TWO FOR TUESDAY - RADIO

Sitting here thinking that, well, it's Tuesday, what am I supposed to be doing?  Then it hit me, like a shoe smacked upside my head.  It's Tuesday - I should have put up a Two for Tuesday post on my blog called Bonehead.  Oops.

You see I actually got a job a few weeks ago, and I've been, well, busy.  Seriously, it's been great - I'm actually back in real radio - at a real radio station, doing real radio things.  I gave it a shot doing my own thing and that was fun - but while my own thing certainly afforded me great freedom and lots of time to work on the old blog thing here - it also afforded me less burgers and beers.  So I went back to radio.

But I did make a promise to keep up with my blog and my community service requirements due to that nasty incident back on '04.

Look - not all of my posts are going to be winners.  Some are gonna downright suck - but I will try to be consistent in posting so that I appear current (even though my haircut is not).

So - here's a simple theme for this weeks Tuesday thought - radio.  Duh.  Did you ever notice just how many songs there have been that have radio in the title?  Dozens, hundreds, thousands probably.  Ever wonder why?  Simple - to get a leg up on getting airplay on the....you guessed it....radio!  If there's a song that talks about radio it just sounds a little catchier when you're listening to it on the radio.  So it's bound to stand out just enough top garner a few extra spins and hopefully drive a few more sales for the almighty record company gods - who are currently in the process of trying to piss on the hands that feed them by charging radio operators a "royalty" tax on top of the thousands that are already poured into the coffers of the major licensing agencies by the radio stations that are playing the music that drives the sales of the singles and albums that help keep even the most talent starved artists, and their record company flunkies in cocaine and designer vodka.

Don't get me started - I really don't have the time right now - so here are two great songs that have something to do with radio.

I promised Don a posting including the great Elvis Costello - so I'm more than happy to oblige - I love the early Elvis, but pretty much anything he's touched has showcased his great talent.

Then speaking about great - the ultimate genius who even in death never has gotten the recognition I think he deserved - here's Mohammed's Radio from 1975.  Any chance I can find to include something from Warren Zevon I'm usually going to take...

 There's plenty to choose from for Thursday - see you then!