Here’s what’s odd about doing this damn show. We get a lot of emails from people that really like what we’re doing, and that’s just dandy. But the ones that we like to frame and put up on the wall are from the complete lunatic fringe that think our little novelty music show is going to buckle Western civilization to its very knees.
We love the emails wherein we are blamed for rampant drug use, dogs getting hit by cars, a recent spike in cannibalism, and the pernicious human female breast. Those are the emails we really find fascinating. But for the rest of you, let’s be friends! Let’s walk the pathway of human warmth, hand in hand, and we hope you’ll enjoy many future episodes.
By the way, we ain’t exactly geniuses here, so if you have any great ideas, be sure and pass them along. Let me rephrase this: if you think you’re so stinkin’ brilliant, then send us a great idea, Chester!
Love your show, and now look forward to it each week (and the reruns/repeats, too!). At first (actually the first few times I heard it) I said to myself: “What is this? They’re only playing snatches of songs, and what are they saying about them? It goes by so quickly!” But the more I listened I became aligned with the pace/tempo/beat of it, and was able to discern the themes of the shows, and the decades of reference. (I’m 56 years old–almost 57, so I’ve been around for a lot of that stuff!)/Don’t have any brilliant ideas, but your reference to top hits of past decades got me wondering when were the earliest chartings of record sales? Were they doing that in the 1920s, 30s & 40s? I wonder if it began with the sales of 45s? But then I recall Duke Ellington had a hit without even realizing until he got a royalty check, as the Ink Spots (or some group like that) had recorded one of his songs and it took off. So charting was being done for awhile…right? Thanks again for your great show! Jeff Keith