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I had a day of running all over town, topped off by some racquetball games against Gavin. This guy makes me run so much, my legs feel like they're going to fall off.
Luckily, neither of us got injured when the ceiling just decided to exploded, and a down-pour of water hit the floor. At first I thought it was Gavins racquet snapping in half behind me.
Driving home, I was listening to the oldies radio station in town -- The Walrus, at 105.7 FM.
Most cities have an oldies station. For a while, San Diego didn't.
And I know that I recently complained about the Corvette Diner in my blog. One of my beefs was their decor.
The thing they always did right, was the DJs they have. They're always fun, and sound like jocks did in the 50s. And they do a great mix of oldiest and fun, novelty songs.
But The Walrus (which has a logo that reminds me a lot of David Crosby) has a weird mix.
Now, I remember hearing an older person years ago, complaining about an oldiest station playing 60s songs. He was yelling, "This ain't an oldiest tune. It's that psychedlic, hippie crap!"
But if you just played Chuck Berry and the Big Bopper, people would lose interest fast. Don't get me wrong, if a station only played Buddy Holly and Elvis, 24-hours-a-day, I'd listen.
But you throw in those 60s songs, and it adds a lot to the oldies format.
I was surprised when K-Earth 101.1 in LA started playing mid-70s songs. I first noticed that about 20 years ago. And, I just didn't think James Taylor fit the format (aside from the fact that I hate his songs; the best thing he ever did was a great cameo in Funny People).
But I realize that as the decades pass, what is deemed an "oldie" also changes.
The problem was, I heard two songs from the 80s. One was Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love." Now, I could give that a pass, as it sounds so Elvisesque.
The other song I heard though, was Huey Lewis and the News doing "Heart of Rock n Roll". Okay, wait...maybe it was another song by them, I'm not positive.
But really, Huey Lewis? On an oldies station? Or better yet -- ON ANY STATION!!!
Maybe KYXY and the light, easy stations can play him. Perfect music for when you're leaning back in the dentists chair. Not for when you're driving your car at 75 down the I-5, and waiting to add 10 miles to that with a little "Runaway" by Del Shannon.
Run, run, run, run....runaway!
I had a day of running all over town, topped off by some racquetball games against Gavin. This guy makes me run so much, my legs feel like they're going to fall off.
Luckily, neither of us got injured when the ceiling just decided to exploded, and a down-pour of water hit the floor. At first I thought it was Gavins racquet snapping in half behind me.
Driving home, I was listening to the oldies radio station in town -- The Walrus, at 105.7 FM.
Most cities have an oldies station. For a while, San Diego didn't.
And I know that I recently complained about the Corvette Diner in my blog. One of my beefs was their decor.
The thing they always did right, was the DJs they have. They're always fun, and sound like jocks did in the 50s. And they do a great mix of oldiest and fun, novelty songs.
But The Walrus (which has a logo that reminds me a lot of David Crosby) has a weird mix.
Now, I remember hearing an older person years ago, complaining about an oldiest station playing 60s songs. He was yelling, "This ain't an oldiest tune. It's that psychedlic, hippie crap!"
But if you just played Chuck Berry and the Big Bopper, people would lose interest fast. Don't get me wrong, if a station only played Buddy Holly and Elvis, 24-hours-a-day, I'd listen.
But you throw in those 60s songs, and it adds a lot to the oldies format.
I was surprised when K-Earth 101.1 in LA started playing mid-70s songs. I first noticed that about 20 years ago. And, I just didn't think James Taylor fit the format (aside from the fact that I hate his songs; the best thing he ever did was a great cameo in Funny People).
But I realize that as the decades pass, what is deemed an "oldie" also changes.
The problem was, I heard two songs from the 80s. One was Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love." Now, I could give that a pass, as it sounds so Elvisesque.
The other song I heard though, was Huey Lewis and the News doing "Heart of Rock n Roll". Okay, wait...maybe it was another song by them, I'm not positive.
But really, Huey Lewis? On an oldies station? Or better yet -- ON ANY STATION!!!
Maybe KYXY and the light, easy stations can play him. Perfect music for when you're leaning back in the dentists chair. Not for when you're driving your car at 75 down the I-5, and waiting to add 10 miles to that with a little "Runaway" by Del Shannon.
Run, run, run, run....runaway!