From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ August 2, 2008
In 2008, I was one of 35 volunteers that were selected for an all expense paid volunteering trip to participate in various volunteer events at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Target House both in Memphis, Tennessee, US. Volunteers came from various locations in the world. I was one of four from the Tempe, Arizona, US.
On this video you see the photos taken with my camera from the 2nd of August of 2008.
Audio: Three royalty free audio tracks that I recently acquired and edited slightly to fit the video. "Good Ol' Skool" - "Stream of Consciousness" - "Jazzy Folk"
From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey!
This is the title of a series of upcoming photo/video collages that I've been working on for the photos and videos taken during the all expense paid volunteer trip to Memphis, Tennessee, US that took place August 2008.
You may have already seen the couple of videos I'd previously uploaded. In fact, the first ever video that I uploaded to YouTube was from this particular trip.
Billy Bob playing with a local band in Memphis, TN, USA - August 3, 2008
About Target House - Target House is a Long-term lodging facility. Patients are assigned to Target House if their treatment is scheduled to last more than three months. The facility is made possible by Target Stores and their commitment to give back to their communities
This is the Side A of the Morro Mix cassette by El Morro. Although the cassette had no date/year listed on it, this cassette appears to have been originally released in 1994.
You may remember that on the 30th of December or 2023, I shared a short video of me listening to this cassette. Morro Mix! https://youtube.com/shorts/xTgyXI5x2Vc
That post received encouragement from Narciso Ramirez https://www.youtube.com/@narcisoramirez3283 to upload the rest of the songs. A channel that features clear and crisp recordings of many of the El Morro collection.
It was that bit of rallying which motivated me to truly look into finally strapping on to digitizing my small physical media collection, ultimately leading me to create the Analog Musings paylist.
Because many of my cassettes were played constantly and the majority of them have travelled with me to the many places I've lived, some have degraded in quality.
Additionally, my digitization will include little to no editing, therefore you will hear this, and future uploads, as if you were playing it on your own cassette player. In my opinion it adds to the mood.
This is a second edition of the recording from 1997 from a radio station that was called Crystal FM from Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.
After the initial digitization of this recording, I continued to digitize my small cassette collection to be shared throughout the rest of the year. Some of the cassettes were in better shape than others, therefore some of the recordings have that distinct sound of when a cassette tape is wearing off. Additionally some had volume issues.
When the video for the original Radio Music cassette recording was created, I was able to use the video editing software to help with the volume issue. However, ultimately decided to go back to the original digitization of the Radio Music cassette recording to enhance the volume a bit and cut some of the dead air.
The edit itself was minimal and unlikely that it will be noticeable once uploaded to YouTube, however decided that before the continuation of new monthly uploads of Analog Musings, I would create a second edition of the Radio Music cassette recording.
Going forward, the hope is to have just one edition of my cassette tape recordings, and not have multiple editions/versions of them.
Another thing that I decided to fix a bit was the visual transitions on the video/display portion from song to song. They are now better synchronized to each song change.
So here you now have a slightly shorter and arguably better edited video of the Radio Music cassette recording from 1997.
List of songs and artist.
0:00 Radio Music from Crystal FM circa 1997
0:12 Mirame by Sentidos Opuestos
3:43 Solo Traigo Mi Ritmo by Chayanne
6:30 Crazy by Aeorosmith
9:55 Corazon de Bombon by Anahi
12:05 Como es Possible Que a mi Lado by Luis Miguel
You may also know that, because I'm a bit of an introvert and procrastinator, uploading videos cane take me time and in no particular order. There'll be a a period of almost daily uploads and then nothing for a while.
So this is just a note to say that I'm going to attempt to upload a new video at least once a month. The monthly uploads will be mostly for the Analog Musings playlist and in between those the typical No Tan Diario Chronicles chronology type of uploads.
Whenever possible, I've enjoyed going to local farmer's markets.
When living in the Phoenix-Metro area, the Phoenix Public Market was one of my favorites because it featured locally grown produce as well as other items made by local artisans and it ensured that only locally grown and made items were sold.
Though didn't typically take photos of when visiting markets, took these three photos on this particular occasion. The first one was announcement that they would be opening the Phoenix Public Market Store, the second one showing construction some downtown buildings in the area, and the third announcing that the featured chefs for the day were, Betty Fraser and Richard Blais, from Top Chef.
Audio: Added another part of "The One" audio that was from an old extraction and no idea from what PC game or other it came from.
Dinner on the 19th of July 2008 was miso soup. Here the photos of it.
Audio: For this short video collage, decided to use audio/music from something other than from the YouTube audio library. Browsed through my old collection of some extractions and found this one saved as "The One." No idea from what PC game or other it came from, but here you have the first 25 minutes of it used for this video.
These are the handful of photos of shopping on Saturday, the 19th of July of 2008. Per the photos it looks like we went to the Phoenix Public Market in Downtown Phoenix and then to Macy's and shopped the Martha Stewart Collection. No idea if we went to other stores that day as these were the only photos.
Audio: "Playdate" by The Great North Sound Society from the YouTube audio library.
This is a recording circa 1997 from a radio station that was called Crystal FM from Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.
It kicks off my new playlist titled Analog Musings that will feature digitized versions of cassette tapes and vinyl records that have been part of my life at one point or another. You can read more about that on the Analog Musings post. https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2024/06/analog-musings.html
This was a fitting first start to this because Crystal FM was one of the radio stations that I listened to often growing up on the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, US.
The songs of this compilation were originally released between 1996 and 1997. This particular recording from the radio was in 1997.
After the first two songs, the radio DJ provides the date in Spanish as 23rd of February of 1997, before they play the last song for the night. No info on when the rest of the songs were recorded, but likely around the same time period.
List of songs and artist.
0:00 Radio Music from Crystal FM circa 1997 0:20 Mirame by Sentidos Opuestos 3:50 Solo Traigo Mi Ritmo by Chayanne 6:37 Crazy by Aeorosmith 10:02 Corazon de Bombon by Anahi 12:12 Como es Possible Que a mi Lado by Luis Miguel 15:45 Vive El Momento by Kabah 18:54 Te Sigo Amando by Juan Gabriel 21:23 De Amarte by Pilar Montenegor 24:21 Que Bonito by Rosario 27:43 Vive el Momento by Kabah
Finally on the 19th of July of 2008 we celebrated a belated birthday for #Armandzraven. Here the handful of photos taken of the cake with the candles lit an then after a wish was made the blown candles.
Audio: "Happy Birthday (at the Pub)" by E's Jammy Jams from the YouTube audio library.
On the 18th of July of the year 2008, I also made some rainbow chip cookies to celebrate the birthday of #Armandzraven whose birthday is on the same month.
Audio: "End of the Rainbow" by Quincas Moreira from the YouTube audio library.
On the 18th of July of the year 2008, I baked a birthday cake with sprinkles to celebrate the birthday of #Armandzraven whose birthday is on the same month.
Audio: "Birthday Cake" by Reed Mathis from the YouTube audio library.
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