs to you.I hope this is alright.Your page has been a Godsend to me.I have been wondering about these 2 red discs since 1997.I thank you so very very much for this in a big way.I invite you to visit my hub to see for yourself.Any added info you could give me will be greatly appreciated.Thanks again.Very sincerely,Chris http://hubpages.com/hub/myrarelespaulradiodisk Hello,I very much enjoyed this page about Les Paul and Booger Brothers radio.I may have an actual item from this era in the form of an 8 inch homeade disc with Les Pauls signiture etched into it and dated 3-7-1939.The disc is solid red with 4 holes in it and made by the wilcox-Gay company.I have included your link along with others in my hub-(blog)and your cover pic of Booger Brothers as well.It does show and signify that its from you and belongs to you.I hope this is alright.Your page has been a Godsend to me.I have been wondering about these 2 red discs since 1997.I thank you so very very much for this in a big way.I invite you to visit my hub to see for yourself.Any added info you could give me will be greatly appreciated.Thanks again.Very sincerely,Chris
http://hubpages.com/hub/myrarelespaulradiodisk

]]> By: MAKE: Blog http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/comment-page-1/#comment-12292 MAKE: Blog Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:51:24 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/#comment-12292 <strong>Tenants run apartment network...</strong> Apartment based radio station, from Popular Science 1940 - "TO ENTERTAIN friends and neighbors in a New York apartment house, a group of professional radio performers operates a unique basement "broadcasting" station. Every Friday and Sunday evenin... Tenants run apartment network…

Apartment based radio station, from Popular Science 1940 – “TO ENTERTAIN friends and neighbors in a New York apartment house, a group of professional radio performers operates a unique basement “broadcasting” station. Every Friday and Sunday evenin…

]]> By: newsBreaks.net » Les Paul’s private NYC apartment building radio station, 1940 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/comment-page-1/#comment-11723 newsBreaks.net » Les Paul’s private NYC apartment building radio station, 1940 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 02:18:02 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/#comment-11723 [...] Link [...] [...] Link [...]

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/comment-page-1/#comment-11438 Stannous Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:58:22 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/#comment-11438 Earnie Newton was a well-known 40s picker too, while not quite as famous as Les Paul, he wrote several country standards. There's a pretty comprehensive Wikipedia article about Les Paul (This year at age 90 he won two Grammys) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul Earnie Newton was a well-known 40s picker too, while not quite as famous as Les Paul, he wrote several country standards.
There’s a pretty comprehensive Wikipedia article about Les Paul (This year at age 90 he won two Grammys)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul

]]> By: The Click Heard Round the World http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/comment-page-1/#comment-11393 The Click Heard Round the World Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:19:52 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/#comment-11393 <strong>Les Paul's bootleg apartment radio station / jam session from the 40s...</strong> Modern Mechanix blog has a cool re-print of Les Paul's very bootleg radio station / jam session he set up in his apartment building in the 40s. The pictures are great, expecially Static the cat, who you can see after... Les Paul’s bootleg apartment radio station / jam session from the 40s…

Modern Mechanix blog has a cool re-print of Les Paul’s very bootleg radio station / jam session he set up in his apartment building in the 40s. The pictures are great, expecially Static the cat, who you can see after…

]]> By: Fretboard Journal Blog»Blog Archive » Station WLES is on the Air….. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/comment-page-1/#comment-11347 Fretboard Journal Blog»Blog Archive » Station WLES is on the Air….. Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:22:56 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/#comment-11347 [...] Here’s a fun article from the July 1940 issue of Popular Science about a pirate radio station Les Paul used to run out of his apartment in New York.-MJS (via Boing Boing) [...] [...] Here’s a fun article from the July 1940 issue of Popular Science about a pirate radio station Les Paul used to run out of his apartment in New York.-MJS (via Boing Boing) [...]

]]> By: Boing Boing http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/comment-page-1/#comment-11325 Boing Boing Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:42:30 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/14/tenants-run-apartment-network/#comment-11325 <strong>Les Paul's private NYC apartment building radio station, 1940...</strong> This Popular Science article from July, 1940 tells how Les Paul and his neighbors would run a little "radio station" of their live performances through their New York apartment building -- as the Modern Mechanix blogger says, "I wish Les Paul would ... Les Paul’s private NYC apartment building radio station, 1940…

This Popular Science article from July, 1940 tells how Les Paul and his neighbors would run a little “radio station” of their live performances through their New York apartment building — as the Modern Mechanix blogger says, “I wish Les Paul would …

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