WRXP of New York City bills itself as the "New York Rock Expericne" On paper it's a great idea -- combine great classic rcok tracks, classic new wave and current alternative rock with knowlegable radio personalities. How can you hate a station that has a daily feature called the "Punk trunk"? Or a station that reports as AAA but plays the Silversun Pickups and Iggy Pop?
Why then is this station not in my top 10 favorite stations?
Here's a sample hour:
Come Out and Play -- Offspring
True Faith -- New Order
use Somebody -- Kings of Leon
Welcome to the Jungle -- Guns n Roses
One Love/People Get Ready -- Bob Marley & the Wailers
Where the Streets Have No Name -- U2
You Never Know -- Wilco
Everlong -- The Foo Fighters
Peace Frog/Blue Sunday -- The Doors
Stay Positive -- The Hold Steady
Smells Like Teen Spirit -- Nirvana
On the Turning Away -- Pink Floyd
1) When you have a very eclectic playlist and format, you need to be careful about sequence and transitions, otherwise you have a random sounding "Ipod on shuffle" effect and some jarring musical contrasts,
2) Friends don't let friends play post-Roger Waters Pink Floyd.
3) Has anyone else noticed that the new Wilco single sorta stinks? Ok that was a bit off topic, but still...
In short this is a station I love to have on, but when I have it on, I always have my finger ready to push the other preset buttons.
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