Boston Band Crush: Best of '09 Crush: Anngelle's Honor Roll

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Best of '09 Crush: Anngelle's Honor Roll

Anngelle Wood hosts Boston Emissions, which this year moved from WBCN (upon its demise) to WZLX. She also hosts the Rock 'N' Roll Rumble and gives me great haircuts at Floyd's Barbershop. (posted by Ashley Willard)

Anngelle Wood's Top Honors

Reunion of Tone Sources: The Elevator Drops - one time and one time only until next time

Breakup of a Man Band: Bang Camaro - they're done but the know how to do it right - with tears and fists

Respecting the Rock Hair: Township - doing it for the kids

The Awesome Team: Peter Moore and Sarah RabDAU - can that house handle this?

Five Band Man: Jim Collins - Eddie Japan, The Buckners, The Future Starlets, MEandJOANCOLLINS, The Vivs and....

Inter-Song Stage Banter: Craig Riggs of Roadsaw - only cover one ear

Metal-melting Lounge-singing: Marc Gaffney of Gozu - Dio meets D'Angelo

Way Better Than the Other One: Vagiant - but law requires us to address them as Vagiant Boston, there will be no mistake here

Best End of Historical Boston Station: Final four days of WBCN - tears, just tears

Self-Serving Honorable Mention - Boston Emissions not getting cancelled - phew, Thank You Baby Jesus!

(Listen for Home-Spun Holiday Classics this Sunday on BE and my "Year-End" celebratory show on Sun, Dec 27)

WBCN'ers Farewell at the Cask

with Deek, former WBCN night DJ

I did make it to the WBCN staff farewell show at Oliver's at the Cask on Friday night, 7/31/09 (albeit a little late as I was on-air at WZLX), caught up with so many from the station's days. Though I did miss many, it was great to see Ken Shelton, Oedipus (and Mrs. Oedipus), Albert O., Deek, Bill Bracken, Adam 12, Mark Hamilton, Hardy, Amy Brooks, Juanita, Cyndy Doll, Carmelita (who spent some years at "The Rock") and a few friends from my WFNX days - Meghan Goldstein and Laurie Gail!

Deek and Bill's band Age Against the Machine played while Mark Hamilton, Adam 12 and Juanita joined in with some performances of their own.

WBCN plans a multi-day on-air farewell with special guests beginning Sat, 8/8/09. This will be sad for Bostonians, and the legacy of rock radio, no matter how you feel about the current day WBCN. Sigh.

You MOOKS!

I'm at WBCN today, not to do a show of any sort but to do what I will call "oversee weekend programming."

I'm in the airstudio whose only view is of the basement level brickwall. Over my shoulder is this poster.

I'll miss it.

Can't say much for that brick wall.