35 years ago tonight, I went to see World Party at The Ritz on West 54th Street in NYC. Opening the show was Jellyfish.

Roll call! Who got raptured?

Day 2 of WYEP's Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far), as voted by listeners. We're up to #884, which is "Wild God" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Wow!

WYEP listeners voted for their favorite songs from 2000-2025 and we're playing them back right now. Currently on #1057 as I write this (Ingrid Michaelson, "Maybe")....

20 years ago tonight was the P.L.E.A.S.E. benefit concert in Mellon Arena for Katrina relief efforts. Donnie Iris, The Clarks, Rusted Root and more from the Pittsburgh music scene, along with some former Steelers players like Franco Harris and Louis Lipps, coming together for a good cause.

Doesn't 1 Thessalonians 4:17 say that the raptured people get stuck in the air?

Happy autumn!

39 years ago tonight, I went to see Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers at The Haunt in Ithaca, NY cloaca-melodia.blogspot.com/1986/10/jona...

I wonder if Billy Squire ever thinks, "Please, please don't let me die from a stroke."

"why you keep move, Sun patch??"

I love how cats can fall asleep with their heads up off a surface so that they look like they're staring off and re-examining their life choices.

It's pretty disconcerting when one's phone begins playing Heaven 17's "Crushed By the Wheels of Industry" of its own accord. It was sitting on a table, no one touched it.

But none for kitty

The daughters of Hermann Göring's aide - who refused for years to talk with art-theft investigators - put their home in Argentina up for sale, and GUESS WHAT.

Wikipedia just made it official. They're going to automatically add "• podcaster" to everyone's occupation to save editing time.

I'm about to yell at these cicadas to shut up

This is now out in the world, and it would mean a lot if you checked it out, and if you enjoy it, maybe spread the word! Thanks for your time! :)

I thought she was drinking out of a hose for 35 years

Ugh. Finally got around to flushing the hoses for the 2 basement dehumidifiers. Not a fun job. Been procrastinating on that one for ages. Did I mention ugh?

Those who accuse others of crying wolf, don't seem to realize they're also admitting that one day the wolf is real.

It felt like mockery when in 1996 the band Ween did a cover of Beck's "Loser" for a tribute album to one-hit wonders, coming just two years after Beck's song was released. But, all these years later, Beck remains a one-hit wonder, so you got to hand it to Ween for calling it accurately.

Oz the dog feels a strong kinship with folds-covered throw pillows

Has the AI bubble burst yet?

Back off, man. I'm a scientist.

While I can't find fault with any of these song choices per se, you'd think they could pick more than one past the debut album.... faroutmagazine.co.uk/five-most-un...

The U.S. syndicated TV feed of Live Aid misspelling Ozzy's name 40 years ago this month. Prior to performing with his erstwhile bandmates in front of a global audience of nearly 2 billion, Ozzy was served with a lawsuit by Black Sabbath's manager. Who was also his father-in-law.

My high school age daughter is showing season 1 of Twin Peaks to a friend who has never seen it. I'm a proud papa. They're just starting ep 2 (in the original reckoning, it's the 1st lodge dream EP). #exciting

Happy 4th of July to this unfairly-maligned style icon

What are the best songs of this 21st century, now that we're 1/4 into it? Let us at WYEP know your picks! www.wyep.org/wyep-program...

Really annoying that music sampling without compensation is illegal, even when the sample is very brief and transformative, yet AI training on copyrighted works is apparently A-OK

YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK UP, I'M CHOPPING ARUGULA

Annoyed that the book I want for a project is apparently missing from the library. Requested it weeks ago & though they say it's available, no word on checking it out. So I looked on Amazon to see cost to buy (it's oop), & I was startled that "buy again" was option. Turns out out I bought it in 2010

I decided to grill dinner tonight so we don't have to turn on an indoor heat source in this godawful heatwave. But my wife said that I should remember all the grocery boys who pass out from going repeatedly from the heat to the cool. And I'm like, grocery boys? Is this the 1930s?

Yeah, but the kids love us!

Damn, he STILL doesn't have legs?

Rest stop pizza box. How can heaven have caution warnings?

Is air-guitaring stolen valor?

Today, the House of Representatives will vote on a rescission package that will instantly gut all federal funding for public media. All of it, gone. Here’s more information: protectmypublicmedia.org?utm_source=n...

RIP Brian. open.spotify.com/track/1I8maO...

MOD DANCE WEDNESDAY

Vote now scheduled for Thursday.

There could be a vote as early as Wed. to claw back 2 years of funding (that Congress already appropriated) for public broadcasting. If passed, many rural areas will lose vital lifelines, classical radio stations will nearly vanish, & independent journalism will suffer. protectmypublicmedia.org

Middle-schooler today: I really enjoy photography, I audition for our school musical every year, I want to be a doctor but not yet sure which kind, and I hope to take over my sister's non-profit When I was that age: I like hanging out, um, and last week a raccoon got into my neighbor's basement

Box too small. #caturday

The White House has officially asked Congress to approve a rescission package — a rare and extreme measure taken with the broader goal of eliminating public media entirely. This would be devastating for local stations and the communities that depend on them. (1/2)

Please contact your representative in the House and let them know how you feel. This will devastate many local public radio stations doing vital work in their communities. www.npr.org/2025/06/03/n...