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Transmission 1: Clock Radio, 1981

It was a late autumn Sunday in 1981. The kind of morning where you wake gently, already warm under thick blankets, with the faint smell of toast somewhere downstairs.

Rory was ten years old. The house wasn’t his — it belonged to a family he'd grown close to. It always felt safe for him here. Clock radios were a new thing then, and this one clicked to life right on 7:00 AM. Mechanical, exact.

A presenter’s voice drifted in, perfectly balanced in the static. Then the song began.

He didn’t know who it was. Still doesn’t. A glam voice, half-human, half-signal. Guitars that shimmered like solar flares. Lyrics that sounded like coordinates for another planet.

Rory lay there completely still, staring at the ceiling. It didn’t feel like music. It felt like a transmission — as if someone out there was reaching for him, quietly, through sound.

Years later, he would try to find that track again. He never did.

But something about that moment stayed. It lives in every moment of Dreams in Infrared — especially in the myth of a figure he dreamed up the following year: Ryden Nova. A glam-rock astronaut, tuning the dial on a dusty planet, waiting to be heard.

(More transmissions to follow...)

We are living today in a Digital Era, immersed in the most modern devices that benefit humanity like never before. Nonetheless, some old fashion tech tools were better than todays in a lot of ways. We miss them! Checkout on this article five examples of antiquated products that were amazing for its time!

Indeed, it's important to say that technology is related to some equipment, services and tools which become old and are switched to developed innovations. In this regard, antique products lose their popularity or even cease to exist, in the passage of time, but that doesn't mean that they were worse than today´s.

In addition, not all of these actualizations are unanimous, a lot of people miss their old tools and defend that they were better than new technology gadgets developed nowdays. Maybe you have some of them in your closet. I can say that I prefer to use my record player to hear some music than my computer, for example.

Maybe I am nostalgic, but I would say that so are you. Do you remember old video games like Atari, Odyssey, Nintendo and Megadrive? To me they were better than all these hightech disposables with all the cool graphics and high speed, because in the past, they were more human, I think, with good stories and great music.

1 - The clock radio

I got a clock radio in the 90's and use it even today. It is beside my bed and I wake up every morning with it. Smart speakers are very used nowadays, they are tools which use artificial intelligence, like Alexia. The old gadgets were more objective, and they used to inform us the hour without all this unnecessary information. I need to wake up, I don't care about the weather!!!

2 - Video Store

In the old days I used to rent a movie on a video store which allowed me to rent five of them on a roll and I paid monthly the same as the new streaming service. Remember Blockbuster? They were great, it was a good opportunity to go out, get a video and talk to other people. Nowadays we get all in the comfort of our houses, but there's no more opportunity to talk with strangers about the new Steven Spilberg movie.

3 - MSN Messenger

Do you remember in the late 90's and beginning of the 20´s the old MSN Messenger? In those days when we got a new message, the app would make a specific sound, notifying us that someone was trying to talk. Today we have Whatsapp doing the same job but without the charm of the antique software.

4 - Broom versus Robot Vacuum Cleaner

Well I can say that a broom is not a technology tool but it is better than all these Robot Vacuum Cleaners in the market. They are great, everybody is using them, but they aren't perfect, the house still needs some assistance after we use it. Maybe someday we will have the housekeeper of the Jetsons Family!

5 - Metal Coin

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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Hammond Report November 14 2021 From Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond 

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Hammond Report November 14 2021 From Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond

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 Jon Hammond 

Hammond Report November 14 2021 From Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from Jon Hammond the organ player & accordionist, today's music story about a special gig I played at 1st birthday of my friend's Daughter at Laughing Duck Winery in Ukiah, Judy & Bruce Hatch daughter Reiney - on the band Barry Finnerty & Terry Haggerty guitars, the late great James Preston drums and yours truly Jon Hammond at the organ - yesterday I drove to California Historical Radio Society, my friend Seth Arp did a repair on my Tokai 9 transistor radio and I scored an amazing Sony 8FC-63w AM FM Clock Radio with lighted Telechron clock movement - the unit is over 50 years old and sounds great - also turns itself on, wake up to my favorite stations and turns itself off after I fall asleep - it's got a Telechron clock movement in it, nice! - Jon Hammond

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Publication date

 2021-11-14

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 Hammond Report, 14 November 2021, Clock Radio, California Historical Radio Society, Laughing Duck Winery, Bruce Hatch, Terry Haggerty, Barry Finnerty, podcast, Jon Hammond, bye bye now

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 2021-11-14 19:21:00

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 Hammond Report, 14 November 2021, Clock Radio, California Historical Radio Society, Laughing Duck Winery, Bruce Hatch, Terry Haggerty, Barry Finnerty, podcast, Jon Hammond, bye bye now