Last weekend, Q101--the local "alternative" station here in Chicago since 1992, which made it a major fixture in the better memories of the past 13 years--did an experimental thing called "Q101 on Shuffle". This was allegedly a giant mp3 player full of EVERYTHING they'd ever played on Q101 since their earliest days, played randomly from Friday through Sunday, and it TOTALLY FUCKING ROCKED MY WORLD.
Well, what I heard of it, anyway. I missed most of the weekend because of Tim--that's another story--and so I was hoping they would repeat it soon.
Thursday they announced a format change. Their new format? "Q101 on Shuffle." Apparently listener response was so overwhelmingly positive that they decided to make it a full-time thing.
People, they just played "Lump"!!! And earlier? They played Supergrass! And then they played the new NIN, and then Bob freakin' MARLEY!!
I am disproportionately excited by this development. Now, if only they would get rid of M@ncow....
If they play Dramarama or Bettie Serveert or Green Apple Quickstep or Smile or Baby Chaos or any of my other thirty-six bazillion obscure Q101 memories from 1992-1995, however, this blog will be no more. Because I will have died and gone to heaven.
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