Showing posts with label Hiya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hiya. Show all posts
February 4, 2009
Apologies
Note to self: be careful when posting Yahoo videos. The Pretenders video from a couple of days ago was causing the script error you were seeing if you tried to close this site. Pretty sure the problem is fixed now, but I had to kill off a couple of posts to get the problem fixed. We should be all good now.
January 17, 2009
Explaining the Radio Station References
A couple of folks have asked me about the WAVA, WHFS references in the labels under every post. Growing up in DC in the 80s, you had a choice of radio stations that clearly defined who you were in the social strata of West Springfield High School.
Q107 was the top 40 radio station. Sure, others came around later on, but their "Top 10 at 10" was a show that you were not allowed to miss if you wanted to hear what the hot girls were listening to.
WHFS was the "alternative" station. far and away the coolest station around, even if you didn't really understand what the music was about. Lots of the bookish girls I had crushes on listened to this station, and even if I didn't understand it, at least they played lots of REM and pre-Joshua Tree U2.
WAVA was the AOR station that was DC101's younger, brattier brother. It also eventually went Top 40 (and later became a Christian station), but for a few short years, it was the station to hear all the hard stuff that was too gritty for DC101 and had better reception than 98Rock out of Baltimore. If you watched Beavis and Butthead, Todd would listen to WAVA. West Springfield had a hell of a lot of Todds.
WCXR was the Classic Rock station that came along in about 1985 or so. I actually worked there for a couple of years between my first and second attempt at college. Classic Rock was a new format at the time, and was the most eye-opening format ever for me. Up to that point the only place you could hear the Beatles was on Oldies stations, and you never heard Jimi Hendrix, the Stones, or CCR on the radio until it came along. everyone loved it, and it was a unifying presence in high school.
So if you're confused about the kind of music you think you'd like, keep this in mind and click on the appropriate label on the right to find stuff you think you might like.
RESPEK
Q107 was the top 40 radio station. Sure, others came around later on, but their "Top 10 at 10" was a show that you were not allowed to miss if you wanted to hear what the hot girls were listening to.
WHFS was the "alternative" station. far and away the coolest station around, even if you didn't really understand what the music was about. Lots of the bookish girls I had crushes on listened to this station, and even if I didn't understand it, at least they played lots of REM and pre-Joshua Tree U2.
WAVA was the AOR station that was DC101's younger, brattier brother. It also eventually went Top 40 (and later became a Christian station), but for a few short years, it was the station to hear all the hard stuff that was too gritty for DC101 and had better reception than 98Rock out of Baltimore. If you watched Beavis and Butthead, Todd would listen to WAVA. West Springfield had a hell of a lot of Todds.
WCXR was the Classic Rock station that came along in about 1985 or so. I actually worked there for a couple of years between my first and second attempt at college. Classic Rock was a new format at the time, and was the most eye-opening format ever for me. Up to that point the only place you could hear the Beatles was on Oldies stations, and you never heard Jimi Hendrix, the Stones, or CCR on the radio until it came along. everyone loved it, and it was a unifying presence in high school.
So if you're confused about the kind of music you think you'd like, keep this in mind and click on the appropriate label on the right to find stuff you think you might like.
RESPEK
January 15, 2009
Welcome to my little corner of the Web.
I am a music snob. A terrible, incorrigible music snob. But not as bad as CJ. Or Roach. well, maybe. I am constantly arguing with Jill over the merits of good bands that she's never heard of and trying to encourage her to see shows like the Sterophonics or Secret Machines.
(I contend that she's the music snob, because she only listens to like-oh-my-gawd POP-ular stuff, but that's an argument for another day.)
I hope to use this site to broaden horizons, and to be broadened by many of you as well. If you've ever felt that thump in your chest when a hook reaches out of the speaker and grabs you, or ever taken 10 minutes to play a three minute song because you keep backing up to hear that segment just after the bridge, then this is a site that I bet you'll enjoy.
(I contend that she's the music snob, because she only listens to like-oh-my-gawd POP-ular stuff, but that's an argument for another day.)
I hope to use this site to broaden horizons, and to be broadened by many of you as well. If you've ever felt that thump in your chest when a hook reaches out of the speaker and grabs you, or ever taken 10 minutes to play a three minute song because you keep backing up to hear that segment just after the bridge, then this is a site that I bet you'll enjoy.
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