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This Week's Theme: Around the World in 29 Songs As I wrote one year ago in Radio Faux Show Volume 1, Number 25 - almost every Faux Show includes one of my favorite mini-themes, Let's Take a Trip Around the World. My fondest memories of my time as a deejay 30+ years ago include discovering … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 29 (August 14, 2022): Around the World in 29 Songs
This Week's Theme: 50th Anniversary - 1972 (Part Two) Last week's Faux Show presented twenty-nine albums from 1972, and the list was a who's who of artists and albums that present some of the highlights of the rock and roll era. Here's the thing, though. This week's show may be an even better list of … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 28 (August 7, 2022): Music From 1972 (Part Two)
This Week's Theme: 50th Anniversary - 1972 (Part One) There are many candidates for Best Year in Music or Most Influential Year in Music. Arguments can be made for almost any year in the ‘60s or ‘70s, depending on what sort of music is being discussed. The early ‘80s are full of important years, and … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 27 (July 31, 2022): Music From 1972 (Part One)
A Faux Show Bonus The Radio Faux Show began as a playlist in March 2021. It was originally a way for me to discover new music, and by the summer of 2021 had evolved into the combination blog/playlist it has now become. July 27, 2022 marks the one-year anniversary of that first blog post. In … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Blog One Year Anniversary (July 27, 2022): A Look Back
This Week's Theme: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Snubs Part Two (Personal Selections) The theme of Radio Faux Show Volume 1, Number 35 was Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Snubs. That was a year ago, and there is now a new year of members being inducted. That means it is time to look … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 26 (July 24, 2022): Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Snubs Part Two (Personal Selections)
This Week's Theme: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Snubs Part One (Female Artists) The theme of Radio Faux Show Volume 1, Number 35 was Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Snubs. Looking back at it now, I stand by everything I said and feel that it was a pretty well thought out argument against … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 25 (July 17, 2022): Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Snubs Part One (Female Artists)
This Week's Theme: Best of 2022 (So Far) This week's Faux Show is a classic countdown list. I have included several different Best of the Year selections followed by a Top 10 albums countdown. These are all albums released through June, 2022. At the end of the year I will create a final Best of … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 24 (July 10, 2022): Best of 2022 (So Far)
This Week's Theme: Songs that Peaked at # 40 on the Billboard Charts (Artists G-J) See Radio Faux Show Volume 1 #22 and Radio Faux Show Volume 1 #38 for the first two parts of this series, featuring artists from A-C and D-F. For this week's show we get to use the greatest reference book … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 23 (July 3, 2022): Peaked at # 40 (Artists G-J)
This Week's Theme: Was It A Top 40 Hit? My move back into fully developed Faux Shows started last week, after a few months of simpler shows, with a theme that used my favorite music reference - Joel Whitburn's Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. I enjoyed that research so much that this week and … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 22 (June 26, 2022): Was It A Top 40 Hit?
This Week's Theme: Country Crossover Hits It has been a while since I have put together a fully-formed Faux Show, but this week sees the return to the research and thematic elements that led me to start doing this blog in the first place. The shows will start to be weekly again, and will cover … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 21 (June 19, 2022): Country Crossover Hits
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