Rich’s Rants
Best of 2012: Top 36 songs
Here's the best 36 songs of 2012, no artist was doubled up and there is alot of great local stuff on this list as well, go track these down and buy them all, it will be the best $36 you'll spend all year. and you can enjoy the video for the number one song at the...
12/30/2012 The Top Albums show
Due to a tech glitch the stream of the Peak was down, it did air over the air, but for those of my listeners who are out of the signal range they never heard the show, which featured Jack Antonoff from Fun. calling in and an interview with Lucero, who's women and work...
Playlists for 12/30/12 on THE PEAK and WDHA
107.1 The Peak Anything, Anything Dramarama Quincy discusses punk rock You're So Vain Odd Couple (RIP Jack Klugman) The Sidestep Charles Durning (RIP Charles) Rescue Me Fontella Bass (RIP Fontella) Nothing Matters Peter Buck (#12 album) Here Comes My Man The Gaslight...
Best of 2012: Top 12 albums
Here's my list of top 12 albums of 2012: 1. Women and Work LUCERO 2. Call me Sylvia LOW CUT CONNIE 3. Some Nights FUN. 4. Wrecking Ball BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 5. Bless this Mess PRIMA DONNA 6. Glad all Over WALLFLOWERS 7. Theatre is Evil AMANDA PALMER & GRAND...
The Best 20 Albums of 2011 (and they are all available on Vinyl)
There was a lot of great music released in 2011, and a ton on vinyl as the kids of today are learning to enjoy the warmth and expansive sound of a record while holding the cover reading the lyrics or liner notes. This makes the world a better place. It was close to a...
The Announcement….Coming on 9/14 at 4pm…hear it on your radio
I am very fortunate to have had my first ever radio show in the biggest market in the world, doing free form on the commercial dial, where free form is all but extinct. As you probably read in a previous post, the ratings kicked ass and people dig free form. I will be...
The Little Free Form show that could….
As the Anything Anything radio show gets ready to announce its return and since technically I’m not on a radio station yet, I am able to discuss some of the ratings of the show when it existed on RXP. Once I am back on the radio, I’m not allowed to discuss them on air...
RIP JERRY LEIBER
Earlier this week, legendary songwriter Jerry Leiber passed away, he and his partner Mike Stoller gave us so many rock and roll classics, Springsteen has covered numerous of their songs througout the years including a great version with U2 of "Stand by Me" that didn't...
I Call Bullsh*t On The “27 Club”
Ok, so let me get this straight, any musician who dies under any circumstances and is 27 years old gets admitted to the "27 Club", like it’s some sort of career achievement? And really people, a “club” for those who died? Would the media classify those who died...
The Playlist for the Final Show that never happened….
On June 21st when it was announced RXP had been sold, we all knew right away that the format would be switched. At that time I began planning for a final anything anything show on RXP. Based on all of the info we were getting, that last show would have been July 24th...
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PLAYLIST for 12/8/2024 HOLIDAY PART ONE and OnDemand Player
Christmas, Christmas Mojo Nixon Christmas Time Chris Stamey Group and db's Christmas Fever Timmy Christmas The Fright Before Christmas Brice Armstrong and the All American Ghouls Here Comes Peter Cotton Claus Alex Houston and Elmer (ventriliquist) Rabbits...