KBOO Re-Writes Their History And Rips-off Lorenzo Milam
Sept 28, 2019 4:24:01 GMT -8
Post by KBOOkabob on Sept 28, 2019 4:24:01 GMT -8
An excerpt from "The History of KUPS" by Lorenzo Milam.
Not long ago KBOO in Portland wrote me a nice letter when they were getting ready to celebrate their 25th anniversary. They wanted All The Facts of their pre-history for their celebratory program guide.
I wrote up a 20 page precis of the origins of the station. I mean, I really labored over it. It was not only insightful, and artful - it was true.
I reluctantly confessed that the real genesis of KBOO was not really me, nor Jeremy. It was a woman named Lloyde Livingstone. She did all the shit-work to get the thing put together...then, like a good sensible creator (like God) - she disappeared into the void of history. Jeremy and I just played master: we were her fingers pointing at the moon.
As KBOO was preparing for their anniversary, then, I suggested they find her, and make her a part of their celebration.
In my lengthy discourse, I also happened to mention that they still owed me $12,500 - money I had loaned them in 1976 to separate from KRAB and KRAB's parent foundation, Jack Straw (the two stations were beginning to do a Pacifica station vs Pacifica board battle). I didn't bring up the matter of the money and equipment I had dug up for them in 1968 for their first on-the-air appearance.
Maybe it was my interleaving my request for prepayment of loan with the charming text - but KBOO ignored my 20-page thesis with a vengeance. They made up some song-and-dance of their origins that would have made Gibbon turn over in his grave, ignoring Livingstone and her finger-pointers completely. It was very self-congratulatory, and very wrong.
people.well.com/user/dmsml/kusp/index.html
Not long ago KBOO in Portland wrote me a nice letter when they were getting ready to celebrate their 25th anniversary. They wanted All The Facts of their pre-history for their celebratory program guide.
I wrote up a 20 page precis of the origins of the station. I mean, I really labored over it. It was not only insightful, and artful - it was true.
I reluctantly confessed that the real genesis of KBOO was not really me, nor Jeremy. It was a woman named Lloyde Livingstone. She did all the shit-work to get the thing put together...then, like a good sensible creator (like God) - she disappeared into the void of history. Jeremy and I just played master: we were her fingers pointing at the moon.
As KBOO was preparing for their anniversary, then, I suggested they find her, and make her a part of their celebration.
In my lengthy discourse, I also happened to mention that they still owed me $12,500 - money I had loaned them in 1976 to separate from KRAB and KRAB's parent foundation, Jack Straw (the two stations were beginning to do a Pacifica station vs Pacifica board battle). I didn't bring up the matter of the money and equipment I had dug up for them in 1968 for their first on-the-air appearance.
Maybe it was my interleaving my request for prepayment of loan with the charming text - but KBOO ignored my 20-page thesis with a vengeance. They made up some song-and-dance of their origins that would have made Gibbon turn over in his grave, ignoring Livingstone and her finger-pointers completely. It was very self-congratulatory, and very wrong.
people.well.com/user/dmsml/kusp/index.html