Rollin' Down the Street...
He actually did it. I mean, I had to wipe my eyes when I saw the headline. Hardy's take on the Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre song "Gin and Juice" just dropped this past evening.
Eric Matthews, nights on WQMX, wrote about this too sharing in my excitement. He was on the topic before the song dropped, so for your convenience here I am coming in to follow up with the song itself, below. Some of the non-country songs we've heard covered or adapted upon lately haven't exactly hit home with me, but I'm digging this one for certain!
Since the song is quite explicit, instead of the video itself, here's a link to it for you to listen to at your own discretion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dd_-12DHPI
Now, what do you think about this newest release from Hardy?
We always love talking new music, and if you'd like to chat about this song or any others feel free to give a ring on the WQMX studio line at 330-370-2000. Our textline (sponsored by Toth Buck GMC), at the same number, is always open for you too!
This should be good
Hardy is dropping new music tonight...sort of.
He has put his own spin to a Hip Hop classic and we get to take it for a spin this evening. He is releasing a cover of Snoop Dogg's "Gin & Juice". It will be interesting to hear a Country spin to a Hip Hop icon's song.
I'm looking forward to taking a listen. This will be something I have never experienced before! haha
SOO All These Happened!
I think we needed some of these... You decide...
Def think we need more Carl!
Def means summer is coming!!! Join me at the Dusty Armadillo Friday Night from 9-11p for your Friday Night Live Party!!!
My Top Ten: Board Games!
Gosh, it was tough to come up with a Top Ten list this week. I can't say why. I've got a cool one on deck, but I'd prefer to hold off just a little longer until it is consistently outdoor weather here in Northeast Ohio. We're still bouncing around in temperatures, and it's the rainy season.
So... when the weather is crummy and/or you're just not feeling like going out, what's more fun than playing a good board game? Board games make for a perfect family activity night, I think. From eight to eighty (and beyond), friends of all ages are brought together to socialize and bond through playing them. They provide hours-on-end of free, unplugged fun! That's hard to beat.
I like to get a little music going, maybe enjoy some drinks, and get into it. (If you've got a smart speaker around, just throw out a voice command for it to "Play 94.9 WQMX" for easy access to all the good vibes.) My favorite sort of games are highly involved strategy ones, as you'll discover below. I generally dislike the brainless, luck-based board games such as Chutes and Ladders. For this list, we're only talking about games with some sort of board and not just cards.
Put down your phone and pick up the dice. We're shooting for snake eyes: it's my top ten traditional board games!
10. Sorry
9. Connect 4
8. Scrabble
7. Battleship
6. Guess Who?
5. Mouse Trap
4. Life
3. Monopoly
2. Risk
1. Chess
Hey, till next time, thanks for checking this out!
Wanna go see Jordan Davis?
Jordan Davis hits the stage at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown this Friday night with Mitchell Tenpenny and Ashley Cooke!
WQMX is giving you a chance to win a pair of tickets for the show! All you have to do is go to our Instagram page and follow the directions - then you are entered! Hurry though! You only have until tomorrow (Thursday 04/18) at Noon to get entered.
Good luck from all of us at 94.9 WQMX!
Get Ready!
We all are pumped for Trace Adkins to hit The Neon Nights in August! But if you want to Ad-kins a little more Trace to your month of May check this out!
Try Something New: Tostadas
We tried another new dish in our house, tostadas. I know it's not much of a stretch from tacos, but still it was fun to try another spin on Mexican food. Recipe is in the comments! Follow on Instagram for more recipes, videos of my dog, and random fun!
Love to see it!
I'm a big fan of radio station memorabilia, especially when it comes to WQMX. (Go figure!) Old shirts, stickers, and logos are just the coolest things to me. They're remnants of a time past, and I often wonder if the station branded items I keep and the work I do under these call letters will weave into that history as well. To be that guy in those dated photos, to have driven that old WQMX promotions van, to have spun the hit songs of the era, and to have spoken on that same microphone as the local radio icons before me is what it's about. It's an honor to attempt to carry on the legacy, and I've got some huge shoes to grow into still.
Before we get too far, I can't neglect to mention how cool the Send Me Backstage T-Shirts are in charting WQMX history. I want them all; past, present, and future. Be sure to stay posted for this year's new shirts. I'm really excited for the upcoming big reveal!
Now, we're far from a young station, but there are some much older too. To put that another way, you won't find any 1970's WQMX Country gear. "Vintage" WQMX as we know it would probably best be a throwback to the 90's and early 2000's, and it was in those years we developed an identity. Our tagline is "Your Country! 94.9 WQMX," but that took some years to settle upon. Looking back, I've seen everything from "Kickin' Country" to "Your Station, Your Country!"
You can get an estimate for when something was branded with WQMX based on this evolution. The latter slogan appears on our 2010 The Country Fest poster in our studio, for example. With that, I knew this WQMX sticker I came across in the wild the other day was nothing short of a classic.
I was at the junk yard pulling parts for my Blazer when something bright caught my eye. A yellow Blazer just like mine sat deep in the yard, having seen much better days. The vehicle suffered front end damage from an accident but didn't seem too far from scrap regardless, based on the looks of it. It was all sorts of rusty, crusty, and musty. You could tell it was once a sweet little ride with some custom pinstriping on that vivid paint and some nice factory options to go with. There was hardly anything good left on that old Chevy, but I noticed something that put a big smile across my face.
Somewhere along the line, the old owner slapped a WQMX sticker on the banana-colored SUV! It's still there, after all these years. The Blazer I found was a 2004 and the dated tagline reads "Akron's Own Country," so it has seemingly lived most of its life with that badge upon the side window. Let me just say... that's awesome. I eat that up.
I love to see it.
If you're rocking a WQMX sticker or magnet on your ride, thank you!
Hitting Them All!
This week is a homerun! I am hitting all these with The Call Up To Cleveland, Walker Hayes Tickets and Countdown To The Country Fest!!
Today was hard!
Now, I was not sleeping outside, but I had a very difficult time this morning...let me tell you!
I first woke up around maybe 8:30 straight out of a dream. That meant I was dead tired! So I was able to go back to sleep. Then, I woke up again around 10:00. Again, straight out of a dream! UGH!!!! Tried to go back to sleep for a bit, then decided just to head down to the couch about 11:00 since it was getting close to lunch for Buttercup. I was still so tired, I could barely keep my eyes open.
I fed the cat, then went to the couch...back to sleep because I was that tired. I slept until 2:00 this afternoon! Only then was I ready to get up for the day. I hate these days where I keep waking up directly out of a dream and then I am so tired to start the day until I have had a little more sleep. Hopefully you were more awake than I was this morning - especially on another beautiful day.