Music isn't very exciting for me right now. I haven't listened to any new albums lately and I don't have a whole lot to say about any older releases. Usually, I find that the solution to musical boredom of this nature is the radio, so just last week, I started flipping through a bunch of random pop and hip-hop stations to get a better feel for what's hot these days. Unfortunately, even after a week, I still don't think I have a good feel for what's going on in the world of U.S. radio. Radio stations these days have an annoying habit of not identifying artists or song titles. Even worse, I've only been listening on my drive up to work, when silly, obnoxious morning talk shows dominate the air waves. It's all been pretty disappointing so far, but it can't hurt for me to summarize my recent re-introduction to Denver radio.
The Good: (In no particular order)
1. The revamped 102.1 playing Daft Punk's "Digital Love" and Basement Jaxx's "Where's Your Head At" in the same morning.
2. The new Nelly single.
3. No Alicia Keys.
4. No Creed.
5. No Moby.
6. Denver's country music stations are hilarious.
7. No Doubt's "Hella Good" (and I am NOT a No Doubt fan).
8. The Peak is dead.
9. Eminem.
The Bad:
1. Everything that the revamped 102.1 plays except Daft Punk's "Digital Love" and Basement Jaxx's "Where's Your Head At".
2. There's now only one hip-hop station.
3. No legitimate oldies station (maybe I just don't know what it is).
4. Morning talk shows.
5. Blackstreet's "No Diggity" (not terrible, but a little too old for me to hear it as often as I do).
6. I still haven't heard the Tweet single, which is at the same time incredible and incredibly sad.
7. The end of the age of Timbaland?
8. Severe Britney and boy band drought. This wasteland of second rate pop stars doesn't cut it.
9. The current state of guitar based pop in general.
The Horrible:
1. 93.3, Denver's official Gorillaz fan club.
