mp3 labels / ken (AC4RD)
AC4RD is my FCC-issued radio license and callsign; you can look me up on the FCC’s site, it’s public information. I’m Ken Kuzenski, and I live in the exotic and alluring People’s Democratic Republic of West Raleigh. I retired 5 years ago and have been bedridden for a year, and nearly blind for most of a year. Both are better now but I don’t get around much–as in, the mailbox is out of reach these days.
I have spent a ton of time listening to public domain radio programs and material. I’ve always liked Gildersleeve and Bob & Ray; in recent years I discovered lots of sitcoms and serials to enjoy as I sit. And *news*–I’ve always read a lot of history, so having actual news (and other programming) from the late Twenties through the end of WWII has been extraordinarily illuminating. I’ve read all of William Shirer’s books; hearing his actual broadcasts, done live at the time, adds a new dimension to the reading.
ken’s “beulah” folder
Sorry; we geezers tend to ramble. Anyway, I’ve got tons of radio programming as MP3 files on my machine (and thus my hard-working audio tablets.) I’ve used all the big public sites plus some purchases from the nice OTRCat people. Along the line, I got episodes of “The Beulah Show” and *hated* the illustration they had–a “mammy” picture with the lettering. No call for that. So I started diddling around with making labels for my MP3 files, often a standard 700-900 pixel square ‘folder.jpg’ and a smaller version to embed in the MP3 files themselves.
I’m going to try putting a ZIP of a bunch of my homemade labels right here. _ _ ac4rd_mp3_labels _ _ _
and some samples below. Some of these may violate copyrights; I’m assuming “fair use” and research/scholarship but these days who knows? I made all of these with photos I found on the web. No telling. I claim no copyright; it’s just fiddling around. But I’m trying to share them to see if anybody finds them useful or interesting. I’ve got bunches more; these are samples. I could supply some sample working files, where I create the image, and detail my own workflow creating them. kenkuzenski@gmail.com or ken@kuzenski.org if there is any interest of any kind; just hoping it may be helpful in some way to someone in the OTR community.
