PAULA WHYMAN

  curiouswriter

Uncle.

Okay, I said it.  On the best day, I can listen to four songs by AC/DC, the four good songs.  But somehow XM has managed a month (or more? it seems like more...) of 24/7 AC/DC on channel 53.  I get it, there's a new album.  Now please bring back Fungus 53.  I miss Pennywise.

According to sources, XM/Sirius is playing AC/DC until January, and axing Fungus completely. This is just the kind of nonsense I predicted in my earlier post on this merger.

So, hey--My subscription is up for renewal in January--Anyone listening?  Please don't make me shout.

XM Channel 53 is running all AC/DC, all the time.  I think it goes through at least the end of the month (who knew there WAS this much AC/DC??), and it will include their new album, Black Ice.

 And, with Channel 51 still running Metallica 24/7, that's like, whoa.  A lot.  Of.  Loud. Unavoidably Redundant, but also Pretty Good Head-Banging Tunage.

Er.  Music.

See, you can count on me to bring you news of the more important cultural events.

Heard these three songs last night on my way home from Back-to-School Night:

 Andy Kim - Rock Me, Gently

Social Distortion - Ring of Fire

Green Day - Hitchin' a Ride

Why they are great: 

Andy Kim because I'm seriously enjoying the 1970s music resurgence, and it's why I watch the extremely bad show Swingtown, even though my husband teases me about it.  Okay for that, and the clothes.  And the wallpaper.  The dialogue is hilarious.  Oh but maybe it's not supposed to be. 

Social Distortion does a good cover of Ring of Fire, which I hardly need to say is a terrific song.  I'm trying to recall if I've ever heard a bad cover of it (karaoke does not count).