I'd rather listen to Price than Bobby Scales. I always thought Austin Jackson and Andy Dirks did a better job but apparently Scales is next in line to Price? Scales sure needs a lot of work. 100%. I'll never understand the raw hatred for Price, as I think he does a great job. Heavy on his -isms but...

Man, I would definitely listen to a station like this.

Oh, that's right. A station did like exist like this once and it was driven unceremoniously into the ground.

So long as we're coming up with lists of what bands should be on a decent alternative station, I'll add some. Moloko Sisters of Mercy The Cult iio Cold The Crystal Method Our Lady Peace Sloan Puddle of Mudd The Alarm Social Distortion Was (Not Was) Tragically Hip (I know this was mentioned, but they...

In the summer of 1990 I learned that Greg St James was moving to 88.7 to do a Alternative Rock show in the evenings, even the term Alternative was fairly new as the terms Modern Rock and New Wave and New Music were still in use. I tuned in the 1st night of "The Cutting Edge of Rock" at 8pm to liste...

If they're considering Billie Eilish "alternative", then someone made a mistake.

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Thu Nov 19, 2020 11:57 am

Get the fuck out. Stop by Jane's Addiction.

Shit just got real.

The exact same tune they started with all those years ago. Can't ask for a better ending than that.

Wow, has it actually been 30 years? I haven't listened to 89X in many years, but this still stings a bit since I listened to them exclusively in my early 20s. From the time they were The Cutting Edge doing only a few hours a night to the late 2000s, they definitely shaped my music interest as I was ...

There is a simple method to get around the paywall on the Free Press and Detroit News websites. (I'm sure it work works on other sites with paywalls as well) Copy the link of the article you wish to see and paste it into the URL bar of your browser. Then to the front of the link, add this address: h...

Falling to Pieces - Faith No More
Livin' on the Edge - Aerosmith
No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature - The Guess Who
Lonely is the Night - Billy Squier
Keep Your Hands to Yourself - The Georgia Satellites
Drag You Down - Finger Eleven
Keep Away - Godsmack
Nice to Know You - Incubus

Tuned in for a few songs. In order: Anthrax w/Pubic Enemy - Bring the Noise Silverchair - Tomorrow Stone Temple Pilots - Gasoline Robert Plant - Big Love Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots I had to make sure they weren't streaming from my personal media collection. :) If this station were reachable ...

Well, technically, if you go with the thought of "classic rock" being songs more than 20 years old, then it qualifies. That song was released in '95, making it 24 years old. (hard to believe, I know) When CSX came on the air in 1987, it was playing songs barely 20 years old and although I suppose th...

What's even worse than listening to the utterly overplayed tracks is listening to people call in requesting those overplayed tracks.
"OMG I can't believe I'm on! Could you play Livin' on a Prayer by Bon Jovi??"

Because, you know, they haven't heard that song for at least 30 minutes.

WJBK. Children's programming for hours and bam, right into Sir Graves Ghastly. No segues or anything.
("Those aren't real bats! Look you can see the strings and everything!")

I dunno. Just scanning through the full playlist from kickoff through until now (noon, Saturday), I just see the same, tired, set of songs you can hear (and have heard) endlessly anywhere else. :barf Nirvana - 5 plays. Same crap. Pink Floyd - 6 plays. Same crap. ZZ Top - 7 plays. Same crap. Led Zepp...

Not much more can be said that hasn't already but in my opinion: Late 70s, through the 80s, WABX, WLLZ, WRIF, in that order. Those stations defined music for me while growing up and I don't think anything on the radio will ever reach those standards again, in this or any other market. Also while not...