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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2009, 02:10:49 PM » |
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Name change. This movie came out back in the spring of 2009. I saw it on an airplane in August. What is known as "The Boat That Rocked" is being released in the US in November as "Pirate Radio". Theres some more trailers and info here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131729/Sam / KS2AM |
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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2009, 05:06:53 PM » |
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I remember hearing that some of the scenes have ben deleted for the American version. It's supposed to have been based on Radio Caroline, but I can't remember where I heard that.
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« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2009, 09:37:18 AM » |
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The announcer of Radio Radio Clandestine sounds remarkably like the same guy that did the pirate radio Vietnam broadcasts. |
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« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2009, 11:40:41 AM » |
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We would probably be surprised at the talent and a way different idea to broadcasting, that corporate radio will never air, on pirate radio.
A breath of fresh RF.
I thought it would be a movie version of Allan Weiner's adventures as a young broadcaster with his BC610 and the radio ships, the big TX's he had on the air.
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« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2009, 11:57:55 AM » |
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We would probably be surprised at the talent and a way different idea to broadcasting, that corporate radio will never air, on pirate radio.
A breath of fresh RF.
I thought it would be a movie version of Allan Weiner's adventures as a young broadcaster with his BC610 and the radio ships, the big TX's he had on the air.
Fred
Then towards the end show the now legal "pirate" station that he now runs. I first heard about this move on his show if I remember right. think he may have even said somethng bout it last night. But if they were to do a movie on Allan and his pirate days and include WBCQ in it, they'd have to include all the people who keep BCQ alive. Wonder where they'd find a Timtron lookalike? |
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« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2009, 12:29:44 PM » |
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Wonder where they'd find a Timtron lookalike?
They already found him for The Boat That Rocked.  Sam / KS2AM |
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« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2009, 08:56:36 PM » |
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LOL! Great photos Sam.
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« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2009, 08:59:51 PM » |
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Few compare with The Voice of Communism, replete with 50 Hz hum. If you never listened to Radio Moscow during the cold war, the humor will be lost on you. http://www.amwindow.org/misc/mp3/VOC.mp3 |
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« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2009, 09:01:41 PM » |
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I recall seeing in the trailer for this film that the audio console was an older tubed Gates unit. 73, Bruce |
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« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2009, 09:04:57 PM » |
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Or Radio Tirana (Albania) during the height of the cold war years, when they routinely referred to the Americans on-air as "imperialist running dogs". Even Radio Moscow wasn't that bad. 73, Bruce |
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« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2009, 09:28:40 PM » |
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Hans and Franz....good schtuff |
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« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2009, 09:52:54 PM » |
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These are facts !
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« Reply #16 on: October 24, 2009, 09:54:09 PM » |
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Wonder where they'd find a Timtron lookalike?
They already found him for The Boat That Rocked. Sam / KS2AM Talk about a lookalike,just needs his hair color changed a bit. But wonder if he can belch like the Tron can. Speaking of Timtron, listening to the 10th anniversary episode of Radio Timtron Worldwide right now. Shelby KB3OUK |
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« Reply #17 on: October 24, 2009, 09:56:37 PM » |
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There's a Voice of Communism clip in the AM audio vault here i think, and I think there's a Radio Moscow clip too.
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« Reply #18 on: October 24, 2009, 10:00:50 PM » |
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The announcer of Radio Radio Clandestine sounds remarkably like the same guy that did the pirate radio Vietnam broadcasts.
And also like the guy who did the commercials for Squeegee J-S (at the sign of the unbound balls) (a product of the Grotex corporation) Available in many sizes ... |
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« Reply #19 on: October 25, 2009, 12:06:16 AM » |
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You mean this....
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« Reply #20 on: October 25, 2009, 04:03:28 AM » |
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Wasn't Radio Clandestine on the FeeCee's most wanted list?
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« Reply #21 on: October 25, 2009, 07:18:34 AM » |
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A lot of the studio equipment used in the movie was actually borrowed from Radio Caroline.
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« Reply #23 on: November 12, 2009, 08:35:27 PM » |
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I wonder what scenes were deleted for the American release of the film, and if the full version might become available on DVD.
I listened to Radio London a few times in the summer of 1965. I think it was the most listened to pirate at the time, but they closed down promptly at 9 PM, apparently because of the selective fading that heavily distorted the signal. It was practically unlistenable for an hour or so before shut-down; sounded more like slopbucket than AM. I seem to recall hearing R. Caroline, but they were pissweak. From the Netherlands I listened to R. North Sea on FM in about 1972. By then, the British pirates had mostly gone dark. The UK government respected the 12 mi. limit and didn't try to physically force them off the air like the FCC did to Al Weiner's station, but they made it illegal with substantial penalties for any UK based business to advertise over the pirates and thus cut off their source of revenue.
There was one that instead of using a ship, set up a station on an abandoned platform in the Channel that had been used for some purpose in WW2, maybe for radar or for anti-aircraft gunnery. It was invaded and taken off the air by a rival group of pirates. I think this happened sometime in the late 60's or early 70's. I seem to recall that someone got shot in the process.
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« Reply #24 on: November 13, 2009, 07:28:58 AM » |
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There's a book on-line about pirate radio stations, actually not the whole book but excerpts, however it is still pretty interesting. I was looking at the content that focused on the 1960s and 1970s. There was a pirate in the Midwest, Voyager, that supposedly ran a HT-20. I had heard the 20 was a popular pirate rig because it's 100 w. and can be tuned up anywhere from 1.8 to 30 MHz. Here's a link to the book: http://books.google.com/books?id=Vs_O3zeq-8wC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false73 Rob K5UJ |
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