I don’t know why, but I
get attached to people! Not to the
creepy point, not stalker-ish, but it is attachment just the same!
When I was in grade
school, I heard the Beatles, I think it was 3rd grade, and it was”
Hello Goodbye”, I was hooked on the Beatles. When I hear that song, I vividly remember
sitting in the back seat of my parents car, listening. I am surprised though, because my parents weren't Beatles fans, I think it just randomly came on the radio!
In 7th grade,
I started watching “Alias Smith and
Jones” on TV. It was on every
Thursday night, for a couple of years. I
had a major crush on Pete Duel, who
played Hannibal Hayes. I mean, this was a HUGE
crush! My parents took me to Universal Studios in 1971 around Christmas
time, which is where they filmed the
show. We toured, I saw some of the sets,
and even better, I saw them filming (from far away)! The next morning, we went to breakfast, and
it was all over the news. Pete Duel was
dead!! He shot himself. I was devastated. My parents didn’t know what to do or
say. It was as if I had lost a close
family member! (I still LOVE Pete Duel)
In high school, I liked a
lot of rock and roll bands, but in early high school, I loved Three Dog Night! My favorite was Cory Wells! I went to two of
their concerts, screamed my head off, in a young teenage girl kind of way! I
finally met Cory Wells when I was about 35! I
also named my son Corey (not spelled the same, but still…) Later
in high school, I loved Aerosmith. They were really bad boys! They actually kinda scared me, but I went to
every concert they held in Seattle! Even now, when I want to rock out while cleaning my house, I put on some old Aerosmith! (That and AC/DC!)
As an adult, I still
loved music, still loved the Beatles, and after John Lennon died, I started
collecting Beatles memorabilia. I have
quite a collection! But, I was listening
to the radio a lot, and one radio program hooked me. It was Pat
Cashman! I listened to him every
morning on the way to work. I felt like
I knew him, and he was a friend. Then
one day, he was just gone! That's radio for you! One time at a fundraiser, he was MC'ing, and I told him I loved his radio show and listened all the time! He said, "Oh, YOU were the one!!!"
I fell into a funk, who would I listen to now? I didn’t listen to the radio for a while, but
one day, I was working, and I had heard someone talk about this radio show they liked, and the funny Twisted Tunes, so I searched on the radio dial, and eventually, I found the Bob Rivers Show. Again, I was hooked. I loved him and his crew! I found something in each person to relate
to. Bob is my age, his kids were the
same age as mine, he reminded me of my husband, Rick in a lot of ways! Spike was having
teenager trouble with his daughter, which I was having with my son, and could
empathize with. Joe’s daughter is the
exact same age as my niece, and is interested in singing, just like my niece. Again, I felt like they were good friends of
mine. They went off the air for a while, and I paniced! I went to their listener parties, and they said they would be back, so that soothed me a little! They did come back, and in total, I listened to them for 12 years!
Today, Bob Rivers
retired. I am so sad, and I cried. My friends are leaving me again! I know, I know, get a life! I do have real friends, but these people were
my friends too. I will miss them
greatly!
I wonder who I will
attach to now?!!
