https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/12/25/dave-barrys-2022-year-review/
For example:
July – In financial news, Elon Musk announces that he no
longer wants to purchase Twitter and will instead use the $44 billion to buy
two Springsteen tickets.
October – Speaking of money: Elon Musk announces that he has
decided to buy Twitter after all, because the only Springsteen tickets he could
get for $44 billion were “way the hell up in the balcony.”
From https://radioinsight.com/headlines/246502/wkzg-becomes-weird-al-radio/
:
The al-pocalypse has reached
Woodward Communications AC “KZ 104.3” WKZG Seymour/Green Bay WI as the station
ended its annual Christmas music run this morning and began stunting as “Weird
Al Radio“.
Playing off the recent debut of the
movie depiction of his life, the station is playing non-stop music from the
library of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic. The first songs heard were Amish Paradise,
White & Nerdy, Smells Like Nirvana, Dare To Be Stupid, and I Love Rocky
Road.
A format change has been expected
for WKZG as the station applied in November to change call letters to WFZZ
effective on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. Our November 23 Domain Insight has more
details on what we expect to expect when the station launches its new permanent
branding.
Bell, a Grammy-winning producer and
a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, is best known as one of “the Mighty
Three” — a co-creator of the richly-orchestrated “Sound of Philadelphia” brand
of soul along with fellow songwriters and producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.
Together, the Philly trio was responsible for smashes from the O’Jays’ “Back
Stabbers” to Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes’ “I Miss You.”
Independent of Gamble and Huff,
however, Bell was famed for writing and producing creamy, dreamy, harmony-laden
R&B hits of the late ’60s and ’70s such as “La-La (Means I Love You)” and
“Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)” for the Delfonics, “You Are Everything”
and “Betcha by Golly, Wow” for the Stylistics, and “I’ll Be Around,” “Could It
Be I’m Falling in Love” and “Games People Play” for the Spinners.
There’s also a great quote from Bell in the same article: “All
I wanted to be was a piano player in the rhythm section, then an arranger and a
conductor. I was forced to do these other things, like writing, to get noticed.
I mean, ‘Who is Thom Bell?’ had to be the question at that time. The only bell
they knew in Philly had a crack down the middle. So, I started writing
melodies.”
Favorite songs written or co-written by Thom Bell:
Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) – The Stylistics
Living A Little, Laughing A Little – The Spinners
A Brand New Me – Dusty Springfield
I’ll Be Around – The Spinners
People Make The World Go Round – The Stylistics
La-La-Means I Love You – The Delfonics
You Are Everything – The Stylistics
I’m Doin’ Fine Now – New York City
Break Up To Make Up – The Stylistics
You Make Me Feel Brand New – The Stylistics
