Christmas Airchecks

Here’s an early Christmas present for all of you: a pair of archive files that each contain 90 minutes of somewhat innocuous holiday music.  The real bonus, though, is hidden in the recordings:  between the usual bits of Nat King Cole, Kenny G, and 101 Strings are little snippets of Chicago media history. These are recordings of two Chicago radio …

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Thanks for Sharing

Yesterday, some guy (I’m guessing between the ages of 18 and 22) was waiting at the train station with the rest of us morning commuters. He had a set of earbuds on, which is not noteworthy in itself, and he was playing his music pretty loudly so many of us could hear it– again, nothing …

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Satan’s iPod III: Mephistopholes’ Response to the Blender Article

The ‘net has been abuzz with the recent articles in Blender magazine listing the 50 Worst Bands and Songs of All Time. Now, some of these songs would appear by default on Hell’s Muzak System (which I envision as a less reprehensible version of Satan’s iPod) based on their mediocrity or plain stupidity. The Red …

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Satan’s iPod

Lately, I seem to be hearing a lot of songs that grate on my nerves. I mean, really grate on my nerves. They seem to pop up all over the place– radio, TV, in stores, in the car next to me with the nasty subwoofer… but mostly at my health club when I’m working out. …

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