As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Serendipity Intro


These entries exist due to the sorry state of music radio in Washington DC. For whatever reason, since the classic days of WHFS, Washington totally lacks any progressive or AAA (Adult Album Alternative) stations, such as WXPN in Philadelphia, WTMD in Towson MD, WRNR in Annapolis (the spiritual successor to WHFS), and mvyradio (Martha’s Vineyard). At the moment, there’s not even a real Oldies station.

Consequently, it’s not uncommon in the Washington area to wander into a restaurant or other retail establishment and hear in the background a great song that no local radio station would be caught dead playing. I thought it might be interesting to capture these serendipitous moments as blog entries.

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