The Radio

Back then from the early 1920’s and onward, people got there music and news from the radio. Radio’s like a Diora AGA RSZ-50, Wood tabletop or a transistor radio, to name a few. And even later, during the 1950’s it was customary for families to sit together and listen to their leaders and for leaders to honestly offer comfort and hope in tough times. President Kennedy’s famously put forth this question to citizens, “ask not what your country can do for you, but what can you do for your country”. I wrote my Masters Thesis on how technology can impact a culture. I found that of the many positive impacts there were even more negative impacts. Imagine a TV Set in a third world country, where they are behind in progress, and yet there’s this one TV and young children sitting together watching the same thing. How will they be impacted by what they see? When I returned to Puerto Escondido after almost 20 years, to see more than one side walk and the view of Zicatela Beach gone, brought sadness, and more of a stunning sight was to see almost everyone looking down at their cell phones. There was a time in Puerto when everyone would just come out and connect with people and talk about the waves look at their photos together. Today I still listen to NPR news while working on photos and one of my favorite radio show’s to listen to is “Fresh Air”. But I can’t help but wonder of the late Freddie Mercury's voice of the band Queen, lyrics by Roger Taylor, song "Radio Ga Ga". Radio “Don’t become some background noise…” Growing up with the showmanship of MTV’s visual manner of presenting music from their chosen artist, I was naive to what MTV was really doing, killing rock ’n’ roll and everything that made it classic music. No more lavishly dressed artists in their high heels, playing the piano and the guitar with their hearts and soul. Now we edit and we have voice overs for those artist who don’t look appealing to the 80’s audience-Band’s like Milli Vanilli. Growing up on Roosevelt Roads Naval Base in the 80’s me and most of my classmates still had the benefits of the radio. TV reception was horrible but there sometimes were these odd AM/FM channels that would come on around 1:00 AM, and me and my sisters would listen to “New Wave Bands” like The Cure, Soft Cell, New Order, The Smiths, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and many more. Now most of us listen to the radio in our cars, while waiting for the receptionist to answer, and riding the elevator up and down, and just as Freddie sang radio has become “background noise” and “we hardly use our ears”. So how much technology will adversely be affected by how we're living, and after being trapped in our households with our flat screen TV’s, computers, cell phones, streaming, and listening to Ga Ga from our leader’s and people who care more about money than the world’s overall health, will we grow tired of all “this visual”? Will there be positive effects from this outbreak? Will the vaccine not only save lives but bring us back to real connections with friends, family, people, and nature? Will books and reading return? Will imagination come from within you? Will the Goo Goo and the Ga Ga bring humanity back? Will the hunger for just one hug bring us back to good loving by a golden sunset? Bright lights in this time alone think of all things you are grateful for and find the radio and have your “finest hour” with Radio Ga Ga and Radio Goo Goo. Bright Lights the future will be in your hands and this is your hour to change the future for the better. The future is waiting for you, "you have the time…good things on you we depend..so stick around cause don’t want to miss you.” Bright Lights your strength is illuminating all of us. Peace, The Radio by Daniel Alberdeston©2020 www.danielalberdestonphotography.com©2020 @danielalberdestonphotography.com©2020 Queen-Radio Ga Ga©1984 #canonphotography #surfermagazine #surfphotographer #eastcoastsurfing #puertorico #writer #Faith Surfer: Hector Santamaria