Throwback Communication (Lens-Artists & #Kindasquare Day 14)

Hello Readers,

Lens-Artist photo challenge theme is communication this week here.

Priorhouse take: 

First – do you remember these old phones? We sure have come a long way from these phones to the “computer phones” 

Next, because the topic is Communication – that reminds me of a book I wrote about this topic.

It is a book called “Conversate” (on Amazon) and I will run a free giveaway for this book sometime in December – so stay tuned for more info (like I will share more about why I chose that “slang word” title, Conversate – how the book came about – who is on the cover – and I will share the plans for the “take two” of this book, which is a different take on the same topic):

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And we might have forgotten – but there was a time when the RADIO was the way to communicate across the nation.  

Check out this little boom box radio I found this summer – I needed it for a project I was working on. 

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Over the summer, I needed a cassette tape player. I have an old cassette recording of my mother giving a talk to a small group in the 1990s.  I wanted to convert it to digital and realized we did not have a cassette player anymore.  The funniest part was the way people responded when I asked them if they had a cassette deck I could borrow? Nobody had one! And when I asked folks, it was almost like I was asking them if they had an 8-Track deck! I looked online to buy one and they had some cheap cassette players, but I decided to check a local second hand store first — and voila! Red fur and star on the dial, baby!  Three dollars for this little gem.  But wait, there’s more: – inside was a like-new cassette tape about the history of comedy.   I have not had the chance to play the full cassette about comedy – and have not converted the tape for my mother yet – however, this little radio has been fun for two reasons – first – it is a conversation piece (for a short-term kind of thing) and second – we use it to play music for the pup if we have to leave him for a little while.  We got the idea from a friend who had a Rottweiler rescue – they played classical music in the kennel when they had small parties. Anyhow, we play music and our pup likes it. 

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Okay – let’s close with a song! A song that might have been played on a radio like this back in the 1980s 

A few weeks ago I shared that Corona song – “The Rhythm of the Night” that was not everyone’s kind of music. Today – we can switch gears with some rock and roll from the 1980s – with Ratt’s “Lack of Communication”  – This is not one of my top songs from this band – but it fits here 

It might not be your kind of music – but the lyrics have some tasty parts – (in contrast to some rock bands – Ratt had some good lyrics on many songs) –

Here are a few lines from Lack of Communication: 

Too many problems, the world can’t solve
Too many people, no one wants to be involved
(Lack of communication, back off)

Keep rearranging, it’s all the same
Always saying, someone else is to blame
(Lack of communication, back off)

and

Put up our boundaries, we build our walls
It’s alright, no one’s gonna change us at all
(Lack of communication, back off)

and

You see it your way, I’ll see it mine
Well, conversation is a useless change of line
(Lack of communication, back off)

Time’s passin’ us by, we have our reason
No one wants to try, we have our reason
Questions askin’ why, we have our reason
Problems still arise, we have our reason…

In closing, here is the image for Day 14 for #Kindasquares 

Reminder – when you communicate – Be Kind!!

Thanks to Janet for her reminder about this blast from the past 0- that connected to my post so well – 🙂

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Care to join in with the #kindasquare this month?
The theme is KIND and you can find out more at Becky’s blog (here).

Care to join in with the Lens-Artists? Here are the host links:

• Amy of https://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/
• Patti of https://pilotfishblog.com/
• Ann-Christine (Leya) of https://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/
• Tina of https://travelsandtrifles.wordpress.com/

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