500 Reasons to Remember This Weekend
Memorial Day Weekend was a big deal back in the 97X days… it was Modern Rock 500 time! I can still hear Bakerman’s great liners in my head… and of course the Indy 500 race…
Category: Music
2 Kool 2 B 4-gotten
Sorry to start on a few sad notes, but John Erhardt of Wussy/Ass Ponys passed away last Monday. His longtime friend and bandmate Chuck Cleaver wrote a very loving tribute to him on Wussy’s Facebook…
Episode 35: Howard Cohen, Cereal Killer
A self-described “97X listener/scenester/scruffy little punky New Wave dude,” Howard started playing in bands as a teenager and has never stopped rocking. His current band, Cereal Killers, played their first gig at Sudsy Malone’s on…
From Bad to Worse
News broke today that John Erhardt of Wussy (and formerly Ass Ponys) passed away Monday. His longtime friend and bandmate Chuck Cleaver wrote a very loving tribute to him on Wussy’s Facebook page. John gave…
Not-so-Live music
If the world weren’t upside down, I would’ve been at the Robyn Hitchcock show at Southgate this past Sunday, and Greg Dulli’s gig at the Woodward on Wednesday. Instead I was stuck in my basement,…
Rob Fetters is Cheap. Free even.
In this coronavirus “Local Lockdown Lixx” bonus episode of the 97X Rumblings from the Big Bush podcast, singer/songwriter/guitarist Rob Fetters (The Raisins, The Bears, psychodots and solo releases) talks about the free house concert live…
Live! (on tape)
Let’s focus on the positives of the music world. Our favorite artists now have more time than ever to create new music. (Unless they lost their day job… or they need to get a day…
Episode 34: Robin James, philosopher of Music
Robin James is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at UNC Charlotte and the author of three books… with a book about 97X in the works. She grew up listening to the station from age 11…
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Music is My Happy Place
To paraphrase Bill Medley: Now I’ve had… the quaran-time of my life… and I never want to feel this way again! Music is about the only thing keeping me from going completely bonkers. I hope…
Episode 33: John Curley of the Afghan Whigs
Musician. Producer. Recording Engineer. Photographer. Non-traditional college student… John Curley is best known for his work with the Afghan Whigs, but he’s also played in a few local bands, and produced and/or engineered music for…
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