No Bummer Summer
We have so much for be grateful for this summer, especially if our cars don’t have vinyl seats. Let’s peel our butts off our chairs and head to some concerts, shall we? Tuesday: Norah Jones…
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Episode 666: Nixon Now! Nixon Forever!
Wait a minute, something ain’t right with that button… There, fixed it! Friends, we’re gathered together today for a very special episode of “97X Rumblings from the Big Bush” as we pay tribute to the…
Episode 97.7 – yet another end of an era
Nearly five years ago, Dave and Damian started a podcast about 97X. They had no idea what they were doing. They still don’t know what they’re doing, but they DO know that as they stumbled…
July came Swiftly
Did you go to the big show downtown last night? I did! It was everything I hoped for and more! I’m referring, of course, to the Dave Alvin & the Guilty Ones show in downtown…
Episode 96: Author Robin James at the Mercantile Library
On May 11th, author Robin James discussed her new book The Future of Rock & Roll: 97X and the Fight for True Independence at The Mercantile Library, with your friendly neighborhood podcast hosts Dave and…
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Gigs and Books
I let you down yet again (you should be used to it by now). I’m tardy with my list of gigs so I didn’t get to tell you about the New Pornographers show at Memorial…
Episode 95: woxy.com signoff – the end of the future
After 97X signed off in 2004, “the future of rock and roll” stayed alive as woxy.com – with many fits and starts (and stops) along the way. “Angel investors”… LaLa.com… Future Sounds… Oxford… Longworth Hall…
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Episode 94: A tribute to Kerry Gray
Kerry Gray was the program director at 97X in the late 80s/early 90s, and a radio “lifer.” He was a real live wire – super-energetic, enthusiastic, funny as heck… and also completely into the music.…
Back to the Future
Perhaps you’ve heard that the 97X Modern Rock 500 is making a comeback? More than 30 former on-air folks (Steve Baker, Julie Maxwell, Dan Reed, Rictile, Barb, Shiv, et al.) will be counting down the…
Episode 93: Memories of the 97X station signoff in 2004
It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly two decades since that fateful evening when Steve Baker said “goodbye to the future of rock and roll.” For current and former staffers and loyal listeners, it was…
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