Radio Free Akron

Billy Squire hits the road!

Christopher — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:46:00 -0400

All Night Long Tour '09. As a kid I wore out 2 copies of the Don't Say No cassette. Looks like he'll be playing the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater in Cleveland, OH on 9/6/09. Be sure to check the site for dates in your town.

Billy Squire Official Web Site

Chris

Colin Hay of Men At Work on Tour!

Christopher — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:30:00 -0400

Colin Hay, lead singer of Men At Work is touring. He'll be at the Cleveland Beachland Ballroom on Friday. Colin made a comeback several years ago playing acoustic versions of the Men At Work songs on the TV show Scrubs. He released a CD, Man At Work containing those versions. Be sure to check him out when he comes around.

Check the official website for more dates on the tour.

Chris

New Music Added

Christopher — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:30:00 -0400

Duran Duran
The Wild Boys (Wilder Than Wild Boys) (Extended Mix)
The Wild Boys (Extended Live Version)

Soft Cell
Tainted Love (Where Did Our Love Go) (Extended Mix)

Hall Oates
Out Of Touch [Club Version]

Chris

Free 80s Outdoor Concert in Toronto!

Christopher — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:59:00 -0400

Direct from the Regeneration tour website.

The latest addition to the tour schedule is a huge free outdoor show in Toronto on June 28th as part of the Toronto Pride Week 2009. ABC starring Martin Fry, Wang Chung, Heaven 17 and Cutting Crew will perform from 4pm-7pm on the Wellesley Stage, located at Wellesley Street and Maitland Terrace.

This might be one of the only shows that Heaven 17 will be attending. Seems they are pulling out of the tour.

"due to “financial considerations” related to “unanticipated costs” and an “unfavorable exchange” rate that has tipped out of their favor over the past 5 months since they agreed to do the tour. On the shows where Berlin are appearing the shows will remain as a 4 band show. On the shows where Berlin are not appearing we are working to replace H17 with another act. Stay tuned!"

Chris

Pet Shop Boys Pandemonium Tour comes to the US!

Christopher — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:43:00 -0400

Starting in September the Pet Shop Boys will be touring the US. Check their website for tour dates & cities. Official Pet Shop Boys website.

Here's a fun fact from their website. On This Day "1987: 'It's a Sin' is released as a single."

Chris

Sweet Review

Christopher — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:48:00 -0400

My friend Kathy was kind enough to send me a review of the recent Sweet concert she attended.

"This concert review is well over a month overdue. It is a review of the band Sweet--yes, Sweet. Ah, the days of singing "Little Willie" to the AM radio on my parents really big console TV/stereo system. On a good night I could pick up WABC out of NYC and they played the best music!
Sweet was the held-lining act for the birthday bash for a radio station in Scranton called Rock 107. The party was in a hall that usually hosts wedding receptions and it was all free!! Back in the day (high school, early 80's) you were really cool if you had a Rock 107 bumper sticker or license plate on your car. I know I am still cool because I still have a "bug-free" Rock 107 plate in my possession! It never saw the front of my car, just the wall of my bedroom Anyway, back to the band. I had to ask myself "Is this live or is it Memorex?", that's how good Sweet sounded. Yes, we remember "Little Willie", "Ballroom Blitz", "Fox on the Run" and my least favorite "Love is Like Oxygen" which also sounded excellent! But for the hard-core Sweet fans they played all their not so popular hits like "Wig-Wam Bam", "Sixties Man" and my husband's favorite "Blockbuster." I can't name any members of Sweet and I couldn't back in the day either but I think they said that they were all the original members, but it doesn't matter, they totally rocked and I would definitely see them again!

The next two concerts we are attending are Three Dog Night and Huey Lewis and the News. Hopefully, I won't wait sooooo looooong to review them.

Rock on! Kathy"

Berlin store on Amazon

Christopher — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:29:00 -0400

I'm not sure how I managed to miss the 2005 release of 4play but here are all of the releases avaliable on Amazon.

Berlin Store on Amazon!

Regeneration Tour 2009 Dates posted!

Christopher — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:09:00 -0400

The line up and some dates have been posted for the Regeneration Tour 2009. I managed to make it to the 2008 tour and it was a blast. This year looks to be more of the same but currently they don't have any dates close to me.

Line up this year includes:
ABC
Heaven 17
Wang Chung
Cutting Crew
Berlin feat. Terri Nunn

Missing Persons will joining the 5/11 Las Vegas show!

Tears For Fears on Tour!

Christopher — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:06:00 -0400

TFF hits the road again with a summer tour:

July 10: Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville, WA

July 11: Oregon Zoo Amphitheater, Portland, OR

July 14: Wells Fargo Center, Santa Rosa, CA

July 15: The Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA

July 17: Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA

July 18: Green Valley Ranch Resort & Spa, Henderson, NV

July 20: Humphrey's, San Diego, CA

Office Tears For Fears Fan Site

New Depeche Mode CD - Sounds Of The Universe.

Christopher — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:30:00 -0400

New Depeche Mode CD to be released tomorrow!

Thanks for your support.

Christopher — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:34:00 -0400

A few listeners have asked how they can donate and help support the station. I'll get a PayPal donation link setup in the next day or so. In the meantime if you wish you can email me via the contact page and I'll send you my PayPal account. I would post it here but don't want the spam bots to get it.

Thanks,
Chris

Radio Free Akron's Days Are Limited!

Christopher — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:54:00 -0400

I recently received a new credit card from my bank & they notified me that there had been a data breach. With my old card deactivated I proceeded to update my Pay-Pal account for my broadcasting licenses and my stream provider. The change of the credit card caused my subscriptions to be canceled. I notified my license provider (LoudCity). They see this as a change in my account and now want to charge me double what I've been paying. I'm working with them to try and reduce the cost but it as of now it looks like I'll be going off of the air on or around April 15th. After 10 years of paying for bandwidth, hardware, software, music & royalties I just can't take any additional expense for the station.

I'll update if the situation should change.

Chris

New Music Added

Christopher — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:33:00 -0400

Jody Watley - Don't you want me (Extended Mix) & Jody Watley - Don't you want me (Album Version).

Playlist Rotation & Windows Media Player fixes.

Christopher — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:28:00 -0400

I found and corrected a bug in the playlist rotation that was preventing some songs from being played. I've reset the song weights so now you should hear more of the music in the library. If you use the Windows Media player to listen to the 64k stream you will now have a new display. It will show song info, cover art, last few songs, what's coming up and give you the ability to purchase the song or album (if available) from Amazon.

Chris

Adagio Teas

Christopher — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:38:00 -0400

I recently discovered Adagio Teas thanks to Veronica Belmont. After watching an episode of Tekzilla where Veronica & Patrick Norton discuss coffee, I realized that Veronica and I both had similar tastes in coffee. So we might also share the same tastes in tea. I picked up the IngenuiTEA and the black tea sampler. They also threw in a blend based on my Zodiac sign (Leo). So far I've been pleased with the teas and the IngenuiTEA. If you would like to try some yourself use the box below to get a $5 off coupon.