For as long as I’ve been at the station, this would normally be a year end best of retrospective week.
Well, it has been moved back to the first week of the New Year.
I found this out just before the Holidays.
You know.
When a normal person is busy doing other things.
Shucks! That means I had to come up with another theme.
Hence, Wednesday’s “Theme Attic” with host Phil Maq from 12PM-4PM EST will be “The Contractual Obligation Show!”
Typically, the term has been used over the years in the music business when an artist is moving on to a new label, or a group wants to break up but finds out that they actually had agreed to a number of albums that were supposed to be released within a specified time period but didn’t meet the goal.
“Let It Be” turned out to be both a contractual obligation movie AND album that The Beatles had no idea they needed to do as they were on the verge of breaking up.
Now, historically, those albums were often suspect that the content was something that was just slapped together to meet the required goal to prevent the artist from being sued.
However, with this “Theme Attic” show, nothing could be further from those last ditch efforts.
That’s because my contract with my listeners is to provide excellent music on any show that I do!
And I do so with Wednesday’s show!
I was just having some fun with the naming of this show!
I have two Countdowns, one each for my weekly Fave Songs and Albums!
The song’s Top 9 are at approximately 12:09 EST!
The albums will be a Top 9 at 2:09 EST!
I’ve been trying to fit in a Fave Songs Countdown for weeks so it finally hit me: why not do both?!
The final proof of my quality commitment is that the show contains my goal of 2 artist debuts, 6 new releases, and 17
artists with Southeast Michigan ties!!! (Actually, there’s even more than that!)
I will divide the tags into sections, but they will only be an estimate.
I can’t guarantee that everything will fit into those slots, but I will try very hard to stick to them!
And…they are NOT in chronological order.
Songs by artists between 12PM-2:09 PM EST should include The Armoires (Christina Bulbenko, Big Stir Records), Roger Ponder, Ben Levin Piano (Ben Levin, Aron Levin)(His latest album cover “Take Your Time” is left of center in the banner!), Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, Detroit Strong Music (Tosha Owens, Keith Laurin), Circa Waves, The Joedai Warriors (Joe Peters), Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men (Nick Piunti) (Their latest album, “Heart Inside Your Head” is in the upper left corner of the banner!), (They will have another song in the second half of the show, too!), Gary Browe, Erin Zindle, Linden Thoburn, Roger Ponder, Bobby Pennock (who may be off fishing), Dirk Kroll, Wendy Webb, Fathom Lane (Michael Ferrier), Nora Jane Struthers (Nora Jane Overton, Joe Overton), Sugar Snow (Simone Berk), Vicky Emerson (Vicky Emerson-Wallace), Vanderlust, and more!!!
Songs by artists from 2:09PM-4PM should include Lyn Stanley, Sarah Morris with Lars-Erik Larson (Her new album “merry, little, light” is second from the left in the banner!), Bob Malone, Brittany Jean Music, Harmonious Wail (Their album cover for “Holiday Spirits” is second from the right in the banner!), Ben Cook-Feltz, Laura Rain and The Caesars, Mike Ward, Annie & Rod Capps, Lenny Gomulka & Chicago Push (Lenny Gomulka), Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Orchestra (Jennifer Cutting)(Their album cover for “The Turning Year: Pandemic Sessions Unplugged” is on the right in the banner!), Da Yoopers, Mick Clarke, Mary Ann Kirt, Haynie and Samuel (Don Haynie), Sigrid Christiansen (Her album cover for “Every Moment” is just right of center in the banner!), The Legal Matters and more!!!
So grab a celebratory libation and a legal tablet (Ha, ha!), get a friend or two to listen with, and come along for the ride on Wednesday’s “Theme Attic” from 12PM-4PM EST with Phil Maq!!!
OUR NEW ANTENNA AND TRANSMITTER MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO HEAR THE SHOW ALL OVER THE METRO DEARBORN-DETROIT AREA BY TUNING INTO 89.3 WHFR.FM!
However, you can also stream the show from the “listen live button” on the www.WHFR.FM website, by the TuneIn App, Simple Radio App, download the 89.3 WHFR.FM android app from our website homepage, or ask Alexa to find it for you!
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