The Inspiration Behind Acid Rain Radio

Posted by Christian Horner on December 16, 2007

Well, I told you in one of my previous blog entries that I would tell you how Acid Rain Radio was inspired. Joe Garbus and I met back in Junior High School over 31 years ago and he has been my best friend ever since. Joe runs his own company called Kensico Consulting. If you are ever in need of an expert in Voice Over IP (VoIP) just take a look at Kensico Consulting, LLC. He and I have been geeks forever. He just realized it this year though. (Had to say that dude.)

Joe and I had the same teacher for health at Harborfields High School where we both had to do a project for our final grade.  Joe came up with an idea to do a multimedia presentation using at that time the latest computer technology:

• Commodore PET
• VHS
• Cassette Tape
• And just some great thinking out of the box.

Joe’s project was on Acid Rain. I completely forgot about my project and worked very closely with Joe through the whole process of developing the content to final production. Joe mixed some great progressive rock and his vocal overlay onto cassette at home. Using some great music from King Krimson, Yes, and Genesis to name a few. He and I along with some help from some of the experts on the Commodore PET pulled together some computer animation using PEEK and POKE to get some great lightning sequences to demonstrate the effects of acid rain on lakes and streams. We mixed all the content onto VHS and presented and Joe got an A in Health. I failed because I did not do my project. I was totally engrossed in Joe’s. At the end of the presentation Joe rolled the credits with Behind the Lines off the Genesis album Duke . It was totally cool. That is why when you hear the Acid Rain Radio promo I am playing the opening segment to Behind The Lines.

It was a total blast doing that project and it has been a total blast having a friend like Joe for so many years. Here is to another 50 years my friend you are the best!

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Enjoy,

Christian