U2 Mini-Marathon Coming January 13th

RR News

Happy New Year everyone!  I hope you had a great time taking part in whatever festivities there were around your area.  U2 won the Radio Revolution Mini-Marathon Poll this week, so that means I'll be bringing you three hours of nothing but the best of U2.  With over twenty albums in the RR collection, plan on hearing some of the band's finest music that you don't always hear on corporate radio.

Again, be sure to tune in January 13th from 8-11AM EST as we kick off another great season of Radio Revolution with the U2 Mini-Marathon.

Radio Revolution New Years Playlist

It's been a while since I posted a playlist, so here's a list of ten great songs I've come across in my time home in Cleveland.  You can find many of these artists on iTunes and CDBaby.com

1.  AC/DC-Anything Goes

2.  The Decemberists-The Crane Wife 3

3.  The Fratellis-Mistress Mabel

4.  Manic Street Preachers-Autumnsong

5.  The Rails-Ready To Fly

6.  Finn Riggins-Hraka

7.  Michael McDermott-20 Miles South of Nowhere

8. Peter Gabriel-Burn You Up, Burn You Down

9.  Coldplay-Lost+ (with Jay-Z) (This is off of the Prospekt's March EP)

10.  Ace Enders & A Million Different People-Bittersweet Symphony (cover of The Verve)

Book Review-"The Buzzard" by John Gorman

Of course being a Clevelander, I had to promote this book.  WMMS was THE station in the 70s and 80s for all the great classic rock bands.  It quickly became the station that every other station tried to be like and it solidified Cleveland as The Rock & Roll Capital.  John Gorman was the Music Director at the time that WMMS was just beginning to spread its wings and grow into The Buzzard.  The usual cast of characters include Kid Leo, Len "Boom Boom" Goldberg and of course Murray Saul with his classic "Get Down" phrase.  Even if you're not lucky enough to be from Cleveland, this is a great book for any radio fan especially if you happen to have an "I Break For Vinyl" sticker attached to your car.

Next Week

I'll be heading back to campus on the 11th with lots of new music in tow for the playlist and don't forget Radio Revolution is still on Tuesdays & Thursdays 8-11AM EST this semester.

Rock On,

Tim