I am not really sure where to start...I have been spinning Rock music on the Capital region airwaves for a long time now...and I was a DJ on Q-103...long before it was even called Q-103!
John Clark
New Seether Album On The Way
South African band Seether will be releasing a new album on May 17. The album will be titled "Holding On To Strings Better Left To Fray". Two days later, Q103 will be presenting Seether in concert at Northern Lights.
The Resurgence Of The Vinyl Album!
One day in May, 1983, I was on the air at rock station WBLM in Portland, Me. The station's Program Director walked in to the studio with the owner of a local music/electronics supply shop and told me that he was going to test out some new technology on the air. They than proceeded to hook up a Compact Disc Player and started to track Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of The Moon" on the air.
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Soundgarden to Record a New Album?
For the past few months, the members of Soundgarden have been spending time together, jamming , writing new material and pretty much trying to jump start Soundgarden again.
Cool cover versions!!!
The other day while playing "The Man Who Sold The World" by Nirvana on Q103, I started thinking about how good the original version of that song was too...when David Bowie originally released it. Than...it occured to me that we play some other "cover" versions of songs on Q103...
Q103-Albany’s (first and original) Rock Station!
Since you obviously listen to Q-103 and are checking out our new website, I thought that you might be interested to know that Q103 is actually Albany's first and longest lasting Rock station, by far!
Happy 2011 and the Top 10 songs of 2010!
So... I have to admit that I have always been in to tracking the top songs of the year since...I hate to admit...like junior high....or there abouts...Yes..a long...long time. I even used to make a point of taping the Top 100... or what ever of a particular year in those days...
Holiday Rock Songs
Since we are closing in on Xmas this weekend, I figured that I would suggest a few Xmas songs that you might want to load in to your Ipod or MP3 Player, or you may simply want to listen to this weekend. This list is far from comprehensive and if you have any other suggestions, Please pass them along to me.
Songs That Talk About Radio
After recently listening to the Tom Petty song "The Last DJ', I started contemplating just how many songs are out there that reference radio.
Being on the air when John Lennon was killed!
In December 1980, I was the evening DJ at former Portland, Me Rock station WYNZ-FM. It was a great gig at the time too. That particular night, December 8, was a Monday night which meant that I had a psychedelic super session scheduled for 10:50 PM...