Since being saved in the 11th hour by Bill Nguyen of lala.com, woxy.com has turned it up to, well, 11. This past week's Lounge Acts featured an almost hour long acoustic set/interview with Pixies frontman/teenager of the year, Frank Black,…
A few weeks back we reported that online radio powerhouse WOXY was shuttering its studio after coming to the stark realization that advertising revenue and membership was not enough to sustain the station's operating costs. But now CityBeat is reporting…
Apologies for the scarcity of posts lately, the long holiday weekend combined with a recent move and new puppy have been occupying a lot of time.
Anywho, things haven’t been going exactly well in Cincinnati since I moved here over a year ago.
The city, which has been in a freefall since the 2001 riots, is barely hanging on by a pinky and there remains little incentive for anyone to come downtown after work. National chain restaurants are moving out and aren’t being replaced (downtown doesn’t even have a McDonald’s for crying out loud). The Main Street entertainment district continues to empty as bars either shut down for good or head for greener pastures across the river (or, in the case of Alchemize, to Northside). The Reds, up until recently, were in a pennant race yet had to offer half-price tickets and $1 hot dogs to get anybody to come to the game. Meanwhile suburbs like Mason and Westchester are growing like gangbusters. Some locals blame the construction on Fountain Square, but let’s be honest, is lowering a fountain to street level any kind of reason to come downtown?
And now WOXY is fading out.
Okay so it took me a little longer to upload just these two tracks. I'm sorry. But I included the two best from Elbow's live thing on KCRW Friday morning. Download Mexican Standoff Download Fugitive Motel If you'd like one…