Word: jockeys
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...enjoying the fruits of a long climb up the broadcasting ladder. Born Larry Zeiger in Brooklyn, the son of a neighborhood bar-and-grill owner, he broke into radio literally at the bottom, sweeping the floors at a small station in Miami. He soon became a disk jockey and by age 25 was doing his own morning talk show from Pumpernik's restaurant. A variety of financial problems interrupted his radio career in the early 1970s. But in 1978, Mutual offered him a job as host of a fledgling all-night talk show. Starting with just 28 stations, the Washington...
While the idiosyncratic disc jockey was a cult figure in the U.S., he enjoys superstar status in his native country, where for the last 37 years his voice graced the airwaves for BBC’s Radio 1. Peel would often invite artists to perform on his show, with the recorded material invariably being released (not always officially) to the public under the moniker “Peel Sessions...
...ironic that NBC's most original sitcom in years is a remake, but who cares? The Office is a daring, unflinching take on very American workplace tensions. And network TV needed this jolt like a cubicle jockey needs the morning's first cup of coffee. --By James Poniewozik
...Anderson’s recent soundtrack vogue (last seen with the excellent Life Aquatic, musically curated by Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh) is the best example of this, culling from all realms of pop music. A filmmaker with an encyclopedic knowledge of pop becomes a disc jockey in this process, and perhaps that’s responsible for our difference in opinion...
Drew, I’m a disc jockey, and you’re a musician. I try to put together the best mélange, bringing together music of a similar aesthetic with unexpected twists and turns to recreate a complex and distinct feel. You try to write your own songs to produce an album of a distinct mood and feel...