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Hi Kurt, I wasn't aware that there was a Texas chapter of ARSC. Is there anything you guys do besides sporadic meetings like this? Should I sign up as a TX member as well? Just so you know, I'm a national member and audio digitization engineer at UT. Just checking in. Thanks, Brandon Burke Brandon Burke Graduate Research Assistant Digital Library Services University of Texas at Austin (512) 495-4566 [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************* * "Stand up and face the full force of a dissonance like a man." * * * * -- Charles Ives * ********************************************************************* Quoting Kurt Nauck <[log in to unmask]>: > IMPORTANT NOTE: No one hates spam as much as me. If you don't wish to > receive these announcements in the future, please let me know and I'll > remove you from the e-mail notification list. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > You are invited to join us on later this month for the Texas Chapter of the > Association for Recorded Sound Collections' Fall Meeting! > > Ed Case will present a program on Bob Skyles & his Skyrockets. "One of the > most fascinating, irresistible and - at times - maddening bands on the > musical landscape...they play with a raucus, ragged, rip-roaring abandon." > - Kevin Coffey > > Ed's first radio job was as a volunteer DJ on Walter Reed Army Hospital's > Bedside Network 1948-52. He later worked for the Defense Department's > Public Information Office, ABC Radio's "Time for Defense," "The Armed > Forces Hour," Billy Graham's early "Hour of Decision," and a huge show > called "Battle Report" hosted by a very young David Brinkley. Ed moved to > Houston in 1952 and has worked for KTHT, KTRH, KRTS-FM radio. > > He has narrated approximately 125 official films for NASA (from Gemini to > Apollo missions to Skylab) and conducted an in-home TV interview with > George and Barbara Bush. He also voiced radio spots for Bush's first > political campaign in 1964! > > > Here are the particulars: > > Date: Wednesday, October 22 from 7-9 PM > > Location: Houston Community College Central Campus, 3517 Austin St. (just > east of Main and south of Holman) - the meeting will be held in the Recital > Hall (Room 115) of the Fine Arts Center > > Cost: FREE! > > Directions: Approach Austin St. from Alabama St.; turn north on Austin > from Alabama; then go one block and turn right; then make an immediate left > into the parking garage. There's plenty of free parking in any space that > doesn't have a reserved sign on it. The parking garage is connected via a > covered walkway to the Fine Arts Center. Once parked, just go through the > short walkway (on the north side of the garage) and enter the FAC. Proceed > to Room 115, which is just to the left of that entrance. > > Hope to see you there! > > Kurt Nauck > President, ARSC-Texas Chapter > www.78rpm.com >