Bruce's Journal

Bruce Slutsky was born in New York City in 1949. I retired six years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. I was married to Karen until she passed away in February 2021. I have a son Lee who is now 35 years old. I am very much interested in the popular music of the 1960s, especially Bob Dylan and the Beatles. I am interested in rock and roll radio. I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

I Should Check Out Vin Scelsa's Idiot Delight More Often

There is so much good stuff on terresttial, internet and satellite radio and only so much time in a day that I just can't listen to everything. There is only so much time in a day and I have only two ears. Vin Scelsa has been on the air in NYC for at least 35 years. His Idiot's Delight show is heard on WFUV on Saturday night. It is also heard on the Loft on SiriusXM.

This afternoon I turned on the Loft and Vin played the Basement Tapes version of Bob Dylan's The Mighty Quinn followed by the hit cover version by Manfred Mann. In all my years of listening to the radio I can not remember a DJ playing Dylan and then right after a cover version. Perhaps WFUV did it years ago.