The Big Blackout of 2003 led DJs on stations which kept broadcasting on backup
generators, to actually pick their own music! "It was like free-form radio from
the 1970s," says Mike McIntyre, assistant program director for NYC's WXKR-FM
interviewed for Blade magazine. "We played Humble Pie, the J. Geuls Band, Deep
Purple - stuff we're never allowed to play." (What? No Firesign Theatre???)

From AUGUST 23, 2003 PLANET PROCTOR 2003.23 Newsletter by Phil Proctor of The
Firesign Theatre

http://www.planetproctor.com

"Power Outage Traced To Dim Bulb In White House." ~ Anon