Not that there's anything wrong with that.
KKCK:
Backstreet Boys "Straight Through My Heart"
So, Backstreet's back...again. The last time they came back, the song that heralded their return was pure boy band mush. This time, they come back with a song with some zing, and it's a more welcome comeback. It's also a more daring choice, and I'll give them credit for that.
Lady Gaga "Paparazzi"
In just about a year, Lady Gaga went from being a curiosity to being able to drop a single on us that will do really well no matter what I say. Rather than just type gibberish, I'd like to thank Lady Gaga for all the material she's given KKCK music news. Be it crazy fashion, crazy quotes, or straight up crazy, Lady Gaga has been a gold mine. I hope she never goes away, or at least doesn't while I'm doing music news.
Owl City "Fireflies"
This one is starting to make a run at CHR, while also surging on the alternative chart. I can understand the Top-40 aspirations of the song, but I'm not sure why it's rising so fast on the alt-chart. The first time I heard this song it immediately registered as a pop rock song. It doesn't sound like anything else we're playing, which is always a plus in my world.
3OH!3 "Starstrukk"
I really don't want to like this song. I don't care for the lyrics, and even the edited version makes me nervous. Something about the herky-jerky beat is irresistible to my ears, no matter how I try to remember why I don't want to like the song. 3OH!3 is coming off a #1 single, so the follow up is almost always a sure thing on the charts, with few exceptions.
Bowling for Soup "My Wena"
In all my years of radio broadcasting, no song has prompted an angrier caller than this one, and that includes "The Bad Touch" and "Birthday Sex". The song is as catchy as any other B4S hit, but the band does go a bit far with the lyrics. I didn't think this one would cause too many problems, but I might have misjudged the market. At least now I can say " 'my wena' got me in trouble at work, but I didn't get fired."
Pick to click: Lady Gaga
About a year and a half ago, I started using Wordpress as a blogging site, while continuing my weekly (kinda) work blog at MySpace (and later mirrored at WP). Eventually my WP account had swelled to seven blogs, all dealing with different things. While I wish I had enough time in the day to update them all regularly, there just isn't a good way to do that. I don't want to spend my son's childhood at work eight hours a day, and at a computer when I'm home and he's awake. Nor do I wish to spend every waking second typing and miss out on spending time with my wife, who has been nothing but supportive of my writing endeavors. About the time I started writing, I started working on a book that fit my mental state at the time. However, the actual writing process brought me to a place where I couldn't work on the book I had started. I bought a small notebook that I could jot other book ideas in, and soon I had filled over fifty pages with ideas for stories, books, and other things I wanted to write about. One of those ideas was another novel concept, and I started working on that a few months ago. With my writing time already spread out among other blogs, the work on this new project has been slow. The other day an old friend posted a link to a humorous article by a book editor, which detailed the best ways to not get your manuscript looked at. There was a link to another of her works, which was a test on being cut out to be a writer. I took the mini quiz, and I scored in the range that said I was close, but it was time to get serious.
If you're reading this on MySpace, there's no cause for alarm. I've been doing these weekly new music blogs since 2004, and they won't stop. My blogging at russ4life will now be more sporadic, and 52 Cards is going on hiatus. Cliffhanger Theater 2 may be postponed, and the 13 Shots blog will be largely unaffected, since I rarely post there anyway. I may delete fanwitch entirely, but I haven't decided yet. I get a few views there, but the bulk of my views are still at my MySpace blog. The time has come to focus the majority of my energy on finishing the big project, and then submitting it. The odds of anything happening with it are astronomically low, but I at least want to make an effort.
It's been a while since I made the sentiment, but I want to thank all the regular readers for being regulars. It means a lot.