Power Outage Results in British Invasion
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:44 pm
It was very windy in the DC area last night. We lost electricity and were without power for the entire evening so I was unable to watch the Grammy’s.
However, to help pass the time I wound up the crank and turned on my hand-crank radio. (I NEVER listen to the radio except in the car.)
By sheer chance, Miami Steve’s “Garage” show happened to be on – on whichever station the radio just happened to be tuned to. He played some Beatles and Badfinger and a song called “Cruel Girl” by The Red Button {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Button} which definitely has a very 60s jangly vibe to it.
It’s never fun to be without heat or hot water for any period of time but we made the best of it and enjoyed listening to the radio and reading by candle-light.
[Note – the electricity thankfully came back on early this morning.]
However, to help pass the time I wound up the crank and turned on my hand-crank radio. (I NEVER listen to the radio except in the car.)
By sheer chance, Miami Steve’s “Garage” show happened to be on – on whichever station the radio just happened to be tuned to. He played some Beatles and Badfinger and a song called “Cruel Girl” by The Red Button {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Button} which definitely has a very 60s jangly vibe to it.
It’s never fun to be without heat or hot water for any period of time but we made the best of it and enjoyed listening to the radio and reading by candle-light.
[Note – the electricity thankfully came back on early this morning.]
