With the weather still a bit cold, we are still in "comfort food" mode.  And the big breakfast is still in season, so this weekend, MAKE THESE!

These Look Amazing!!

Tuesday  (03-14) is National Pi Day. If you remember from school, Pi is 3.1415927. HOWEVER, most people take the opportunity to celebrate the day with the more appetizing pie.

My favorite is a pie from Hartville Kitchen. A good Peanut Butter/Chocolate Cream (or just Chocolate Cream). I also like Apple, and can go with a good Banana Cream as well. Whatever your favorite may be, enjoy Pi Day with a delicious slice of your favorite flavor of pie! Tell them Eric Matthews said to do it ;)

I'm filling in for Cherise this week (tune in from 10-3!) so that means I get to partake in a ritual I often neglect: breakfast!

I don't hate breakfast, it just isn't something I do daily anymore. I intermittently fasted for a very long time, usually only eating from noon to 8 pm. I'm starting to phase out of it, but with the way that my mornings usually go, my first meal isn't until the middle of the day. We also don't have a lot of breakfast food in our house. But since I'm waking up earlier, I can eat something before the show starts!

Yesterday I got an everything bagel with onion and chive cream cheese (aren't you glad you can't smell through the radio? lol) in honor of Everything Everywhere all at Once winning BEST PICTURE! I would've gotten lox but it was meatless Monday. Today I got a smoothie with spirulina powder, which made it green! It was great after my workout, which was also something I did this morning! Tomorrow I'll probably have one of the donuts we got this weekend!

One of my favorite breakfast foods is cereal, which sucks because since I don't regularly eat breakfast, I don't get big boxes of it or even a lot of milk. Maybe one day I'll get a bulk store membership and then get those variety packs with the mini boxes! Do they make them with Cap'n Crunch? That's my favorite so I hope so!

Hopefully my breakfast adventures can continue more frequently in the future!

Saturday afternoon I took a little time and went to see the new Scream movie, Scream 6. I absolutely loved it! I love all six movies in the franchise. You would think by now they would start to falter in the quality of the stories, and the twists and surprises. Personally, I don't think they have. Of course there are some things that you just see coming while you're in line for popcorn! And then there are others that do come out of left field and catch you off guard.

If you like movies that are funny and make you jump here and there, I would definitely reccommend Scream 6. Particularly have seen the first five.

In case you missed some of my articles formn WQMX.com this week!

Eat Of The Week!

50 Favorites From 40 Years #41

The Forgotten Jukebox 3

Country Music Memory Lane - Were They Or Weren't They Part 3

Wynn At The Movies And More

Here we are! It's that weekend in the year where we lose an hour of sleep. Don't forget to set your clocks ahead an hour before bed Saturday night. Plus, it's time to check the batteries in your smoke detectors. I have never enjoyed losing the sleep, however, I LOVE the extra daylight in the evening! I think it just makes the day feel so much longer when it stays light out later. 

I am looking forward to 9:00 sunsets in late June and early July! Again, don't forget to set your clocks ahead this weekend - you don't want to be late to wherever you are headed on Sunday! LOL

This Trailer Thursday, we're kicking things old school and looking at the latest from the TMNT franchise: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem!

First of all, let's just all say a collective THANK YOU to Spiderman: Into The Spiderverse for opening the door to NOT GENERIC LOOKING CGI!!!! The art style is phenomenal. It also looks really fun, and like it's going to be pretty funny as well! Check out the trailer now!

The saying, "That ain't country" is not new. It's been going on the 43 years I've been in country radio. Sometimes it's up for debate.  This week and next I'll feature artists that got a fair amount of play on country radio at one time, and we can decide if they were or were not.  We needed real star power back then, and these artists helped supply it to give us a bit more street cred with young fans that we had a hard time attracting. But these fringe acts were incredibly influential to our future stars.  Four part series  - ICYMI - (Part 1)    (Part 2)

Kid Rock

He is a very interesting artist as far as country is concerned. There is no doubt that All Summer Long (#8 Country) is very popular with our fans, and Picture (#21 Country)  was a highly requested song years ago as well.  He has always had a soft spot with our listeners and has played in the arena with other contemporary country stars. When he comes to concert locally, we give away tickets and fans are thrilled to win them.  Many, not all country fans have a real liking for him.  Clearly, much of his music is far, far outside our scope, but some seems to fit in.  In the end, more than likely a no, but he certainly has fans who are loyal to him  -  and to us.

Olivia Newton-John  (My Full Profile On Her)

I featured her a while ago in an article and it was very popular. The late Olivia Newton-John at first was very country, but as time went on, she graduated to pop. Let Me Be There was a Grammy Award winning Country single. She also charted a lot of country songs after that, Please Mister Please, If You Love Me (Let Me Know) and others were all big songs.  I think everyone remembers Physical, which was far removed from her country days.  She sort of did what Taylor Swift did.  She established with country, and as she grew up and her tastes, and career path changed, so did her music. She early on was an award winning artist with us and we were glad to have her.  But like Taylor, after Olivia left us, we still all cheered for her and as she grew, we grew with her music. I loved her country stuff, and a lot of her pop stuff.  Magic is one of my favorite older pop songs as it was perfect for her at that time. In the end, she was and then she wasn't, but she was always popular with most everyone that ever heard her sing.   There was much done, before Grease.

James Taylor

James Taylor in many ways punched the same ticket to some country radio play as Gordon Lightfoot.  Taylor, especially early on had that nice, simple, acoustic sound that was easy to listen to that blended in well with much of the pop country.  Fire And Rain is a great example of that. So are Handyman, Mexico, and his duet with J.D. Souther, Her Town Too.  Taylor was also very easy to like. He had huge mass appeal and his voice was really not format specific. Clearly, much of this stuff was not conducive for us, but some was, and to say the name James Taylor on the air, gave us real cred.  Should be noted, he never charted on the US Country Charts, except Everyday later on -  which did, (Written by Buddy Holly)  but many of our fans loved his music and still do.  In the end, in sound at times yes, but overall -great music- but not so sure.

Here comes Spring! As another sign of the change in seasons, a park wildlife biologist in Yellowstone has seen the first Grizzly Bear out of hibernation looking for food. First, it was very little snow and warm temperatures. Then it was certain flowers deciding that now would be a good time to pop up. Next, it's that we change our clocks this weekend. NOW it's the bears are waking up!! I think Spring will be here soon.

So let this be your official warning...if you are planning to go to Yellowstone National Park soon, protect that picnic basket!

We Danced Anyway – Deana Carter -  1997 -  (Album - Did I Shave My Legs For This)

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Strawberry Wine was such a huge song, sometimes we forget that Deana Carter had other amazing songs too. Her album, Did I Shave My Legs For This, was a gigantic success and this song is one of the big reasons why.  I mean how do you follow up a single like Strawberry Wine?  With this gem written by two of the very best songwriters in Nashville, Matraca Berg and Randy Scruggs, that turned out to be a two week number one. That's pretty tough to do after a big hit like SW.  This song makes you happy and even without watching the video, it draws a picture in your mind's eye about as well as any song can.  I always felt that this song has gone too long being underrated and sadly is not heard much anymore.  But, this is a fantastic example of 90's feel good country that filled all of us with joy, and fun. The perfect song finding the perfect artist for it!  Well done, Deana - well, well done! 

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My Profile On Deana Carter

Wednesdays have a new feature, The Forgotten Jukebox Series.  I will spotlight a big hit song - post 1980 - that you just don't hear anywhere anymore.  All of these songs were very popular, in fact most were number ones, and they all are from great artists that you know.  Many times we still play a ton of songs from these stars, but for some reason these songs over time have fallen through the Country Music Cracks pretty much everywhere, and have sadly been lost.  They have a new and safe home in my basement in My Forgotten Jukebox.