i heard me some hot hot heat on 102.9 today. this prompted me to check out their playlist. damn, it's almost a decent station. here's the top 20:

Radiohead
There There

Queens Of The Stone Age
Go With The Flow

Audioslave
Show Me How To Live

Jane's Addiction
Just Because

Cold
Stupid Girl

White Stripes
Seven Nation Army

Staind
So Far Away

Linkin Park
Faint

- 311 -
Creatures (for A While)

Eve 6
Think Twice

Evanescence
Going Under

Hot Hot Heat
Bandages

Seether
Driven Under

Shinedown
Fly From The Inside

Good Charlotte
The Young And The Hopeless

Blank Theory
Sour Times

Disturbed
Liberate

A.F.I.
The Leaving Song Pt. II

Ataris
The Boys Of Summer

Switchfoot
Meant To Live

i just had somewhat of a debate with someone who claimed "pretty much every song made is on the radio"

i was like i cant belive you actually think that

Radiohead and Queens of the Stone Age are pretty good... the rest are, well, not. Hardly a decent station.

(Edited by SeannWilliamScott at 2:47 am on Jul. 31, 2003)

Wha? I had no idea that they were getting airplay on secular stations. Good for them.

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 8:31 am on Jul. 31, 2003)

I think I'm the only person that hates Hot Hot Heat.

The Buzz still sucks overall. Actually, It makes me sad that good songs are played in the midst of other crap like that. I do like most of what I've heard of the HHH, but I haven't bought the album yet.

exactly how I feel. I tried to listen to that shit station for about an hour when they were giving away White Stripes tickets, and I just could not do it for any longer than that. The fact that they play Herbal Escence (or as some people like to call it, Evanescence)...well, that's enough for me to never listen to it. If I want to listen to The White Stripes or Radiohead, I can put in a tape.

(Edited by Sexy Sadie at 11:25 am on Jul. 31, 2003)

yeah, stupid people suck.

I hate Hot Hot Heat.

thank god. i thought i was alone in the world.

The best radio station in town is 1160 am late at night.

corporate radio sucks........listen to college radio or NPR

radio only plays what they want you to hear. i'm going to have to agree with ole ray davies on this one.

Tell me it's cool. I just don't believe it. Sell out... with me, alright. Sell out... with me, tonight.

Sorry. Late-90s flashback. My bad.

(Edited by carligula at 5:32 pm on Jul. 31, 2003)

now now, radiohead, jane's addiction, queens of the stone age, hot hot heat (who i happen to like) and AFI are all good bands. i haven't heard AFI's new single but i love their old stuff. from what i understand, though it sounds as crappy as that "new 'punk'" shit. anyway, ya gotta give them a little credit. sounds better than any station we have here...

its not the bands in question......its how the radio literally crams music down your throat until the public can't bear it anymore. they wear everything out.

Sorry, but the only two I care to listen to on that list are Radiohead and The White Stripes, but that's just me. I've just never been a fan of the others. If I happen to pass by that station (which is a rarity since I think the radio sucks in general and never listen to it, other than Ray Davies' show, of course ), it's always playing some new metal-sounding junk. It's all poo to me.

I haven't listened to anything but the CDs in my changer and talk radio for about 2 years because of that very problem. I hate everything on the radio now, except for a random moment when I scan past WRLT and they are playing something I like. It's really hit or miss with them though.

Even 99X in Atlanta has taken a nosedive since around 98/99. I used to get excited when driving there and the station started to come in range because it was so good and I wished we had a station like that here.

Unfortunately, they have started playing the same old crap that everyone else is playing and last time I was there I heard Eminem on the station. With a tear in my eye, I turned it off and listened to my CDs again.

The Buzz blows hard. I used to love listening to the radio, but the only radio I listen to anymore are the Oldies station(s), eighties station, and Vandy (occassionally). Honestly though, CDs are better.

It does suck. It's got a tad of goth on top of the "new punk" but it definitely has a healthy helping of both. The album is sort of enjoyable to listen to a few times, but it's not a great album. Definitely subpar. It just seems to me like Davey Havok is trying to play himself off as a mix between Glenn Danzig and Robert Smith (The Cure)... he comes off like an ass...

Holy crap! I've never heard of that! How can something intangible like music be literally crammed down one's throat? By an inanimate object nonetheless! That is astounding! I'm very much intrigued by the notion, but I'm afraid to turn on the radio now for fear of choking to death. Plus, I'll bet it's hard to get the notes from between your teeth.

My petty semantics aside, I think this is exactly the point. We obviously can't have a valid discussion here about whether or not radio sucks because it breaks down into "I like this" "I can't fucking stand that" and "People who like this shit on a shingle they call popular music are completely mindless morons". One can fault a radio station, however, for not providing variety. In that case, from what I can tell, the Buzz sucks. So does AFI. You're stupid if you think otherwise.

(Edited by carligula at 11:23 am on Aug. 1, 2003)

have you noticed that our beloved eighties station doesn't play 80s anymore? every time i turn to star 97, they're playing michelle branch.

Maybe now they're just playing artists born in the 80s?

It's a little of both from what I have noticed. I know that I heard "I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight" yesterday afternoon, but have also noticed some newer stuff creeping into rotation. It sucks.

Just so you know, she's playing a free show at Tower Records on West End some afternoon next week. Who's with me?

I actually was thinking about walking over. I work a few feet from Tower. I'd be right there with you ready for her to autograph my freshly shorn bikini line, but I'll be in Florida.

Okay, then. I'm gonna go puke now.

Every now and then, I turn it on again, but it's plain to see that the radio still sucks. I have 3 tapes in my car, something different on each side, and that's been doing fine for about three quarters of the past year.

I think Radio Sucks, I think the White Stripes suck, I think Michell Branch sucks, I think I suck, I think everything sucks. I like to post messages that says things suck. Because It makes me look like I dont suck. If I didnt suck, Id be making alot of money not sucking. Maybe I would be famous. Maybe I would be on the radio. But I suck.

YOU SUCK TOO

i think i lost you at "suck"

i like that song a lot.

I'll have to say that the radio sucks and I hardly ever listen to the radio when I get in my car. The only problem is when I ride with others then I am subjected to the never ending cycle of bullshit songs that are actually getting air time?! whaa? I can't believe some of the stuff I hear on 102.9 the buzz. The way they mix it all together is horrible an makes me lose interest quickly. When I listen to the radio my finger ends up getting more exercise than my ears b/c I'm changing it to another station. So CD's are my only true friends in the car.

(Edited by Genius Girl at 8:09 am on Aug. 5, 2003)

Am I the only person young enough to remember Thunder 94? God, I dearly miss that station............so much good music on there.......allegiance to good local bands - self, fluid ozs,etc - it was the golden age of Nashville radio. Of course, like anything else good, it was taken off the air. The most traumatic moment of my life was turning on that station and realizing not only were my favorite DJs gone (randy and the little round dude), but my music had been replaced with Shania Twain. It still causes me to wake up in a cold sweat sometimes.

Young enough?