Whatever happened to...

I caught the tail-end of this while radio-surfing yesterday. It dates back a ways and for whatever reason took me back to the year it was released. At the time, still somewhat of a young pup, I used to dabble in multiple radio formats for pleasure and I recall hearing it on the erstwhile "alternative" station in LA.

I wasn't alone. I recalled while sitting in the car listening to the melodic strings, that I thought it odd at the time that such a tune would be aired there. So did KROQ's afternoon DJ, Jed the Fish.

Again, for no good reason, I was taken back to a Jed mini-rant about the how-and-why he was having to play Enya songs in a rotation that also included acts like Echo and the Bunnymen. That recollection led to others.

Personally, I thought Jed was the least talented major-market disc jockey I've ever heard--then or now. His schtick wasn't funny and his insights weren't very...well, insightful.

As I moved deeper into my twenties, I outgrew the format and the station and for the most part memories of it have faded but for days like yesterday. Through the course of the day I wondered what ever happened to old Jed...

So I checked. Don't ask me how or why but he's still sitting in the same chair doing the same job and even has a syndicated show. Is there no justice in the world!?