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Professor Mikey's Old School

Professor Mikey's Old School

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 The educational underground pirate radio Old School podcast with Professor Mikey featuring rarities, stories, and surprises from the last half of the 20th century. A eclectic variety of discovery for newer music lovers, a reconnection for the rest of us, present in a theme format that thinks outside the album cover. Rock, country, blues, and anything else that might have captured the 20th century imagination, updated for a newer audience while remaining a comfort to older rockers. Professor Mikey spent over 50,000 hours in various broadcast booths in 60-some markets, taking to the air at 16 a couple of months before The Beatles released Revolver. He rocked, informed, and amused his listeners in six different decades. Old School is his attempt to put it all together in a great set. He is confirmed AM-FM Positive.

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  • OS87: "6 7-Minute Songs"

    OS87: "6 7-Minute Songs"
    Oct 28 2025
    I knew nothing about the South Park/TikTok thing about 6 7 when I first saw that episode, but I thought hey, I feel a podcast coming on. Now the world has had about 40 crises since that was a thing for a day or two, but I think you will like the show that it inspire.,Put bluntly this is a simple show made up of six 7-minute songs. Back in the day of free form FM Underground the long song became a thing along with long sets with lots of segues and minimum chatter. Focus groups found out listeners tune in to music stations to hear music. Pay them and send they home.These six seven minute songs were fun to listen to for the most part, and if you were pulling a 6 or 7 hour shift, it meant you might get a little break. Hell Inna Gadda Da Vida was 17 minutes of Iron Butterfly flight, long enough for the DJ to go outside and have some fresh open air. Or it might make for a reasonable bio break, or a trip across the street to the convenience store to grab a 67 cent hot dog and a quarter soda, and be back just in time for the song to end.But I digress. Here we are in a worse future than anyone ever imagined. It’s like we are in the in between times that come after the good Old School days and the New Hope that starts off all the Star Wars Movies.Here is a quick unguided detour to 1971, ‘77, ‘71’ ‘85, ‘84’ and ‘85. It is a flow set and not a subject set, a lot of these were war horses on classic rock stations and now they have completely disappeared from the airwaves, just like all the good times. Can you dig it? I knew that you could. The newsletter has a coded playlist. But no spoilers means no front announces, no backsells, no rock critics, but maybe a few 18 year olds listening to these songs for the first time and putting their reactions up for 3 million viewers on YouTube. Hear are Six Seven Minute songs with no interruptions. Memories, discovery, and a rocking trip to anywhere you want to go. Old School # 87: “Six Seven Minute Songs.”Quick explanation courtesy of NBC’s “The Today Show”What Do Kids Mean When They Say 67?It doesn’t mean anything, which means that it can mean everything. Know what we mean?Oct. 21, 2025, 9:15 AM MDTRachel AskinasiIs your child walking around the house answering all questions with the words “six seven”? Are you deeply confused as to what it means? The TODAY.com team is here to help.You may be seeing it written out on social media as “67,” implying a pronunciation of “sixty-seven,” but it’s actually being said as “six seven” and often is accompanied by a double hand gesture you would use to tell someone that you’re weighing two options. The term flooded TikTok — the app currently shows 1.1 million related videos — and made its way into everyday text-speak and slang. Despite its prevalence, many people don’t actually know what it means. One TikTok user made an explainer video essentially saying that the phrase has so little meaning that it can be used in a wide variety of ways that, ultimately, do make sense to the user.Got it?Back announce:“Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” – The Rolling Stones → 1971 (from Sticky FingersWe started with the Rolling Stones and they’re 1971 album Sticky Fingers, the one with the zipper cover that caused so many problems when they tried to ship it in normal album boxes were ripping into the backside of the other albums. After the main part of the song, the band continued playing, thinking the tape had stopped. One of the more famous accidental jams of rock ‘n’ roll happened because they thought the tape and stopped, rolling the subterfuge was orchestrated by saxophone the sax Bobby Keys, Mick Taylor playing guitar on his first complete album with the stones and 5yh Beatle Billy Preston on organ beside conga player Rocky Dejon.“Paradise by the Dashboard Light” – Meat Loaf → 1977 (from Bat Out of Hell)The studio wizard a true star Todd Rundgren, whose production layered up to 70 vocal tracks at a time. From the 1977 Bat Out of Hell, with passionate vocals from Ellen Foley Her singing was lip synced in a hot rotation Mtv classic by Karla DaVito. The baseball narrator earned the nickname scooter although everybody knew it was New York Yankee Hall of Famer who wasn’t sure what he was describing, Phil Rizzotto. Meat Loaf was never better, not even with okra and mashed potatoes.“L.A. Woman” – The Doors → 1971 (from L.A. Woman)LA woman was the title song for the last doors album to feature Jim Morrison an album they recorded in their personal studio at 8512 Santa Monica Blvd and witnessed the exit of their first and only producer, Bobby Rothschild. Bobby thought Riders on the Storm was cocktail music. Part of the production scenario including Elvis Presley bass player Jerry Scheff, fresh from the biggest cocktail party, Las Vegas. “Shout” – Tears for Fears → (from Songs from the Big Chair) this is the version known as the UK Mix from 1984 recorded at The Wool Hall in...
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    55 minutos
  • WITCHES BREWPUB

    WITCHES BREWPUB
    Oct 21 2025
    The Witches of Eastwick. Ronald Dahl ‘s Witches. The witch of Blackbird Pond pond. Wendy the good witch. Sabrina the teenage witch. Marvel’s Scarlet Witch.No matter how many buckets of water you empty, how many stakes you ignite, how many houses you drop on them, the wonderful witches of pop culture never fly completely away. They cast spells, ring bells, read books, and light candles. Samantha Stevens used to wiggle her nose to tidy up her 1962 living room.With all their hocus pocus, they hardly have time to put down the broom, to kick back and relax. Where do they go to bend an elbow with their friends, enjoy an autumn brew, and maybe light up a Salem?For that answer, we have come to the groove yard of golden goodies. Music celebrates the weird sisters, rarely discriminating between good and bad witches. Obviously Professor Mikey has spent a little too much time in the witches brew pub. I blame that midnight happy hour and the eye of newt calamari. And the music! The juke boxes Blair witch projects long after the witching hour.Old School loves to trick or treat at the Witches Brewpub. Keeps you out of Halloween traffic, clarifies multiple levels of focus, and thumps floorboards with a music too fun to be forgotten. After a few tall ones, you note the devil’s jukebox is exhaling brimstone, hemlock and headbangers. Serious observations, swinging cats, witched up rockabilly thugs, enchanted troubadours, all celebrating the risings of the moon on a time of bewitched and bothered rock and roll. All these song were created inspired by enchanted women of healing, magic, and strength. And flight.🅆🄸🅃🄲🄷'🅂 🄱🅁🄴🅆🄿🅄🄱 🄿🄻🄰🅈🄻🄸🅂🅃THE WITCH The Sonics 1964 MAD WITCH Dave Gardner 1957 WITCHCRAFT Frank Sinatra 1957 WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS Redbone 1971 SHE’S MY WITCH Kip Tyler 1958 MY GIRLFRIEND IS A WITCH October Country 1968 THE SALEM WITCH TRIAL Kiriae Crucible 1968 THE WITCHWOOD The Strawbs 1971 WITCH’S PROMISE Jethro Tull 1970 BURN WITCH, BURN Circus 1967 WITCHCRAFT IN THE AIR Betty LaVette 1962 WITCH HUNT Rush 1981 WITCH GIRL The Mystrys 1966 YOU MUST BE A WITCH The Lollipop Shop 1968 SEASON OF THE WITCH Brian Auger and Trinity w/ Julie Driscoll 1967 DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD Sammy Davis Jr. 1966Witches Brew ShapeshifterIngredients:* 1.5 quarts lime sherbet* Green food coloring, optional* 1 2-liter bottle lemon-lime soda (like Sprite), chilled* 2 cups pineapple juice, chilled* Dry ice, gummy worms, and gummy eyeballs for garnish, optional* 1 can pumpkin puree (15 oz)* 1/2 cup brown sugar* 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon* 1/4 tsp ground ginger* 1/8 tsp ground nutmegIn a large bowl, whisk together the pumpkin puree, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg until smooth.* Add the lime sherbet to the bowl and stir until it is mostly melted.* Add the lemon-lime soda and pineapple juice to the bowl and stir until everything is well combined.* If you want to add green food coloring to give it a more witchy look, add a few drops now.* If you want to add dry ice for a spooky smoke effect, be sure to follow all safety precautions when handling it.* Serve in glasses with gummy worms and gummy eyeballs as garnish if desired.Enjoy your Witches’ Brew with pumpkin!1. Wicked Witch of the West: From L. Frank Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz,” this iconic character is known for her green skin and flying monkeys. 2. The Sanderson Sisters: Winnie, Mary, and Sarah Sanderson are the witches from the movie “Hocus Pocus.” 3. Gandalf and Saruman: Wizards in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” series, they are often referred to as wizards but share many characteristics with traditional witches. 4. Bellatrix Lestrange: A prominent dark witch in the “Harry Potter” series created by J.K. Rowling. 5. Elphaba: The green-skinned protagonist of Gregory Maguire’s novel “Wicked,” which also inspired a popular musical and monster movie franchise. 6. The Witch in “Snow White: The evil queen who uses magic to try to eliminate Snow White. 7. Circe: A character from Greek mythology known for her magical abilities, featured in various works of literature. 8. The White Witch (Jadis): A character from C.S. Lewis’s “The Chronicles of Narnia” series, known for her ice-cold magic.* Sycorax is an unseen character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest (1611). She is a vicious and powerful witch and the mother of Caliban, one of the few native inhabitants of the island on which Prospero, the hero of the play, is stranded.* The Grand High Witch. In The Witches (1990), based on the 1983 book of the same name by Roald Dahl, the Grand High Witch is the all-powerful leader of the world's witches. She maintains children smell like dog droppings.🐕💩Professor Mikey's OLD SCHOOL is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other ...
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    59 minutos
  • OS#29A PiPe DREaM ... Audio Enhanced

    OS#29A PiPe DREaM ... Audio Enhanced
    Sep 21 2025
    Zzzzzzzz…..One likes to think that as soon as someone finds an agreable podcast (namely this one) they go back scrolling through older episodes to fill their spare time. Of course that is not the case so that, along with my rigorous attitude of keeping up a algorythmically correct posting schedule, the habits of the usual suspect Old School student body is particularly difficult to chart, predict, or analyze.But there are some episodes you should not miss. The pipe of dreams was creatively passed down from Samuel Taylor Coleridge and other British dope champions to the rockers of the Age of Aquarius.“Pipe Dream” is one of those terms that gets totally misunderstood. We live in a time of piping and dreaming, so naturally many people believe the term is inspired by drugs.Though the narcotic reference is probably the more enticing, for years the phrase itself had little to do with inhaling and/or inebriation. In fact a pipe dream was pretty innocent.It radiated—hope. Like the definition from the Cambridge English Dictionary:An idea or plan that is impossible or very unlikely to happen: “Her plans are not realistic - they'll never be more than a pipe dream.”Still, the roots of calling out a pipe dream for what it really is, have basis in history. According to the Grammarist website:A pipe dream is an unrealistic and unattainable goal, an impossible hope. The pipe alluded to in this term is a smoking pipe, but the substance being smoked is not tobacco. Pipe dream stems from the practice of smoking opium, and though many English writers turned to opiates for inspiration, the term pipe dream originated in the United States. In the mid-1800s to the late 1800s, the western United States was rife with opium dens, places where opium from China was sold and smoked.So there it is. The pipe dreams that became subjects of various drug songs, especially in the hallucination we know as The Sixties, were grounded in this tradition. It involved touching a flame to something that grew in poppy fields. In those woozy times, dreams of rock and roll stardom rode side by side with rampant munchies and urges to tie dye the curtains.This episode includes A-Listers (Rolling Stones, The Byrds, Donovan), faded flames (Spooky Tooth, The Blues Magoos), art rockers (Procol Harum, Soft Machine, Lamb), and those obscured by the years and stale smoke (The Sound Sandwich, World Column.)You’ll find some related videos below, but don’t get all buzzy and forget to listen to the podcast itself. Keeping it rolling for 5 minutes is as good as a like to a blind horse. Listening it to it for an hour in traffic will shorten the trip considerably. Giving it an electronic vote of confidence is the equivalent of a field goal through goal posts on a Harvest Moon.Still, there is hope this Old School podcast will get a zillion downloads and ultimately elevated by Apple, Spotify, or whatever your favorite delivery system may be…No matter what definition grabs you🎸The TITLES in BOLD are what you will hear on the podcast. The various videos (VV) are alternate tunes by the bands who made the pipe.PIPE DREAM The Blues Magoos (1967)LOST IN MY DREAM Spooky Tooth (1969)QUEEN OF DREAMS The Strawbs (1972)IN ANOTHER LAND The Rolling Stones (1967)MIND GARDEN The Byrds (1967)LANTERN GOSPEL World Column (1968)SONG FOR A DREAMER Procol Harum (1971)APOTHECARY DREAM The Sound Sandwich (1967)SLEEPWALKERS Lamb (1971)HEMPSTEAD INCIDENT Donovan (1967)WHY ARE WE SLEEPING The Soft Machine (1968)I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM LAST NIGHT The Electric Prunes (1967)Professor Mikey's OLD SCHOOL is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thanks for listening. Sweet dreams… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit professormikey.substack.com/subscribe
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