Got My Radio On (To Reruns)
By Mitch Berg
We’ll have “encore presentations” of our favorite Northern Alliance broadcasts today. Tune in and relive the magic!
(This picture of the Vincent R. Casciano Memorial Bridge on the Jersey Turnpike between Newark and Bayonne, NJ is presented for no real reason, other than it subconsciously fitting the theme of the song from which I lifted this post’s title. )
(Although one might see it as foreshadowing. “Foreshadowing what, Blogger Berg?” Well, I’m nothing if not a man of mystery – but, like most big surprises I try to engineer, you may expect a big letdown on the off-chance that you imbue this hint with more significance than it deserves.)
(Move along).
On behalf of John, Brian, Chad, Ed, King, Michael, Matt, Irina and Anna, I’d like to wish all of you a happy Thanksgiving weekend!
November 24th, 2007 at 9:32 am
You stumped me on this one. Since the bridge is in Jersey I can only assume it to be a reference to the most tedious man in Rock history.
Cue the little bells….
November 24th, 2007 at 10:50 am
Not even close.
Don’t tell me we’ll have to remand this to Atomizer?
November 24th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
I think Mitch is setting up to say that if Jersey can honor Vincent R. Casciano with a bridge that looks like this, then Minnesota should do better by the man who helped us win the Revolutionary War (even if he was a Frog).
In St. Paul, the bridge with the Lafayette name is a nondescript plate girder bridge lacking structural redundancy.
November 24th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Hm.
Well, not quite that, either.
Atomizer? Haaalp?
November 25th, 2007 at 2:54 am
Yeah, well, I knew you weren’t going to be pushing for a new Lafayette Bridge, but I thought I’d kid you about it anyway. I recall that you recently posted a photo of the Lafayette Bridge, only to scrub that entry later in the day. Or am I completely confused?
For what it’s worth, the main spans of the Vincent R. Casciano Memorial Bridge and the Lafayette Bridge are of comparable length, though the Casciano has a much greater clearance.
November 25th, 2007 at 7:57 am
Actually, I AM going to be writing a bit about bridges in the near future (the Lafayette piece was inadvertently posted). Didn’t think I’d left it up long enough for anyone to see…
…but the reference here is actually entirely related to the song referenced in the title.
Which Atomizer usually gets before anyone…
November 25th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
We are all still waiting with breathless anticipation.
November 25th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
The Modern Lovers- Roadrunner
It’s all about cruisin’ down the highway listening to the rockin’ modern neon sound of the AM radio…which happens to be on.
I believe the word turnpike is even in the lyrics, but it would be referring to one in Massachusetts, not Jersey
November 25th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
Doh. Modern Lovers were from Boston.
Corap.
Can’t believe I muffed that one.
Oh, well.