R.I.P. Chuck Berry
Note to wife: Chuck Berry, who died Saturday at age 90, was in the first class of inductees into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1986 — he was that important. Rock and roll was created in the… Continue reading
Author: zonarama
March 18, 2017
“Love Is Mystical” by Cold War Kids jumps to #1 on this week’s Rock n Roll for Grownups chart. After a slow start nine weeks ago, “Lost On You” by LP has recently picked up momentum and leaps from #17… Continue reading
March 11, 2017
“In A Black Out” by Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam slip into the #1 spot on the Rock n Roll for Grownups chart. Debuting this week are: “To Be Without You” (#43) by Ryan Adams, follow-up to his former #1 hit… Continue reading
March 04, 2017
“Hot Thoughts” by Spoon remains at #1 for a third week on the Rock n Roll for Grownups chart. Biggest movers this week, each jumping nine spots, are “Love Is Mystical” (#10) by Cold War Kids, and “Restart” (#32) by… Continue reading
Sour grapes
Note to wife: ‘Nuf said. Continue reading
February 25, 2017
The Spoon tune “Hot Thoughts” stays at #1 for a second week on the Rock n Roll for Grownups chart. New Orleans’ Hurray For The Riff Raff, fronted by Alynda Segarra, score two hits this week: “Rican Beach” moves up… Continue reading
The pot and the kettle
Note to wife: Yesterday Milo Yiannopoulos, one of the newly prominent right-wing flamethrowers, was fired from his job at the alt-right fake news website Breitbart amid allegations that he thinks child sexual abuse is OK (especially between boys and men).… Continue reading
Ratings: ‘K-E-Z’ Christmas bubble pops, but station stays at #1
| RADIO | As usual each January, “K-E-Z” lost a huge chunk of its audience with the end of the holiday season. And as usual, enough of an audience remained to keep the adult contemporary station at the top of… Continue reading
Role of a free press
Note to wife: Over the weekend, Donald Trump continued to attack the news media, going as far as saying they are the “enemy of the American people.” In his usual over-the-top manner, Trump again demonstrates how misinformed he is about… Continue reading
Happy Presidents’ Day
Note to wife: OK, Trump really hasn’t said this (yet). But it seems his ego – and his misunderstanding – knows no bounds. Continue reading