Making music memories
Everybody wants to rule the world. Except me. I’d settle for the dogs staying off my side of the bed. But Tears for Fears said everybody wants to rule the world. And they’ll be at…
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Episode 82: Brian Niesz, unsung hero of live performances
Brian Niesz engineered more than 400 live on-air performances at the woxy.com studio in Longworth Hall in Cincinnati, as well as dozens more during the station’s short-lived stint in Austin, Texas. No one had more…
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Who’s on first?
Happy Friday the 13th! Tonight: Ritt & Wilder Dietz play a sold-out gig at Parlor & Patio Marc Cohn plays Ludlow Garage The Ghost of Paul Revere is at Taft Bitch, Katie Cash and Kristen Ford are in Southgate’s Revival Room…
The infinite sadness
Sorry to start off on a sad note… notes, actually… but ye olde music list is a man down. He was a good man too. Mark Celsor – longtime Cincinnati Recreation Commission staffer, Mt. Washington…
Episode 81: A Day in the (1993) Life of Dave
Dave Tellmann spent nearly a decade on the air at 97X (1988-1997)… and sometimes he thinks he’s still on the air there! Dave combed through his “aircheck” cassettes from 1993 and put together some snippets…
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May the Sixth be with you
Hello friend! It’s purt near May (that’s how we say it in Arkansas) which means it’s purt near time for another Cereal Killers gig… or two! But I reckon we have a few shows before…
Down to Earth
I come to you with cap in hand, asking your forgiveness for my disparaging comments about the local nine (technically 10 now that there’s a DH) last week. As a wise man once said: “How…
Episode 80: Jim Vinch, the student has become the teacher
Jim Vinch was a Cleveland-raised classic rocker… until he moved to Oxford for college and caught the earliest years of 97X. Jim credits the station and its community of listeners with helping him be open…
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Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and… live music
Now that 30 billionaires have settled their differences with 700+ millionaires on how to divvy up the incoming millions, Major League Baseball is underway across America. Except in Cincinnati, where the roster consists mostly of…
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Barb is Back!
Former 97X/woxy.com DJ Barb Abney will be back on The Current in Minneapolis St. Paul this evening! You’d be hard pressed to find a radio host more dedicated and more engaged with listeners than Barb.…