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“American Hit Radio” is a show that attempts to encapsulate, explain, and just have some fun with the popular musical culture of our country. Naturally, this requires us to dig into the past and spend a great deal of energy on the music of previous eras. The whole point of our program is to revitalize our music heritage and hear it as something alive, fresh, and profoundly influential on the music of today. Because of this, people often ask us about today’s music scene. What do we think about it? What do we listen to when we aren’t working? Do we listen to new music, or are we ‘stuck’ in the past?
Some listeners have even criticized us for spending so much energy on past decades that we tend to overlook contemporary music. For example, we recently aired a show dedicated entirely to the great tenors of the early 20th Century (oh, stop moaning about it. Listen up and I bet you’ll enjoy the show…). Okay, that show didn’t exactly have mass appeal…I guess we’re asking for it, aren’t we?
We understand where these opinions are coming from. While we don’t plan on altering our basic approach to the music we choose to play, and we are completely dedicated to entertaining AND (hopefully) educating our listeners, we also recognize that we may be overdue for a response to this viewpoint.
Therefore, we plan on taking a break every now and then from our normal routine so we can discuss contemporary music. There are no rules to follow, no qualifications that must be met, and no specific style that we feel compelled to cover. For our ‘contemporary’ programs, we will simply play a few songs from new artists and/or new albums that we love…or hate. What matters is that we have opinions about today’s music, too, and we will use these shows to play a few songs and share our own opinions on ‘new’ music. As always, your own opinions are very welcome, so let us know what you think!
Here’s a list of artists and songs discussed in today’s show;

1) Always Love - Nada Surf
2) Rich Wife - The Long Winters
3) Fire Island, AK - The Long Winters
4) Another Fine Day - Golden Smog
5) 5-22-02 - Golden Smog
6) No Radio - Dirty On Purpose
7) You Don't Have Far to Go - Candi Staton
8) Blinking Lights - Eels
9) The Trouble With Dreams - The Eels