Strange Boston Globe Headline: Intentional Or Coincidental?

[Laurence Glavin]

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sean Smyth" 
>To: "Dan.Strassberg" , "Laurence Glavin" , boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org
>Subject: Re: Strange Boston Globe Headline: Intentional Or Coincidental?
>Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:24:27 -0700 (PDT)

>"Dan.Strassberg" wrote:
> For the heck of it, I googled "beam tilt." True enough, most of the
> references are to the vertical radiation patterns of broadcast (radio
> AND TV) transmitting antennas. However, the term is also apparently
> used in connection with linear accelerators, and--most importantly,
> in
> the context of the review you saw--it seems to be the name of a San
> Francisco Bay-area rock group. So the reviwer may or may not have had
> any knowledge of the technology that underlies the term thst formed
> the basis for his pun.

>First thing I thought of was Jim Beam and imbibing, i.e. tilting the
>glass back and adult refreshment that hits the spot.

Of course this performer's stage name is SAM Beam...would that be a shot of 
bourbon with a beer chaser?  Not just for breakfast anymore.


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