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Hot 106 #14: Who Are You

This week on the Hot 106 Hit List "Who Are You" gets the business, CSI be damned.

"Pete Townshend is at the height of his alcoholism, feeling increasingly irrelevant thanks to punk rockers who stole all his moves and were doing them better than him; Roger Daltrey sits high atop the rock frontman list, just wanting to keep things going like a good working class lad would; John Entwistle is being John Entwistle; and Keith Moon is, well, nearly dead."
Hot 106 #13: Don’t Bring Me Down

This week it's "Don't Bring Me Down" in the crosshairs.

"The snob in me half-way wants to replace 'Don't Bring Me Down' with something fabulous from The Move, but really my power play with The Move is replacing 'Bohemian Rhapsody' with 'Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited'."
Hot 106 #12: China Grove

Gettin' whacked today in a Yacht Rock showdown: "China Grove" by The Doobie Brothers.

"Nothing against 'China Grove', really, but if I had heard more of Doobie tunes like 'Clear As The Driven Snow' and less of the offerings given out on the radio, I would have been a fan sooner.

November 4, 2012

sonnet

I am in need of music that would flow Over my fretful, feeling finger-tips, Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips, With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow.…

October 10, 2012

Give me life

I haven't traveled in years, and I'm beginning to think that this is dulling the ol' writin' skills. It's been 10 years since I left…

September 19, 2012

passion b/w self-help

"Passion" is the self-help buzzword I like least. It's become such a pervasive concept that, in certain worlds, if you're not passionate well, then, it's…

September 10, 2012

Hot 106 #5: Stairway to Heaven

No "Stairway"?! Denied!

"Here's 'Stairway to Heaven', which Americans have used to jam classic rock radio down listeners' throats for over 40 years. I know this wasn't the intent of Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (derisive comments about 'Stairway' from Plant are well-known and difficult to ignore), but the legacy of 'Stairway' in America, at least, cannot be altered."

August 30, 2012

Hot 106: #3 – Bad to the Bone

Kent and I part ways a bit on this installment of the Hot 106. He's able to come to terms with George Thorogood, but I'm afraid I'm past reconciliation with Thorogood's entire catalog. Either way, classic rock radio would do well to consider our suggestions.

August 23, 2012

Hot 106 #2: Mrs. Robinson

"Is this even rock? For the life of me, I don't think so."

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