We do tons of charity shows here at WQMX, many of them annual events, like tonight's Ones To Watch Concert, at the historic Tangier in Akron. And should be noted, this concert raised over $7200 for NEOPAT - helping veterans. Well done!
Jimmy Allen, Hardy, and Matt Stell starred on stage, bringing their newfound fame to the intimate stage and setting in front of a sold out crowd. Each have songs on the charts and each is very different from the other, making this a nice microcosm of today's country.
Allen, an easy to listen to voice and style, reminiscent of some to the strong balladiers in our format. He has a #1 already with Best Shot. When you first hear him, you get what you get, but you also get the feeling that there is more in reserve, and that you better be ready for real versatility, and that's what you get. There is also real star power here.
Hardy, has a remarkably popular song out, Rednecker, that core WQMX listeners just love. It's what I call a "list" song. It lists off the reasons why he is more redneck than you. It's a playful, fun tonge-in-cheek number of course that comes from a guy and a voice that makes it totally believeable.
Matt Stell has a hit single, Pray For You, a powerful, honest ballad that gives thanks to the new found love in his life. As I talked with him it's a song he wrote and is autobiographical. Highly relatable, and to the point. Listeners love it, and even though it's early this has the potential to be a big hit.
These charity shows are a rare chance for listeners to get close to those that are the new blood in our format. And all of our stars were amazingly engaging both on stage and back stage with those lucky enough to meet them.
Overall this was a terrific show! Seems the ones we watched, are the ones to watch.
#2
I have lived in my house for about 18 years now, and I have these bushes here that have been there way longer than that. I have no real idea what these are, and for the most part they are nice and green.
They do bloom once a year though, and are very pretty. For about 15 minutes. Or so it seems. The bloom is very short, but nice. But would it be too much to ask for a longer bloom. And who the made the decision all those decades ago. "Hey honey, let's plant something that's a major focal point of the house that blooms about 15 minutes a year?" "OK, sounds great..."
I guess I should be thankful for the pretty bloom ans enjoy colors....for about 10 more minutes. Good thing I was home.
#3
This week we celebrate National Hamburger Day. Might be the best holiday ever! I don't know if this is you, but it sure is me. I could eat hamburgers every day. EVERY day! Breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, wake me up at 3am and tell me the burgers are ready, I'd come downstairs and eat one - or two.
It's perfect. Ground up steak, pressed together, grilled and bunned! The beauty of the burger is there is no real wrong way to make it. Or wrong way to eat it! Cheese? OK! And whatever you want me to throw on it, I'm good with it.
But if I had to choose a favorite way. Big burger - grilled - Swiss cheese - onion bun - tomato slice - Vidalia onion slice - Dukes Mayo.
Word is Akron is the birthplace of the burger, and I'm good with that too. If it was - great! If it was invented in Bob McGee's kitchen in Boise, Idaho - I'm good with that too. But whoever it is, he or she should be in some Hall Of Fame somewhere.
Oh wait the Inventers Hall Of Fame is also here in Akron.
#4
The Beautiful Windy and I went to the Tribe game over the weekend. And as we were devouring hot dogs, and BBQ, we decided to go Tribe fan all the way and participate all the rest of the off field fun.
So we Tweeted to the Tribe as they ask you to and send a pic in hopes of getting on the huge scoreboard. And we did. Almost. As we #Tribefan, our pic made it up there, sans half my face, and virtually all of Windy's head.
As we howled every time it came back up on the screen, we resigned ourselves that true stardom would have to wait for another day.
Almost as much as we laughed at Windy's hashtag later #wheresmyhead
GO TRIBE!
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Blogs Week 7
#1
John Wick 3
This is one of the most successful franchises that came out of nowhere, and has found an audience. This is totally an acquired taste as these movies are rampant with tons of violence and long action sequences that are spectacular, but not for everyone. Our favorite, retired hit-man is back at it again.
This is rich with parody of course, and is almost a cartoon of itself, but for many, me included, these are so absurd they are highly entertaining. Seeing this, it is paramount you have seen the first two. Keanu Reeves found a diamond in the rough, and has turned out to be a huge hit
A Dogs Journey
More dogs making humans laugh, and cry. What else do you need to know.
The Sun Is Also A Star
This is the latest forbidden young love story to hit the theaters, and this has the potential to be quite good as the script looks, on the surface to be fresh.
#2
Have you been down this road? What do you do? A couple years ago, my on-air partner Sarah Kay suggested to me that start wearing a watch. She said it would compliment me, so I took her advice and went to buy one. I started off with a simple black leather banded, wrist watch for a few bucks.
Well I have been needing new batteries for both of my watches recently and I was ticked off that replacing a watch battery can be about as expensive as a good lunch for two. So I put it off - for a few months - Until today!
I found this pawn shop of all places that not only put in a new battery, and set the time and date, they did it all for $5.99! I have never been in a pawn shop before. I didn't need a secret handshake, or code word, or anything.
Just $5.99 each and a couple of dead watches. Thanks Nic!
#3
This is a HUGE month for BBQ, as National BBQ day was last week, and May is National BBQ Month as well. I have rediscovered grilling and BBQing this spring and I am glad of it. Seems I am on the grill a few times a week now as Windy and I both enjoy it.
I love grilling - But I do have a few grill rituals that I follow. My favorite is, no matter what you are grilling, there must be sausage on it. No matter what else goes on, sausage, keilbasa, brats or some delicious pork prioduct goes on first. I learned this incredible techniqe from my friends, Tim, Ray and Beef, as this is the practice on our Florida golf trips.
We call them "testers." You "test" the grill to make sure all is well, and of course snack on them as the main course goes on. Pluse the dog gets some too. Should be noted, Beef informed me that he and his dog Jack ate an entire packn fn brats last week by themselves! Perfect!
Its kind of a pre-meal snack. And it's outstanding.
I mean you can't just eat a huge steak without having an brat or two first!
#4
I was so fortunate to be able to load up with the beautiful Windy, and take a short road trip this weekend to see the sold out Garth Brooks concert at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. Been a long time since I had been to a stadium show, and it felt good.
As Americans we like things that are enormous. Whether it be our favorite burger, beer size, pickup truck, or concerts. We like things that are bigger than life sometimes, or at least bigger than they usually are. That was this show.
It was the largest ticketed event in Pittsburgh history with over 75,000 sold. Think about that, with all those Superbowl titles, and the large appetite that Pittsburghers have for anything black and gold, a country singer from Yukon, Oklahoma now holds that record.
But Garth is much more than that. His worldwide popularity is also enormous, and all of us were reminded of that this weekend. As someone who is Garth's age, and been in the format longer than he has, it still astounds me that he, after the radio run, the long semi-retirement and now the touring, his popularity is as big as ever. Maybe more. I am proud to say I have played every Garth Brooks song ever released.
Everything about this show was enormous. The stage, the sound, the performance, the gratitude he shows to the fans, and the humility to share his gigantic spotlight of success with his band mates on stage publicly. In short, our affection for Garth Brooks is enormous. The only thing not enormous is Garth's ego, and I love that about him. Always have - always will. He's authentic, and I love that too.
In short, there may never be a star as loved as Garth Brooks, I am proud is on our format. Well, well done.
#5
Aladdin is here!
Aladdin
The list of live action Disney movies continues to grow, and this is the latest installment. This has caused a ton of buzz, and it's a sure fire hit this weekend.
Look for a very big number.
Booksmart
This is a hard R rated comedy that chronicles two high school graduates that are tired of being "good girls" and decide to sew of of oats before they head off to college.
This is extremely adult, and is mature themed in every regard, but the buzz around this is that it is pretty funny.
John Wick 3
This is one of the most successful franchises that came out of nowhere, and has found an audience. This is totally an acquired taste as these movies are rampant with tons of violence and long action sequences that are spectacular, but not for everyone. Our favorite, retired hit-man is back at it again.
This is rich with parody of course, and is almost a cartoon of itself, but for many, me included, these are so absurd they are highly entertaining. Seeing this, it is paramount you have seen the first two. Keanu Reeves found a diamond in the rough, and has turned out to be a huge hit
A Dogs Journey
More dogs making humans laugh, and cry. What else do you need to know.
The Sun Is Also A Star
This is the latest forbidden young love story to hit the theaters, and this has the potential to be quite good as the script looks, on the surface to be fresh.
#2
Have you been down this road? What do you do? A couple years ago, my on-air partner Sarah Kay suggested to me that start wearing a watch. She said it would compliment me, so I took her advice and went to buy one. I started off with a simple black leather banded, wrist watch for a few bucks.
Well I have been needing new batteries for both of my watches recently and I was ticked off that replacing a watch battery can be about as expensive as a good lunch for two. So I put it off - for a few months - Until today!
I found this pawn shop of all places that not only put in a new battery, and set the time and date, they did it all for $5.99! I have never been in a pawn shop before. I didn't need a secret handshake, or code word, or anything.
Just $5.99 each and a couple of dead watches. Thanks Nic!
#3
This is a HUGE month for BBQ, as National BBQ day was last week, and May is National BBQ Month as well. I have rediscovered grilling and BBQing this spring and I am glad of it. Seems I am on the grill a few times a week now as Windy and I both enjoy it.
I love grilling - But I do have a few grill rituals that I follow. My favorite is, no matter what you are grilling, there must be sausage on it. No matter what else goes on, sausage, keilbasa, brats or some delicious pork prioduct goes on first. I learned this incredible techniqe from my friends, Tim, Ray and Beef, as this is the practice on our Florida golf trips.
We call them "testers." You "test" the grill to make sure all is well, and of course snack on them as the main course goes on. Pluse the dog gets some too. Should be noted, Beef informed me that he and his dog Jack ate an entire packn fn brats last week by themselves! Perfect!
Its kind of a pre-meal snack. And it's outstanding.
I mean you can't just eat a huge steak without having an brat or two first!
#4
I was so fortunate to be able to load up with the beautiful Windy, and take a short road trip this weekend to see the sold out Garth Brooks concert at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. Been a long time since I had been to a stadium show, and it felt good.
As Americans we like things that are enormous. Whether it be our favorite burger, beer size, pickup truck, or concerts. We like things that are bigger than life sometimes, or at least bigger than they usually are. That was this show.
It was the largest ticketed event in Pittsburgh history with over 75,000 sold. Think about that, with all those Superbowl titles, and the large appetite that Pittsburghers have for anything black and gold, a country singer from Yukon, Oklahoma now holds that record.
But Garth is much more than that. His worldwide popularity is also enormous, and all of us were reminded of that this weekend. As someone who is Garth's age, and been in the format longer than he has, it still astounds me that he, after the radio run, the long semi-retirement and now the touring, his popularity is as big as ever. Maybe more. I am proud to say I have played every Garth Brooks song ever released.
Everything about this show was enormous. The stage, the sound, the performance, the gratitude he shows to the fans, and the humility to share his gigantic spotlight of success with his band mates on stage publicly. In short, our affection for Garth Brooks is enormous. The only thing not enormous is Garth's ego, and I love that about him. Always have - always will. He's authentic, and I love that too.
In short, there may never be a star as loved as Garth Brooks, I am proud is on our format. Well, well done.
#5
Aladdin is here!
Aladdin
The list of live action Disney movies continues to grow, and this is the latest installment. This has caused a ton of buzz, and it's a sure fire hit this weekend.
Look for a very big number.
Booksmart
This is a hard R rated comedy that chronicles two high school graduates that are tired of being "good girls" and decide to sew of of oats before they head off to college.
This is extremely adult, and is mature themed in every regard, but the buzz around this is that it is pretty funny.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
BLOG 6
#1
This is a nice week for a bunch of people that certainly deserve a week of their own. Nurses and Teachers! They are a very special bunch for more reasons than I can mention.
There are few professions that are more demanding, and more rewarding in the long run. Think about both of them. They, for the most part, spend far more time caring and tending to others than they do their own.
Nurses - You know how tough it is when someone in your own home is sick or laid up. You take care of them, because they are family, and you love them. And after a few days, your patience can wear thin. Nurses take care of countless people every single day, they don't even know. And they will do the same thing the next day, and the day after that. Many times dealing and saving people's lives that are less than decent to them.
Teachers - In a classroom with 25 or so kids, (Not theirs) teaching them, dealing with them, and spending precious time sometimes before and after school with them. And of course, dealing with their parents first in many aspects, all while their own families wait for them to come home.
We all have our things to deal with our own jobs. And yours, or mine is not being minimized here. But with all our nurses and teachers do, they have well earned our respect and our admiratoin for a job well done, and in the end, a life well lived..
Thank you!
#2
There are a couple new flicks due out this weekend, and all of them will continue to sit in the back seat to the Avengers:Endgame that will mow everything in its pass again.
The Hustle
Rebel Wilson is back again with another comedy. She stars in this with Anne Hathaway as a couple of con women from different backgrounds, who fleece men of their wealth. These men have all wronged women.
Both of these women can be very funny, but as in most comedy's they are at the mercy of the script.
Poms
Diane Keaton and a nice cast star in a new movie about a woman that starts a cheerleading camp in a retirement community. You heard me right.
Should be interesting.
Pokemon: Detective Pikachu
Early returns say this is OK.
#3
In a few weeks, I will have the honor again being the Honorary Chairperson for the Habitat For Humanity of Summit County Annual Golf Outing. I am very proud of it, and proud I have been so for about the last 10 years.
This incredible outing is Monday July, 29 at the Amazing Hudson Country Club, and we would love to have you join us. Click below and get all the information you need. If you want to enter a team, or be a sponsor that would be great. This outing is everything you would imagine. Good times, prizes, course and food.
Habitat is sincerely a remarkable organization, and the cause and the local people in it are worth supporting. In look forward to seeing you there. Mark this on your calendar and let's support this worthwhile cause.
#5
I recently was given the chance to do a WQMX Ticket Stop at the Portage Lakes Career Center. What a great time, and what great people!
We gave out some WQMX t-shirts and some tickets to the Country Fest to some lucky listeners, and I made some new friends! It felt great to be around a place of learning and to feel the enthusiasm that learning a trade can instill in the young people that go there. And the staff and faculty I met were all terrific and were very eager to show me the results of their dedicated work.
We were set up in horticulture area, where they are now selling beautiful plants that YOU can buy, and they are amazing. The greenhouse is spectacular and so are the proud kids who work in it.
So stop by and buy some beautiful plants for your yard. The kids grew them, and you need them! Every day for the next couple weeks 8AM - 1 PM (Except Sundays)
#6
Every time I watch a MLB game these days, there always seems to be a conversation about speeding the game up. I personally and not bothered by the length of the game, but many are. MLB has done some things to help move the game along, to a degree. But with replay some of this has been counterproductive. But there are things that can be done I feel that would help too.
1/ Limit the relief pitchers to 3 warm up pitches on the mound as they enter the game. (They've been throwing in the bullpen for 15 minutes) Get a feel for the mound, and let's go. (Think about it, this can happen 8-10 times in a game)
2/ Limit starting pitchers to half the warm up pitches between innings. (This happens 18 times a game)
3/ Pitchers - No stepping off the rubber once on it. You must deliver the pitch, or throw to a base.
4/ Hitters - Quit letting hitters call "time" all the time. Get in the box and let's hit.
5/ Umpires - Call the "high strike" call the zone as it is designed. The zone is to tight right now too many deep counts.
6/ Teams - Start games at 6PM (except for National TV games) Part of Baseballs problem is it seems long because it goes deep in the night. A 6PM start ends the game at about 9ish, and fans can still do more after the game.
7/ Teams - Stop the stupid 710 or 720 start. Agian the appearance of long. Things in the world start at the top of the hour.
Just a few thoughts on this ongoing subject.
This is a nice week for a bunch of people that certainly deserve a week of their own. Nurses and Teachers! They are a very special bunch for more reasons than I can mention.
There are few professions that are more demanding, and more rewarding in the long run. Think about both of them. They, for the most part, spend far more time caring and tending to others than they do their own.
Nurses - You know how tough it is when someone in your own home is sick or laid up. You take care of them, because they are family, and you love them. And after a few days, your patience can wear thin. Nurses take care of countless people every single day, they don't even know. And they will do the same thing the next day, and the day after that. Many times dealing and saving people's lives that are less than decent to them.
Teachers - In a classroom with 25 or so kids, (Not theirs) teaching them, dealing with them, and spending precious time sometimes before and after school with them. And of course, dealing with their parents first in many aspects, all while their own families wait for them to come home.
We all have our things to deal with our own jobs. And yours, or mine is not being minimized here. But with all our nurses and teachers do, they have well earned our respect and our admiratoin for a job well done, and in the end, a life well lived..
Thank you!
#2
There are a couple new flicks due out this weekend, and all of them will continue to sit in the back seat to the Avengers:Endgame that will mow everything in its pass again.
The Hustle
Rebel Wilson is back again with another comedy. She stars in this with Anne Hathaway as a couple of con women from different backgrounds, who fleece men of their wealth. These men have all wronged women.
Both of these women can be very funny, but as in most comedy's they are at the mercy of the script.
Poms
Diane Keaton and a nice cast star in a new movie about a woman that starts a cheerleading camp in a retirement community. You heard me right.
Should be interesting.
Pokemon: Detective Pikachu
Early returns say this is OK.
#3
In a few weeks, I will have the honor again being the Honorary Chairperson for the Habitat For Humanity of Summit County Annual Golf Outing. I am very proud of it, and proud I have been so for about the last 10 years.
This incredible outing is Monday July, 29 at the Amazing Hudson Country Club, and we would love to have you join us. Click below and get all the information you need. If you want to enter a team, or be a sponsor that would be great. This outing is everything you would imagine. Good times, prizes, course and food.
Habitat is sincerely a remarkable organization, and the cause and the local people in it are worth supporting. In look forward to seeing you there. Mark this on your calendar and let's support this worthwhile cause.
#5
I recently was given the chance to do a WQMX Ticket Stop at the Portage Lakes Career Center. What a great time, and what great people!
We gave out some WQMX t-shirts and some tickets to the Country Fest to some lucky listeners, and I made some new friends! It felt great to be around a place of learning and to feel the enthusiasm that learning a trade can instill in the young people that go there. And the staff and faculty I met were all terrific and were very eager to show me the results of their dedicated work.
We were set up in horticulture area, where they are now selling beautiful plants that YOU can buy, and they are amazing. The greenhouse is spectacular and so are the proud kids who work in it.
So stop by and buy some beautiful plants for your yard. The kids grew them, and you need them! Every day for the next couple weeks 8AM - 1 PM (Except Sundays)
#6
Every time I watch a MLB game these days, there always seems to be a conversation about speeding the game up. I personally and not bothered by the length of the game, but many are. MLB has done some things to help move the game along, to a degree. But with replay some of this has been counterproductive. But there are things that can be done I feel that would help too.
1/ Limit the relief pitchers to 3 warm up pitches on the mound as they enter the game. (They've been throwing in the bullpen for 15 minutes) Get a feel for the mound, and let's go. (Think about it, this can happen 8-10 times in a game)
2/ Limit starting pitchers to half the warm up pitches between innings. (This happens 18 times a game)
3/ Pitchers - No stepping off the rubber once on it. You must deliver the pitch, or throw to a base.
4/ Hitters - Quit letting hitters call "time" all the time. Get in the box and let's hit.
5/ Umpires - Call the "high strike" call the zone as it is designed. The zone is to tight right now too many deep counts.
6/ Teams - Start games at 6PM (except for National TV games) Part of Baseballs problem is it seems long because it goes deep in the night. A 6PM start ends the game at about 9ish, and fans can still do more after the game.
7/ Teams - Stop the stupid 710 or 720 start. Agian the appearance of long. Things in the world start at the top of the hour.
Just a few thoughts on this ongoing subject.
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