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Here’s the problem. I have several K-Chuck Radio blog posts that are in various stages of completion. You know, find ten YouTube music clips and combine them all into one blog post. Sometimes these posts take a while to write – you have to find YouTube clips that are entertaining and are part of the…

Yesterday, for some unknown reason, I had Paul Simon’s lyrics to “The Sounds of Silence” running through my head. Don’t know why. I’ve always appreciated that song, both the acoustic version – and the “electrified” version that we hear on Top 40 radio. And I kept thinking about how eloquent and versatile the Paul Simon…

My feelings about CRUSH FM radio are thus.  I will listen to CRUSH FM until they play Blackstreet’s “No Diggity.”  That means I’m listening to CRUSH FM for about ten minutes a day. And for a station that prides itself on playing the “hits of the 90’s,” I’m surprised that CRUSH FM hasn’t opened their…

I’ve mentioned in the past that Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody was the first 45 I ever purchased with my own money – the first record that didn’t have the words “Disney” or “Cricket” on the label.  I bought the 45 at Blue Note Record Shop in Albany; and 35 years later, that 45 is still in…

It’s approximately 1979 to 1983.  You’re at the roller rink and the music’s playing and pulsing and you’re skating around the track with your friends.  Great time.  Happy time.  And the music – it was five levels of excellent.  You could hear singers without Auto-Tune.  You could identify all the instruments – even if it…

Okay, on this edition of K-Chuck Radio, I’m going to bring you several audio and video clips from various unknown musicians.  Here’s the rules.  You need to listen to the clip first… and then try to guess what famous singer or group emerged from this early effort.  Ready, set, here we go. 1. This Southern…

First off, make sure you’re ready to rock out this Saturday in Troy, as there will be hot music up and down River Street.  Yep, it’s time for “River Street Riot,” with great music and dancing and food and drinks.  And all the proceeds will help benefit the Arts Center of the Capital Region. Everything…

It’s Saturday morning.  You’re climbing out of bed, rubbing the sleep out of your eyes, and getting ready to face the morning with a dazzling smile. And instinctively, you open up the Venetian blinds.  YOW!! SUNSHINE!!! It’s gonna be a good day. So let’s have a K-Chuck Radio with a ton of great summery pop…

Apparently there’s a news report that James McCartney might be forming a band with Dhani Harrison, Zak Starkey and Sean Lennon at some point. Yep.  Apparently the sons of the Beatles are contemplating forming a new generation of Beatles.  I’ll pass over the possible jokes about whether or not they would record their parents’ old…

Bill Winans at WMHT sent me this link to this really cool re-use of vintage computer equipment into something more – shall we say – aesthetically pleasing. Remember the grinding and buzzing of those old floppy disc drives? Remember that whirring and chugging and chitty chitty bang banging they did, almost as if you could…