50. The Replacements, Pleased to Meet Me (1987) According to bassist Tommy Stinson, the Replacements went to Memphis expecting, maybe even intending, to implode. Arguably, such an outcome wouldn’t have been a surprise to anybody. The Minneapolis band was as … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #50 and #49
Another Trivia Weekend has completed it’s fifty-four hour traipse across the airwaves, and I’m pleased to say that a fine overall job was done by the students and other volunteers at my beloved alma mater WWSP-FM. Considering the higher degree … Continue reading 13
53. New Order, Low-Life (1985) When Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris officially formed New Order together, they knew that the music they made under that moniker was going to be compared to their previous band, Joy Division. If … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #53 to #51
The Low-Stakes Magic of Trivia by Richard Morgan It’s always a pleasure — laced with a hint of the unreal — to see the trivia contest to which I’ve devoted ludicrous amounts of time and mental energy get an adoring … Continue reading Outside Reading — The Masters Are Here edition
In detailing the lore of the annual trivia contest staged by student-run radio station WWSP-90FM, I have previously shared that my beloved and notorious team that participates in said contest has an official theme song that just so happens to … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Dexys, “I’m Going to Get Free”
This coming weekend, I’ll participate in the fifty-third staging of The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM. As per tradition, this week is filled with idle reminiscing about memorable answers in past years. In the fairest methodology I can conceive of, 90FM’s … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day — Mary
This coming weekend, I’ll participate in the fifty-third staging of The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM. As per tradition, this week is filled with idle reminiscing about memorable answers in past years. Although the whole structure of television release schedules as … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day — Fiona X
This coming weekend, I’ll participate in the fifty-third staging of The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM. As per tradition, this week is filled with idle reminiscing about memorable answers in past years. In the early two-thousands, my partner-in-all-things and I saw … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day — Cat Power
This coming weekend, I’ll participate in the fifty-third staging of The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM. As per tradition, this week is filled with idle reminiscing about memorable answers in past years. For those of us who are most devoted to … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day — Marmalade
56. Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians, Globe of Frogs (1988) “My songs are drawn from the same material dreams are,” Robyn Hitchcock told a reporter not long after the release of Globe of Frogs, his first album with A&M Records. … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #56 to #54
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