Thursday, June 15, 2006

Yes!

Now this is pretty cool: click on this link to go to YES.net, and then pop in the call letters of a radio station - any radio station you can think of in the U.S. - and you'll find out what song that station is playing right now (!!), as well as it's Top 10 or Top 100. F'rinstance, Z100's current top 10 - at this exact moment, as I write this, June 15 2006 at 1:19 pm, is:

1. Fort Minor, “Where’d You Go”
2. Shakira, “Hips Don’t Lie”
3. Nick Lachey, “What’s Left of Me”
4. Panic! At the Disco, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”
5. Cassie, “Me & U”
6. Nelly Furtado, “Promiscuous”
7. Ashley Parker Angel, “Let U Go”
8. Chamillionaire, “Ridin'”
9. The Fray, “Over My Head”
10. Rihanna, “Unfaithful”

Compare and contrast to the always-tasteful WFUV, which seems to be having an Elvis C./Allen T. moment:

1. Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint, “River In Reverse”
2. Mason Jennings, “Be Here Now”
3. Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint, “Tears”
4. Alejandro Escovedo, “Arizona”
5. Bruce Springsteen, “Jacob’s Ladder”
6. Paul Simon, “Outrageous”
7. Beth Orton, “Heartland Truckstop”
8. Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, “This Is Us”
9. Josh Ritter, “Wolves”
10. Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint, “On The Way Down”

And then compare and contrast to the the crazy, lovable and irascible folks at 'FMU!

1. Andy Williams, "Can't Get Used to Losing You"
2. Celtic Frost, "Progeny"
3. Queen, "Liar"
4. Outkast, "Pink & Blue"
5. Led Zeppelin, "Out On The Tiles"
6. Nortec Collective, "Olvidela Compa"
7. The Flirtations, "Nothing But A Heartache"
8. Manu Dibango, "Ceddo End Title"
9. VHS or Beta, "Solid Gold"
10. Boom Bap Project, "Sho Shot"

Impressive!

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