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Listening to the MR500 has been an amazing treat for me. A little over nineteen years ago, as a sophomore in high school, I stayed up late to hear 97X go off the air... I unfortunately fell asleep before I heard the final song and the farewell note, and woke up to some generic radio programming. The first day without the Future of Rock and Roll felt hollow.
Years later, I have found a wonderful home in KEXP (especially when they had a morning dedicated to 97X: that brought a tear to my eye as I sat at the computer), but hearing the voices of my childhood has been something else. Long live the Future of Rock and Roll.
a lil/lot age diff. but exact same sentiments! thanks for this unknown! like the idea of local branch of what kexp is. cus the only way future is really real is when it's happening around us
I can't even begin to tell you how much I'm enjoying this Modern Rock 500. It's so great to hear all the former DJs most of whose voices I haven't heard in roughly 30 years playing the very songs they introduced me to as a youth....I lived in Dayton so the only way I could tune in back in the 90s was on my alarm clock radio positioned JUUUSSST right on the edge of my dresser. 97X staff- you were so nice to me back in like 1995, I was on a college visit to Miami, and I talked my mom into driving me to the station so I could just marvel at it. Someone invited me in and gave me a tour! I lived in New Mexico for about four years in the late 90s, and around 1999 WOXY started streaming, I requested a song (probably GBV or something) and you guys sent me a care package - really cool tee shirt, a 97X water bottle and some stickers! I've still got the water bottle! I would drive from New Mexico to Dayton when I would come home for vacation, and would actually get to tune in IN THE CAR by the time I got to Eastern Indiana! It was always sad driving back to NM in the wee hours of the morning hearing the station fade out. (One really eerie fade out was Laurie Anderson's "O Superman" at probably 3 in the morning) it's just great to hear you all on the air again! Thank you all so much for the music education you gave me. I can't begin to describe how much I appreciate it! I listened/am listening to the very end!
OMG, that weird overnight guy would call in and request a song and would call back after each song that WASN'T his request, to complain. He kept telling me one night he was going to come to the station and Phil Manning called and banned him from calling. Dave told me that the guy had cornered him in a parking lot once and Dave jumped in his car and drove off with haste. I mean, I'm 100% weirdo, as are a handful of our listeners... but there's a limit, you know?
I definitely had listeners who would just show up at the door in the middle of the night and they were usually very sweet and well-intentioned, but I was like YOU HAVE TO GO.
this is kind of it for a send up from these years. nice. I kind of like the fact it will never be 60's bonkers with reliving the past, life is short enough as it is. reliving robs the now. especially if over done. and now is really freaking awesome!
We got over 30 former DJs, who are spread out all over the country, to volunteer their time to make this happen. I don't think there is any way we could have pulled this off in a live fashion, but I am thrilled with how it turned out!
One time, in the late 80's we took a call, it was Stan. He had a list of stations that played either Wall of Voodoo or some of his earlier solo stuff. He was living in I believe somewhere in the great Southwest. Well anyways, he said he had a wipe board with call letters of the stations that played either Wall of Voodoo or his solo stuff. He was calling to get our address and checking if we'd play his stuff. Well it was his classic "Mosquitos" album! Glad we took his call!
So my hubby & I do a DJ stream from our record room every Thursday night. Tonight, I am gonna take my first hour (which is 8-9pm eastern) to play songs inspired by the Modern Rock 500. Mostly, it'll be songs that have previously been on the countdown or maybe bands we played that never quite made the cut... It kicks off at 8pm eastern / 7pm central (as it does every Thursday, with few exceptions) over at twitch.tv/austinbloggy Come say hi in the chat!
When 97X went silent in '04, in order to survive, CR and I put the Marquee Moon CD into our car stereo and played it nonstop all summer long. It was the ONLY thing we played.
I am so grateful for this broadcast this week. It is keeping me sane as I try to complete writing/designing a magazine, wrapping a book re-design, and producing conference materials. The music and memories are keeping my spirits up so THANK YOU!
Thanks so much for tuning in, Jen! And from one designer to another, sending you strength to power through those projects 💪What's the magazine you're working on?
Has anybody ever seen Neil Young's Human Highway movie that also heavily features Devo? It's a wild ride and features one of the hardest jams ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clR-KJXk7DY
Did y'all know Stewart Copeland did the soundtrack for the first three Spyro The Dragon games? Some of my favorite games growing up and a killer soundtrack :)
I'm surprised they didn't get a little more love BUT the first album is the only one released during the FM years of 97X. And I actually think "Clint Eastwood" is the only song that has ever historically been on the countdown. We tried not to be too revisionist with this go 'round!
This blew my mind when I saw it!! Grimes Oblivion is also a keyboard pre-set. https://www.reddit.com/r/Grimes/comments/vc8rn6/bought_a_juno_g_having_fun_with_the_presets_used/
Plus his solo work rules too. Mistadoblina, If You Must...I caught Deltron 3030 at Bogarts a few years ago (shit, more than a few) and it was incredible!
Try hitting "refresh" or navigating off this thread and then back to it. We were having the same issue earlier and feared we had broken the boards (again).
I coached club and high school soccer for about 15 years and I was generally even keeled but when my high school team scored the go ahead and winning goal in the state championship final I went full Klopp on the sideline. My memory is fuzzy because of the adrenalin but one of the parents in the stands told me it happened.
I did email you about the Vince picture, wasn't sure about the email address until I saw the James Brown mugshot avatar in gmail.
Want me to show my age and how uncool I was before joining WOUB in college at Ohio University? When My Bloody Valentine came back in 2013, I thought everyone was excited about the metalcore band Bullet For My Valentine 😂
MBV! Found this band based only on their album cover shortly after it came out. I thought it sounded like something was wrong with the cassette even though I had it on CD. : D
1984 was a good year for Tigers fans for 13 year olds like me at that time(don't do the math). That was my gateway to becoming a Reds fan when I got to Cincy in 1989. All thanks to Sparky. Thanks for the 1984 callback.
I remember hearing this Radio Free Europe...tune on 97x...REM was headlining with Edie Brickell and new bohemians at Bogarts...Murmur released that week...we were like 200 people if that at Bogarts, everyone sat down on the floor in front of the stage...people were shouting to Edie, where u from...she was so shy...then REM came out...fun night!
I lived above Bagel & Deli my 5th year at Miami and in one of the bathrooms we had a radio rigged up to turn on with the light switch. For some reason my only specific reflection of that was how often I turned it on and "Yellow" was on
Did anybody watch Meet Me in the Bathroom? I read the book but never got around to the doc. Lot's of great content from/about YYY, The Strokes, The National, TV on the Radio, etc
The doc is solid, but I pretty easily get nauseous / carsick and it's just FILLED with unsteady amateur camcorder footage from those early shows that nearly made me throw up.
I've always found Maps buy the Yeah Yeah Yeah to be such an unusual song, it builds this tension throughout and despite the quite/loud dynamic there really isn't any relief or release but it's still a fabulous song and an addicting listen
Me just home from a marching band performance (football game for the rest of you), eating some leftover on the couch when Matt Pinfield says this next song is the premiere of new artist Jeff Buckley called Last Goodbye, and I died a little bit on the couch that night.
I was a very loyal 97x listener and I miss it so much. Thank you for doing this. It is bringing back so many good memories. Feel free to do this every year.
reminiscing ain't normally my thang. but when I do I reach for a nice well rounded anniversary like 40 years and sit back and inhale deeply. thank you inhale radio!
Sidenote to the music: The t-shirt orders just keep rolling in!! 🤩 Thank you so much, everyone! All sales help directly support Inhailer Radio to keep running so we can offer more programming like this in the future.
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Listening to the MR500 has been an amazing treat for me. A little over nineteen years ago, as a sophomore in high school, I stayed up late to hear 97X go off the air... I unfortunately fell asleep before I heard the final song and the farewell note, and woke up to some generic radio programming. The first day without the Future of Rock and Roll felt hollow.
Years later, I have found a wonderful home in KEXP (especially when they had a morning dedicated to 97X: that brought a tear to my eye as I sat at the computer), but hearing the voices of my childhood has been something else. Long live the Future of Rock and Roll.
I see you trying to keep me listening with Deluxe by Lush, Inhailer. That was the first CD I ever bought.
loved when the drop kick mcenroes beat the bjork borgs. feathers everywhere
Til tomorrow... Thanks for another trip down memory lane!
I can't even begin to tell you how much I'm enjoying this Modern Rock 500. It's so great to hear all the former DJs most of whose voices I haven't heard in roughly 30 years playing the very songs they introduced me to as a youth....I lived in Dayton so the only way I could tune in back in the 90s was on my alarm clock radio positioned JUUUSSST right on the edge of my dresser. 97X staff- you were so nice to me back in like 1995, I was on a college visit to Miami, and I talked my mom into driving me to the station so I could just marvel at it. Someone invited me in and gave me a tour! I lived in New Mexico for about four years in the late 90s, and around 1999 WOXY started streaming, I requested a song (probably GBV or something) and you guys sent me a care package - really cool tee shirt, a 97X water bottle and some stickers! I've still got the water bottle! I would drive from New Mexico to Dayton when I would come home for vacation, and would actually get to tune in IN THE CAR by the time I got to Eastern Indiana! It was always sad driving back to NM in the wee hours of the morning hearing the station fade out. (One really eerie fade out was Laurie Anderson's "O Superman" at probably 3 in the morning) it's just great to hear you all on the air again! Thank you all so much for the music education you gave me. I can't begin to describe how much I appreciate it! I listened/am listening to the very end!
blackstar burned out so so bright
Is it weird that the first thing that comes to mind then I hear "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by The Stooges is the movie Friday Night Lights?
That Stooges intro gets me every time .. 😱
OMG, that weird overnight guy would call in and request a song and would call back after each song that WASN'T his request, to complain. He kept telling me one night he was going to come to the station and Phil Manning called and banned him from calling. Dave told me that the guy had cornered him in a parking lot once and Dave jumped in his car and drove off with haste. I mean, I'm 100% weirdo, as are a handful of our listeners... but there's a limit, you know?
Friz in the house. What's up?
Love this song by The Church.
this is kind of it for a send up from these years. nice. I kind of like the fact it will never be 60's bonkers with reliving the past, life is short enough as it is. reliving robs the now. especially if over done. and now is really freaking awesome!
the voice of a very fun angel
Mexican Radio to Save It for Later to Life During Wartime is so nice.
best logo contest winner?
Always dig me some Stan Ridgway
So my hubby & I do a DJ stream from our record room every Thursday night. Tonight, I am gonna take my first hour (which is 8-9pm eastern) to play songs inspired by the Modern Rock 500. Mostly, it'll be songs that have previously been on the countdown or maybe bands we played that never quite made the cut... It kicks off at 8pm eastern / 7pm central (as it does every Thursday, with few exceptions) over at twitch.tv/austinbloggy Come say hi in the chat!
Gonna be tuning in tonight with a needle in my arm for 2 hours +. Donating platelets at The Red Cross in Cleveland...
In my heart, this song is #1 on the MR500.
Ooh yeah, gotta love this twangy Television tune 😌
Nice shoutout to Akron!
Did anybody watch Danny Elfman's Coachella set last year on the livestream? Dude is SO STRONG now and did most of the set shirtless.
I am so grateful for this broadcast this week. It is keeping me sane as I try to complete writing/designing a magazine, wrapping a book re-design, and producing conference materials. The music and memories are keeping my spirits up so THANK YOU!
Has anybody ever seen Neil Young's Human Highway movie that also heavily features Devo? It's a wild ride and features one of the hardest jams ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clR-KJXk7DY
Another one for the covers list.
AKRON representing!
Finally!!!! Hi, Matthew Sweet!
MATTHEW SWEET <3
Did y'all know Stewart Copeland did the soundtrack for the first three Spyro The Dragon games? Some of my favorite games growing up and a killer soundtrack :)
This is Nils’ theme song as he monitors our listener metrics
Was just sitting here wondering when/if Gorillaz would appear!
So great
https://twitter.com/bpoppenheimer/status/1641133311291424789
Del The Funky Homosapien is the freaking man too
Clint Eastwood!! Gorillaz/Damon superfan over here
this one also sounds very close to the top (to me)
Such Great Heights is such a quintessentially 97X song.
This re-air bumper playing Spin the Bottle by Juliana Hatfield Three has been tricking me all week in the best way possible.
I used to think the lyrics were "I'd dance like the king of the assholes"
humility moments that stick with me are building blocks. at least for this block
This makes me so thankful to be doing radio in the digital age. It's so easy to get anything we want played!
That story is SO Jack White
So, where is the Radiohead count so far? Inquiring minds...
SCORE! 3:00 meeting rescheduled to next week and told we can cut out at 2:00 tomorrow.
Fell in Love with a Girl has to be one of the shortest songs on the countdown (with the possible exception of every GBV song).
We're SO close to breaking our peak listenership again this week.
Rocking and Rolling memories all week as I listen. TY!
That moment you remember this is also being broadcast over those FCC waves...
I want to pet you like an animal
TRIXIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Suddenly thinking of that Ziggy Stardust tribute show I attended with CR at Southgate House. Paging Chespo!
Want me to show my age and how uncool I was before joining WOUB in college at Ohio University? When My Bloody Valentine came back in 2013, I thought everyone was excited about the metalcore band Bullet For My Valentine 😂
MBV! Found this band based only on their album cover shortly after it came out. I thought it sounded like something was wrong with the cassette even though I had it on CD. : D
Another "oops, how am I doing 90 on the E-way?" track
bloody!
Surely Barb is up next.
Here to BAM my boys! This is the very first Whigs song I ever heard.
It was playing on the station when I got in my car after my interview for a part time airshift at 97X.
Yes, the Afghan Whigs are like a teleporter. Did you catch the call out to them on the latest The National track?
Hell yeah...Whigs!
Paging Babs. Paging Babs. Dulli calling.
wearing my Whigs tee under work clothes today. 🤘 THE band i never thought I'd get to see live. 3x now
Stupid 3:00 meeting and having to stop listening in order to get ready...
God I love Pavement 😍
there's my pavement! hello pavement. I missed you
1984 was a good year for Tigers fans for 13 year olds like me at that time(don't do the math). That was my gateway to becoming a Reds fan when I got to Cincy in 1989. All thanks to Sparky. Thanks for the 1984 callback.
I remember hearing this Radio Free Europe...tune on 97x...REM was headlining with Edie Brickell and new bohemians at Bogarts...Murmur released that week...we were like 200 people if that at Bogarts, everyone sat down on the floor in front of the stage...people were shouting to Edie, where u from...she was so shy...then REM came out...fun night!
I lived above Bagel & Deli my 5th year at Miami and in one of the bathrooms we had a radio rigged up to turn on with the light switch. For some reason my only specific reflection of that was how often I turned it on and "Yellow" was on
Arctic Monkeys!!
Alright, now we're gettin' to my @#$! with Arctic Monkeys 🔥🔥🔥
Did anybody watch Meet Me in the Bathroom? I read the book but never got around to the doc. Lot's of great content from/about YYY, The Strokes, The National, TV on the Radio, etc
I've always found Maps buy the Yeah Yeah Yeah to be such an unusual song, it builds this tension throughout and despite the quite/loud dynamic there really isn't any relief or release but it's still a fabulous song and an addicting listen
Misheard lyrics. I thought it was "Wayne, they don't love you like I love you" for years...
Anybody seen Yeah Yeah Yeahs before? They're playing in Portland soon and I'm heavily considering it!
Every time I hear a song from Definitely Maybe I'm reminded what great straightforward rock album it is, just excellence throughout.
I feel like having one Ramone's song would pretty much cover all of their catalog (joking...slightly).
some Ramone tune is a top 5
AYE OH, LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I won tickets to see Lenny Kravitz from 97X
BAM for the Dandy's!! If you get a chance to go see them do it, they still rip live!
Flaming Lips making me miss Bunbury.
I don't have enough Faith No More in my diet. Thank you.
I am getting zero work done, and that is okay.
best smith? this ad.
this ad kills me every time 🤣🤣🤣🤣
what the smith
Shout out to hearing about every single show that JJ ever attended!
Alright, where are we at with the B-52s count? I would like them to beat The Smiths. I am slightly kidding.
"Love Shack" will ALWAYS bring a smile to my face!
Me just home from a marching band performance (football game for the rest of you), eating some leftover on the couch when Matt Pinfield says this next song is the premiere of new artist Jeff Buckley called Last Goodbye, and I died a little bit on the couch that night.
This album is so freaking good. Gone too soon.
I was a very loyal 97x listener and I miss it so much. Thank you for doing this. It is bringing back so many good memories. Feel free to do this every year.
F********ck. 🥺
Another sweater sighting! (I knew it was coming)
Man, life's so rad...
that screaming family ad was hilarious! laughing emoji