Tribute Song Brought Back to Life!

[A couple months back, our Chiro-Picker posted an article that showcased some of his coolest chiropractic radio finds from the days of old. One such find was the sheet music to a song written and composed for BJ Palmer’s radio station, WOC, by vaudeville singer-dancer Nat Ozmon. It was a tribute to both BJ and his wife, Mabel. It’s been some time since the notes of this 1923 piece have made their way to the keys of a piano — as such the Picker issued an invitation for someone to step up and bring it back to life. …Well, I just couldn’t resist. With my love for chiropractic history — especially its radio history — the sheet music beckoned me. And so, with the help of three willing participants from my church (Russ and Ardis Swank on vocals and Mary Stewart on piano), Nat’s song to the old W-O-C sprung back to life. And from that not only was an audio podcast, by yours truly, inspired (SCR episode 105), but another installment of BJ TV. What would BJ think??…. Well, you’ll just have to watch the video below to find out. And then, of course tune into the audio podcast to squeeze the nectar out of this one. My wife assures me that this is my best one yet! (She always says that). Below the video is an article from the Chiro-Picker which gives you some more of his thoughts on the song and some behind the scenes information related to this particular offering of BJ TV. Oh… and I’ll be back with some extra info in the DC Angle at the bottom. **— dr. tom]**

Station WOC of Davenport: “Where the West Begins!”

I was amazed to find an original copy of the sheet music “Station WOC of Davenport, Where the West Begins” from 1923.

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Chiro-Picker’s Fresh Pick — Chiropractic Lamp Casts Light on some PSC History

November 24, 2011, 8:49 am
Filed under: Chiro-Picker, chiropractic history | Tags: antique lamp, BJ Palmer, Chiro-Picker, chiropractic history, chiropractic lamp, Palmer School of Chiropractic, Todd Waters

Antique Collector, Todd Waters, is "The Chiro-Picker"

by Todd Waters, aka “The Chiro-Picker” – SpinalColumnRadio guest blogger

This time I feel I’ve come across a really special chiropractic antique!

It’s a student desk lamp from the Palmer School of Chiropractic.

The lamp was made by Robert Schwartz & Bro from New York City under the manufacture name SROBERT. It is heavy-duty cast iron and designed quite elegantly.

The first feature that caught my eye was the words “Science and Art,” with a carved owl between them. Up above the owl’s head is the Palmer PSC crest embossed in a beautifully detailed coin. I thought the owl might be the mascot of Palmer’s radio station WHO. But this seemed kind of odd since the WHO was located in Des Moines, while Palmer’s original station, the WOC, was located on the PSC campus in Davenport. Also, I had a feeling this lamp predated the station WHO which Palmer acquired in 1931. Then I just assumed the owl represented wisdom, enlightenment, and education.

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“You can become someone else for a day and be encouraged to ham it up.”

I actually still have nightmares that Halloween Night has arrived, and I haven’t a costume yet. Weird.

I wasn’t planning on writing a Picker article on my costume, but Dr Lamar made a point that my chiropractic collecting has transformed me into someone else… Well, it is Halloween after all. But he is correct that I had to use my picking skills to put together my BJ Palmer costume. To get the materials I went to my favorite picking haunts: The Salvation Army, church rummage sales, craft stores, and the World-Wide Web. Continue reading →