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Comments on MetaFilter post Before Viagra, there was John Brinkley.Thu, 29 May 2003 10:18:06 -0800Thu, 29 May 2003 10:18:06 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Before Viagra, there was John Brinkley.
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<a href="http://www.nypress.com/16/22/news&columns/oldsmoke.cfm">"Are You a Manly Man Full of Vigor?"</a> Such was the come-on in John Romulus Brinkley's ads for his goat-gland operations. He made enough money from them to start first station KFKB (Kansas First, Kansas Best!), then (after he was run out of Kansas) XER out of Del Rio, Mexico, at a half-million watts the most powerful station in the world, which made the Carter Family (among many others) famous. Read William Bryk's brilliant account, and if you get nostalgic for the old days of AM, listen to the <a href="http://www.blastersnewsletter.com/">Blasters</a>' great "<a href="http://www.guitaretab.com/b/blasters/1786.htm">Border Radio</a>."post:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.26057Thu, 29 May 2003 09:35:16 -0800languagehatBrinkleygoatglandsKFKBXERborderradioradioradiostationsAMradioBlastersBrykMexicoBy: y2karl
http://www.metafilter.com/26057/Before-Viagra-there-was-John-Brinkley#496288
<em>XER out of Del Rio, Mexico</em>...
In high school, it was then XERF and the home station of Wolfman Jack playing that soul and blues all night. You could hear it all the way to Canada... [Wolfman Jack]<em> XERF in Del Rio, Texas--that's right, Baby! Owooooooooo-oo-oo! </em>[/Wolfman Jack]
Del Rio evidently straddled the border....comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.26057-496288Thu, 29 May 2003 10:18:06 -0800y2karlBy: car_bomb
http://www.metafilter.com/26057/Before-Viagra-there-was-John-Brinkley#496304
that's a great find and a great read languagehat. <br>
goat testes, limp penis jokes, a govenor's race, and the king of mexican radio?? what more could i ask for?comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.26057-496304Thu, 29 May 2003 10:45:00 -0800car_bombBy: tommasz
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What more could you ask for? <a href="http://www.radioparadise.com/?song_id=32845">Mexican Radio</a>, by <a href="http://www.wallofvoodoo.com/">Wall of Voodoo</a>, of course!comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.26057-496333Thu, 29 May 2003 11:39:44 -0800tommaszBy: Mayor Curley
http://www.metafilter.com/26057/Before-Viagra-there-was-John-Brinkley#496429
Great article.
W.B. Yeats had monkey gonads implanted in the 30's by one of Brinkley's European colleagues. He claimed that it worked. Well.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.26057-496429Thu, 29 May 2003 14:10:56 -0800Mayor CurleyBy: birdherder
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zz top's <a href="http://www.purelyrics.com/index.php?lyrics=jmftezqg">heard it on the x</a> is the quintessential border radio song. in fact they even give a nod to brinkley.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.26057-496567Thu, 29 May 2003 20:34:37 -0800birdherderBy: languagehat
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<i>We can all thank Doctor B
who stepped across the line.
With lots of watts he took control,
the first one of its kind.</i>
That's great; thanks, birdherder, I'll have to listen to the song!
<small>Does anybody know why the (annoying) capital letters magically became lower case when I cut and pasted from the lyrics birdherder linked to? I had resigned myself to lower-casing them myself once I pasted them, and was amazed to see it done for me.</small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.26057-496688Fri, 30 May 2003 07:21:59 -0800languagehatBy: Songdog
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I imagine those letters were published as lower case, with an uppercase <i>style</i> applied to them.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.26057-499336Thu, 05 Jun 2003 06:36:41 -0800Songdog
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