The WOXY/Squance continuum: a Timeline

1983: After a year of broadcasting, WOXY at 97.7 changes its format to modern rock and the Future of Rock N Roll is officially born to U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday."

I am only 9 and pay it no attention. However, I do tune in on sundays for Dr. Demento.

1989: I'm a freshman in high school, member of the marching ( Read more... )

25 March: Dog
Snooze 1: Grease is the Word
Snooze 2: Dog

Congratulation, Blade. You guessed correctly. You win my dog.

19 Mar: September, Earth, Wind & Fire ( Read more... )

16 Mar: I Love Rock and Roll, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts ( Read more... )

MY CAR AIN'T GOT ( Read more... )

96.5 down here in Destin is rerunning an old Casey's Top 40 from 1985 in its original time slot. Beautiful!  I turned it on to hear Easy Lover.

Coming in at #10: One Night in Bangkok.

God supports my livejournal. Thanks for reading, big fella.

5 Mar: Shake Your Body Down To the Ground, Jackson Five
4 Mar: (dog)
3 Mar: Throwing It All Away, Genesis
2 Mar: Dancing Queen, Abba (doesn't really warrant an embedded link, I feel)
1 Mar: Hold Me Now, Thompson Twins (not to be confused with Hold Me, Fleetwood Mac)
26 Feb: If You Leave, OMD
25 Feb: Don't Dream It's Over, Crowded House
24 Feb: I Just Want ( Read more... )

I go to bed early and sleep well and wake at four forty-five, for an hour of silence.  I never want to get out of bed then, and every morning I know I can sleep for another four hours, and still not fail at any of my duties. But I get up, so have come to believe my life can be seen in miniature in that struggle in the dark of the morning. While ( Read more... )

1 Mar: Hold Me Now, Thompson Twins (not to be confused with Hold Me, Fleetwood Mac)
26 Feb: If You Leave, OMD
25 Feb: Don't Dream It's Over, Crowded House
24 Feb: I Just Want To Be Your Everything, Andy Gibb!
23 Feb: (dog woke me up before alarm went off)
22 Feb: Rock Steady, The Whispers
19 Feb: The Warrior, Scandal
18 Feb: Gypsy, Fleetwood Mac (snooze: ( Read more... )

My vote for inclusion in the Best American Pretentious Writing of 2009, from an essay by Jane Kramer in the New Yorker food issue ( Read more... )