Wednesday, March 16, 2005

K-DAY 93.5 FM

This one's for all you LA radio people- I love lots of different music, but the two things that I've never gotten into are 1.) contemporary country and 2.)rap/hip-hop. As for country, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, they're pretty good. I like Johnny Cash. But the Garth Brooks, Dixie Chicks is just petty, tear-jerking, frustratingly hackneyed music. My dislike for country isn't hatred, nor does it have anything to do with exposure, so for all of you country heads out there that want to say, "You just haven't been exposed to the GOOD country music." I'm not a fan of country, so stop trying. Ok, as for rap and hip-hop, that is a case of not being exposed to the right stuff because, as I come to the point of this post, my eyes have been opened. On my commute to Hollywood, I always would see signs for "KDAY- hip hop today and back in the day!" 93.5 FM. So i finally, switched over from Indie 103.1, one evening on my way home and HOLY SHIT- KDAY is astoundigly amazing. They play the best of old school hip hop and not so much of the newer, thuggy stuff. It's the stuff you can dance to and jump around and enjoy, without all the 40s and bitches and gun cocking sound effects and screaming about "deese streets!" They played a Slam! by Onyx, which was number one on MTVs video countdown when i was in 6th grade. They play Digital Underground, Young MC, old DJ Quik(which anyone can tell you is his best stuff), Skee Lo(I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller...), and newer Missy Elliot which I seem to like. All they need is to throw in some MC Hammer, Kriss Kross, and Bone Thugs and Harmony and I will be soooooo happy. So if it's six o clock and you don't want to listen to the re-broadcast of Jonesy's Jukebox or you're sick of 98.7 playing nothing but Maroon 5 and Jack Johnson and, for some reason, old Alanis Morrisette, tune your dial to KDAY, 93.5 FM. That shit is fucking awesome. In related radio news, it's St Patricks day here in Los Angeles and I'm sure, because sooooooooooo many people have been marching in the streets demanding LA radio stations take note of this very important holiday- Arrow 93.1, The Best Classic Rock, is playing ONLY U2 today. It's been about four hours, and they're reeeeeaaaaalllllyyy scraping the bottom of the U2 barrel. I think i'm going to throw up.

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