Musical musings from aging hipsters
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…
Continue Reading Episode 82: Brian Niesz, unsung hero of live performances
Aaron Sharpe never listened to 97X… but he wore many hats at WNKU-FM, a station that picked up the mantle from 97X/woxy.com in being a free-spirited, adventurous, community-oriented radio station that introduced many to music…
Continue Reading Episode 77: Aaron Sharpe, Kindred Radio Spirit
The first treat is the Cereal Killers gig at MadTree tonight, 7-10 p.m. EDT. Sage advice from list member/Cereal Killer Howard Cohen (lead singer and driver of the Winnebago): Dress in layers and pray it…
If you need a bit of inspiration (or motivation) to get to a show or three, this photo ought to be worth at least a thousand words of encouragement: Live music – there ain’t nothin’…
Here’s Part II of our second interview with 97X station owners Doug and Linda Balogh. (It’s like a Star Wars triple trilogy… the subtitle for this one is “Episode 5: Revenge of the Good Guys.”)…
Steve Roemer (affectionately known “Roemie da Homie”) served three tours of duty as a Breakfast Club co-producer in 1993, commuting to the station on a balky bicycle. He also started a heavy metal sport at…
Continue Reading Episode 61: Steve Roemer, co-producer to the (non) Stars
The 97X Rumblings from the Big Bush podcast recently hit the 5,000 downloads mark on Podbean, our podcasting host site. That’s not too shabby for a ragtag duo that started out a year and a…
Before we get to this week’s gigs, I need to apologize. I let you down. There was a free show on Fountain Square this past Wednesday, featuring 500 Miles to Memphis, the Bottle Rockets, and…
Continue Reading This Week in Live Music: October 7-13… or 14
Welcome, officially (but not officiously) to Fall. Monday, September 23rd is the Autumnal Equinox. Summer’s going fast, nights growing colder Children growing up, old friends growing older (name that tune… without using Google search) 9/23…