Tom Lodge
Thomas Odoard Marshall Lodge (16 April 1936 – 25 March 2012) was an English author and radio broadcaster.[1]
Early life
Lodge was a figure in British radio of the 1960s. He was a disc jockey on
When Lodge was eighteen, he travelled to
Broadcasting
In the late 1950s Lodge moved to
In 1968 Lodge became a disc jockey on CHLO-AM, St Thomas, Ontario, Canada, where he continued to build his reputation for breaking new music. In 1973 he founded a creative program at Fanshawe College London, Ontario, Canada, called "Creative Electronics", which after three years he made into Music Industry Arts, a training program for recording engineers and record producers, and is still operating at Fanshawe College. Tom Sr although resigned from radio, continued to contribute to his son Tom Jr's weekly radio Caroline show when he was able, also he did 2 last shows for his beloved Radio Caroline, one being his personal history of Radio Caroline and the music that was integral to it, the other being a close look at the history and importance of the lead guitar, playing the lead guitar solos that changed rock n roll. Both shows are still available in the Caroline web shop.
Umi
In 1975, in California, Lodge began practising Zen. In January 1998 his Master changed his name to Umi and he began guiding people in Zen. He had a zendo, "Stillpoint Zen Community", near Santa Cruz, California.[4]
Bibliography
- Beyond the Great Slave Lake, (Cassells, 1958)
- Beyond the Great Slave Lake, (E.P. Dutton, 1959)
- Success Without Goals, (Lloyds Mayfair Group, 1992)
- Circles,Tom Lodge Becoming Umi (Lloyds Mayfair Group, 1993)
- Footprints in the Snow, (Umi Foundation, 2000)
- The River and the Raven, (Umi Foundation, 2002)
- Enlightenment Guaranteed, (Umi Foundation, 2002)
- The Radio Caroline Story, (Umi Foundation, 2002)
- The Ship That Rocked The World, How Radio Caroline Defied the Establishment, Launched the British Invasion and Made the Planet Safe for Rock and Roll, (Bartleby Press 2010)[5]
- God is a Dancer, (Umi Foundation, 2007)
- The Diamond Sutra with Umi, (Church of Consciousness, 2008)
References
- ^ Reaney, James. "Pirate radio DJ 'leaves wake' | Entertainment". Lfpress.com. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ Radio Caroline Profiles (Retrieved 21 February 2011)
- ^ "The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame: Tom Lodge's Radio Caroline story". Offshoreradio.co.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- Cashbox Magazine, Canada. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ "The Ship that Rocked the World". Shipthatrocked.com. Retrieved 26 March 2012.