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Hi folks,
Thanks for shared memories about SPR. Reading over your notes makes me really pine for a show like Guy’s, which was one of a kind as we know. I listen to internet audio all day and night, and the worldwide explosion of sound is like paradise for me, but I still hold a fond place in my heart for the memory of SPR and Guy Guden’s unique world.
The sense I got from talking things over with Guy was that he was making Art, and he valued the Art over any other consideration. It’s pretty ironic that his chosen medium was radio, which is one of (if not “the”) most cravenly mercenary industries. That’s why I was so excitedly motivated to get in touch with him when the web started opening up, because I saw it as a perfect way for him to flourish artistically without all of the BS at the radio stations. A window of opportunity has passed since then, but I still think we’re in the early days of networked media and Guy could absolutely still do it now if he went for it.
As I mentioned, I have some cassettes of partial shows from the late 80s/early 90s. I don’t actually have a player at the moment, but I could probably round something up and digitize a few bits of the shows from here and there. I don’t want to tread on any copyright issues, so I’ll just do some excerpts, for “review” purposes, and post them at spacepirateradio.com. Look for those in the next couple of months.
Out of respect to Guy, I don’t want to hoist the name spacepirateradio into anything other than his show. If he wants to get it going again, then I’d be thrilled to sign it over to him and bless the endeavor. If not, then maybe it will have to lie dormant, or be a repository for our memories.
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