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.)

Saturday, December 31, 2022

Dave Barry’s 2022 Year in Review

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.”

 

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Weird Al Radio for a few days only!

https://www.kz1043.com

 

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.