Add Some Stiles to Your Dials

Back in New York, where we young and poor and happy, we used to spend Saturday nights in the summer listening to the radio. I would make dinner while we listened to Prairie Home Companion, then we would sit down to eat and listen to Big Band Sounds with Danny Stiles, the self-proclaimed "Vicar of Vintage Vinyl." This may sound like a pathetic way to spend a Saturday night, but we loved it. We had nothing. We lived in the smallest apartment you've ever seen. We called it "Wall View," because the view from our window was of the wall of the adjacent building. To see if it was sunny out, you practically had to stick your head out the window and turn it sideways. But we were really happy there. And Saturday nights were the best.

Anyway, when we left New York, we fell out of the habit of listening to the radio on Saturday nights. But every now and then I still get a craving for Big Band Sounds. Not that long ago, I decided to check to see if we could tune in to the show from Canada. And in the process I found something even better. You can stream Danny Stiles 24/7. It's like an audio time capsule. So anytime I feel like taking a trip down memory lane, I can.

God bless The Internets.