Hi everyone. Just wanted to let you know that today is my last day as editor of Idolator. The site will continue on, and I will continue to write about music, but we’ve decided to part ways. Despite my nominal status as a “writer,” I am straight-up terrible at goodbyes. So I just have a list of people to thank before I exit stage left. MORE »
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Format Wars
Chicago Will Be Smooth No Longer
At the top of the hour, Chicago smooth-jazz stalwart WNUA will flip from its 22-years-entrenched format to the Spanish-language programming design known as “Mega,” in the latest example of the decimation of the format beloved by so many cabbies that’s taken place over the past two years. But for the first time in my extensive reading on this topic, I’ve found out just why radio companies seem to be fleeing from the sultry sounds of “Piano In The Dark” in droves: MORE »
goodbyes
It’s Been Fun. See You Around.
Might as well go out the way the way I came in… looking for an excuse to post something about The 77’s. It’s still strange to me that I’ve had this platform where I could irritate two members of Fall Out Boy, write extensively about Larry Norman, and have phone conversations with both Pet Shop Boys. For what started as a one-off sub stint, it’s been a really great run (at least for the guy on this end). Maura, I can’t thank you enough for the opportunity; same goes to the readers who actually clicked through to read things I wrote. If any of you threw a party and invited everyone you knew, you would see the biggest gift would be from me, and the card attached would say “Thank you for being a friend.”
From the bottom of my bloggo heart,
Dan Gibson MORE »
the vault
The Temptations Will Help Me Leave On The Wings Of Love
I’ve been trying to write a piece on The Temptations’ Wings of Love for some time now and have never been able to squeeze in the time to say something profound about it. I can’t say anything super-profound about it now, other than it serves as a cautionary tale to those adhering to critical and commercial consensus as their barometer for what they like. This record is a monster, but Wings of Love was a somewhat famous critical and sales flop, given the level of talent assembled. Funkadelic bassist “Billy Bass” Nelson shows up as do Freddie Stewart and Pat Rizzo from the Family Stone. Producer Jeffrey Bowen guided the Temptations to No. 1 R&B chart success with the serious jam “Shakey Ground” and “Happy People,” and they were looking to capture that again. MORE »
