WiLLiAM F. EARL

• Age: 58
• Gender: Male
• Astrological Sign: Libra
• Zodiac Year: Tiger
• Occupation: Semi-Retired Research Archivist
• Location: Rosemead (by the Montebello Town Center) : CA : United States

About Me

>Ph.D.hc (honoris causa) 1996, Knox University >MA.Ed. 1977, Claremont Graduate University >BA.cl. (cum laude) 1974, California State University Long Beach >AA. 1972, Pasadena City College >Published author; Dream-House (history of radio station KRLA "Radio Eleven-Ten") (1989 & 1991 editions), When Radio Was BOSS (1989) >Under "E" 's in "Where Are They Now", LARadio.com >Nephew of a Roman Catholic Monsignor >Got married in 4/87 >Townhouse owner >Drives a black Solara convertible >Former terrestrial radio station "air talent" >Former internet "radio" air talent >Editor, Dem Issues (http://demissues.blogspot.com, >Senior Consulting Advisor to Classic DJ & Radio Scrapbook net site (http://classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com/)

If you could peer far enough into the night sky, you'd see a star in any direction you looked. When would you sleep?

When I'm tired.

Interests

• Pop Culture
• White Castle Double Cheeseburgs
• Current Events
• "Roadside America"-style road trips
• DICK TRACY comic strip
• "BOSS"-era radio stations & memorabilia

Favorite Movies

• Rabbit Run
• Frost/Nixon
• Boxing Helena
• The Spanish Prisoner
• The Phantom Of The Opera
• The Apartment
• A Few Good Men
• Duck You Sucker
• The Contender (Joan Allen movie)
• Lifeguard
• Midnight Cowboy
• Help!
• Eyes Wide Shut
• Magnolia
• The Illustrated Man
• The Man From Hong Kong (aka The Dragon Flies)
• The Candidate
• Brazil
• Boogie Nights
• Who's Afraid Of Virgina Woolf?
• West Side Story
• Artificial Intelligence
• Lolita (1962 version)
• Saturday Night Fever
• Five Easy Pieces
• The Caine Mutiny
• They Shoot Horses Don't They?
• Mamma Mia!
• The Graduate
• U.S. Marshals
• The Fugitive
• In Like Flint
• Glass Bottom Boat

Favorite Music

• Burt Bacharach
• Brian Wilson's "SMiLE"
• Frank Sinatra
• The Beach Boys
• Art Laboe Killer Oldies
• Bee Gees (their work since 1977)
• Sergio Mendes (and Brasil '66)
• Bossa Nova
• Beatles (1964-1966)
• Surf Music ("Miserlou"-style)
• Mozart
• Bach
• Brahams
• Wagner
• Tschaikovsky
• Chopin
• Grieg
• 1960s "Sunshine Pop"
• Bubblegum

Favorite Books

• Books on pop culture
• presidential politics
• Pohlen's "Oddball-series" state touring books
• Scott's USA Stamp Catalog
• Uncle John's Bathroom Readers

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