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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Sad indeed.A sad day is on the horizon for us boomahs .... WAAF is being sold to a non rock entity. WAAF and WHJY were everything pre sattelite radio ... WBRU also to a lesser extent for album cut people.
The glory days of youth slowly erode.
Sadly, another victim of the Internet digital age. The days when on-air radio was a source for new music discoveries died long ago along with record stores like Tower and HMV. Hell, I remember spending hours flipping through LP cutout bins and taking home 99-cent records by bands I'd never heard of because they had cool album art. Has me wondering if young people commune over common musical interests anymore with millions of available choices literally at their fingertips.A sad day is on the horizon for us boomahs .... WAAF is being sold to a non rock entity. WAAF and WHJY were everything pre sattelite radio ... WBRU also to a lesser extent for album cut people.
The glory days of youth slowly erode.
That’s how it happened.Sadly, another victim of the Internet digital age. The days when on-air radio was a source for new music discoveries died long ago along with record stores like Tower and HMV. Hell, I remember spending hours flipping through LP cutout bins and taking home 99-cent records by bands I'd never heard of because they had cool album art. Has me wondering if young people commune over common musical interests anymore with millions of available choices literally at their fingertips.
Ever go to concerts at the Channel? What a great venue that was.That’s how it happened.
Example:
Sophomore at UNH. Go into the record store on main st the second day back in early September. See this in the new arrivals bin:
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Buy it. Listen to it. It’s ****ing great. A couple of weeks later I see in the Phoenix that they’re playing at the Metro in October.
Becomes a life long band I love.
Big market for that and the new version of country which is really a form of pop.They're becoming Christian contemporary?? Really??
You mean pop is a brainwashing mechanism now? What hath the Pilgrims wrought?!?!Big market for that and the new version of country which is really a form of pop.
The Rat was a favorite because of “anything.”Ever go to concerts at the Channel? What a great venue that was.
Ever go to concerts at the Channel? What a great venue that was.
A sad day is on the horizon for us boomahs .... WAAF is being sold to a non rock entity. WAAF and WHJY were everything pre sattelite radio ... WBRU also to a lesser extent for album cut people.
The glory days of youth slowly erode.
Sadly, another victim of the Internet digital age. The days when on-air radio was a source for new music discoveries died long ago along with record stores like Tower and HMV. Hell, I remember spending hours flipping through LP cutout bins and taking home 99-cent records by bands I'd never heard of because they had cool album art. Has me wondering if young people commune over common musical interests anymore with millions of available choices literally at their fingertips.