Casey Kasem retires

I love that he quit Transformers over the show's refusal to knock off all of the Arab stereotypes. As with that Aladdin story that Tarfumes linked above, the presence of such things in children's entertainment obviously troubled him deeply (as it should).

I well remember this thing.

Jeezus.

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'Carbombya' totally went over my head as a kid

oh without a doubt. For me, one of the weird things about watching children's cartoons as a grown-up has been really waking up to weird political references and slants that writers try to shoehorn in there.

I'm not aware that I derived any actual pleasure from Mr Kasem's on-air career, but damn that tape Negativland used made it all worthwhile.

(his politics did seem pretty good and everyone's gotta make a living)

he was a little dog named snuggles

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On display at Arab-American National Museum in Dearborn is Casey Kasem sign previously at Los Angeles radio station: pic.twitter.com/w1GdiaY3U2

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Chris Molanphy gets to the heart of it all

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/06/16/casey_kasem_died_obituary_for_the_great_america_s_top_40_host.html

to see his devotion to centrist pop return to the heart of American culture, surviving our dalliances with rockism and irony

*sledgehammer*

don't post Peter Gabriel or i'm coming for you

How about David Rasche?

"centrist pop" returned to the heart of American culture to clog the aorta.

Except Casey had no "devotion" to "centrist pop" or whatever the fuck. By his own admission, he wasn't much of a music fan, and never listened to music unless he was doing his show.

pssst, don't tell the music writers

Whatever his affinities, he definitely conveyed a sense of community that was real. He seemed to believe in it. And he was very good.

The local oldies station in San Diego plays entire '70s era AT40 shows on Sunday mornings. They sound fantastic and seem to have been preserved beautifully.

Yeah, a station in upstate NY does that, too. Pretty fun to listen to.

They play one every Sunday here in Cleveland, too. It is incredible how many songs from the 70s have faded into obscurity.

Every time I see this guys name, I always think of one of two things: one is "Run, Scoob!", the other is "Diddly shit! Diddly shit!" over an elevator muzak version of a U2 track.

IE, Negativland.

YOU, TOO - MAKE YOUR OWN: One of the most beloved voices in music radio, Kemal Amin “Casey” Kasem, died on Fatherʼs Day 2014 after a long illness, and also a very public family squabble over his continuing care. Negativland pays tribute to this broadcasting legend by reaching into its vaults and presenting what is perhaps Kasemʼs best-known work, on Negativlandʼs long-unavailable “U2” maxi-single, offering up for public consumption (and now, for creative reuse) what has been hidden from view for 23 years.

In 1991, Negativlandʼs “U2” single had one of the shortest releases in music history, squashed like a bug after less than ten days on store shelves, under legal fire from the Irish rock band U2ʼs music publisher (Warner/Chappell) and then-record label (Island). The history of this fracas was detailed in Negativland’s book and CD release, “Fair Use: The Story of the Letter U and the Numeral 2” (Seeland 013).

Now, instead of merely reissuing the “U2” record itself, Negativland presents, for free digital download, the original un-mixed studio multi-track tape "stems" for re-mixing, re-purposing and re-inventing in whichever way the listener may choose. Negativland encourages the re-contextualization of this seminal work for whatever reason, whatsoever. In keeping with the working methods and philosophy of Negativland, and the Fair Use provision in U.S. Copyright Law (Section 107,http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html), the group offers up this raw material in the hopes that entirely new versions of the work are created and disseminated.

*** Download the files here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/x7hjlbc77djjcja/Negativland_U2_multitrack_master_.zip ***

Listeners / remixers are encouraged to post their creations at www.negativland.com and https://www.facebook.com/Negativlandland.

Chris Molanphy gets to the heart of it all

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/06/16/casey_kasem_died_obituary_for_the_great_america_s_top_40_host.html

Hmmmm...

http://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2014/07/01#.U7LN-vldUkO

When did Aunt Fritzi get replaced by Aunt Veronica?

God, daily strips are so dire.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/casey-kasem-remains-missing

Jean Kasem is completely out of her mind at this point.

During the first Gulf War, I spoke several times with Casey Kasem. He had that classic American Top 40 voice, only it opposed imperialism. I once asked about his role in THE INCREDIBLE 2-HEADED TRANSPLANT. "That was just a gig," he replied, voice smooth as silk. pic.twitter.com/tUPOX3Yzzc

— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) August 15, 2020