WOXY.COM: Modern Rock 500 This Weekend!

[shivvy]

Just a reminder: the 17th Annual Modern Rock 500 kicks off Saturday morning at 10am eastern! Join Mike, Barb, and myself as we spin some the greatest songs in the history of the station. To listen, just check out the links at: WOXY VINTAGE

If you haven't become a member of WOXY.COM yet, or you need to renew, now is a PERFECT time to do it so that you can hear the Modern Rock 500 on the high bandwidth streams. Thanks for tuning in and for supporting independent internet radio at WOXY.COM.

Schedule (all times eastern):
Saturday -- 10am-Midnight
Sunday -- Noon-Midnight
Monday -- 10am-#1 (approx. 8pm)

Remember the 500 is ONLY streaming on WOXY VINTAGE, so you need to make sure you are connected to the Vintage channel to check it out!

[euro60]

yay! Let's get it going!

[Jumpman]

Sucks that I'll be out of town for most of it without access to WOXY. At least I got Monday.

[gwar469]

aw hell yeah!! gimme some sugar, baby!

[chaos]

Yay! Memorial Day weekend at last. Can't wait.

[indigobunting]

I've been streaming for the past 48 hrs.

[indigobunting]

still listening, listening, listening.

[twentyshots]

Originally Posted by indigobunting

I've been streaming for the past 48 hrs.

i am surprised Bitpass didn't send an ambulance over.

[vwbeatles_girl]

I've been listening to the whole thing I do not agree with the #1 song but the rest was effing awesome!

[VarmintJerky]

Originally Posted by vwbeatles_girl

I've been listening to the whole thing I do not agree with the #1 song but the rest was effing awesome!

Yeah, I'd like to see a little more newer stuff work its way into the mix, especially in the sub-100 crowd. But it was still a lot of fun. And honestly, I'm just glad that there's a MR500 to listen to

[PH Fancyboy]

Originally Posted by VarmintJerky

Yeah, I'd like to see a little more newer stuff work its way into the mix, especially in the sub-100 crowd. But it was still a lot of fun. And honestly, I'm just glad that there's a MR500 to listen to

I think the issue with new tunes on the 500 is that the alternative or modern rock format just does not create "hits" like it used to, and for the most part, the 500 is a listing of "hits", love it or hate it. I mean, name me a Sufjan Stevens song that's as much of a 'hit' (i.e. rather well known song) as anything on the 500? It's just that the format as a whole is probably more removed from the mainstream than at any time - ever - and the creation of hits kind of depends on their wider appeal.

That's what I think, anyway.

[akip]

it was too nice outside to catch much of it; i'd like to see the whole list.

the upper numbers are always more interesting than the lower ones, which tend to be the same ones scrambled. that's always the way it is with lists, unless they're way idiosyncratic.

[jd1]

Originally Posted by VarmintJerky

Yeah, I'd like to see a little more newer stuff work its way into the mix, especially in the sub-100 crowd. But it was still a lot of fun. And honestly, I'm just glad that there's a MR500 to listen to

Remember also that we get the 97-Best list at the end of each year, and by definition that's entirely made up of new stuff. The MR500 is more a historical survey. At least, that's what I choose to think.

Many thanks to all the WOXY crew for putting it on again this year! Being stuck working in my office all day Saturday & Sunday was nowhere near as bad since I had the MR500 going the whole time.

--JD