As I work on my next podcast, I’m listening to what must be the most nostalgic playlist ever. At least if you were a young adult in the NYC area during the 1980s. The playlist is comprised of all the Screamer of the Week winners form WLIR FM. Back in the 1980s, THE place for new music in the metro NYC area was WLIR. Every week, […]
I’m sitting here listening to a new song by deadmau5. If you are unfamiliar with deadmau5, he’s a DJ and electronic dance music (EDM) artist who performs in a mask that kind of looks like Mickey Mouse. He was doing this well before Marshmello was walking around with a giant marshmallow on his head. One of the things I especially like about deadmau5 is that his […]
The first time I heard about Holly Knight, it was the mid-1980s. WLIR was playing this song called “Obsession” in heavy rotation. At some point it was even the Screamer of the Week. For those unlucky enough to have not spent some of the 80s in the Greater New York City area, WLIR was the premier “New Music” station. The “Screamer of the Week” was […]