Gene Baxter
@genebaxter.bsky.social
After a Hall of Fame radio career in America, I am back home in Britain for Act Two. Co-host of the “A Cup Of Tea And A Chat” podcast with @alliemackay
I emailed you in 2002 and didn’t hear back. This explains a lot.
January 24, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I emailed you in 2002 and didn’t hear back. This explains a lot.
Vinyl records explained for those who need it. 🙄
January 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Vinyl records explained for those who need it. 🙄
My most-listened to album ever and the one I have bought the most times throughout the years. Vinyl, eight-track, cassette, CD, iTunes, expanded editions, remastered, etc.
Saw the 35th anniversary tour too where he played the whole thing and it was fabulous.
Saw the 35th anniversary tour too where he played the whole thing and it was fabulous.
50 years ago today.
Released today 6th January 1976, one of the greatest live albums ever "Peter Frampton Comes Alive!"
#AlbumOfTheDay #70s #ClassicRock #MusicSky
Released today 6th January 1976, one of the greatest live albums ever "Peter Frampton Comes Alive!"
#AlbumOfTheDay #70s #ClassicRock #MusicSky
January 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
My most-listened to album ever and the one I have bought the most times throughout the years. Vinyl, eight-track, cassette, CD, iTunes, expanded editions, remastered, etc.
Saw the 35th anniversary tour too where he played the whole thing and it was fabulous.
Saw the 35th anniversary tour too where he played the whole thing and it was fabulous.
Now a forgotten artist but I loved this, I’d Love You To Want Me, How Can I Tell Her, Don’t Expect Me To Be Your Friend and several others. Great pull, Ken.
#70sTop30
(#1 Billboard Easy Listening Hits)
Song 5
Lobo
Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
Written by Kent LaVoie
Produced by Phil Gernhard
1971 Big Tree
#1 on May 15 + 22, 1971
One of the bigger solo male singers of the early 70s with his first big pop hit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYZ8tJYDpKU
(#1 Billboard Easy Listening Hits)
Song 5
Lobo
Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
Written by Kent LaVoie
Produced by Phil Gernhard
1971 Big Tree
#1 on May 15 + 22, 1971
One of the bigger solo male singers of the early 70s with his first big pop hit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYZ8tJYDpKU
Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
YouTube video by Lobo - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Now a forgotten artist but I loved this, I’d Love You To Want Me, How Can I Tell Her, Don’t Expect Me To Be Your Friend and several others. Great pull, Ken.
Just went to a car wash and noticed everyone who worked there was too young to know the song. Still a banger. #disco youtube.com/watch?v=Hvf0...
Car Wash | "Workin' at the Car Wash, Yeah!" Theme Song
YouTube video by Universal Pictures
youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Just went to a car wash and noticed everyone who worked there was too young to know the song. Still a banger. #disco youtube.com/watch?v=Hvf0...
I propose a Dry January on people posting their Wordle, Connections and Strands scores. Because why. Do I have a second?
January 2, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I propose a Dry January on people posting their Wordle, Connections and Strands scores. Because why. Do I have a second?
I lived in Seattle for many years and barely killed anyone. Very interesting theory though… 🤔
What might account for the abrupt rise and equally abrupt fall, between the 1960s and the turn of the century, of the “golden age” of serial killing? And why were so many of these brutes from the area around Seattle’s Puget Sound? newyorkermag.visitlink.me/GM5SKR
January 1, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I lived in Seattle for many years and barely killed anyone. Very interesting theory though… 🤔
I don't care a lick about this woman but do care you've turned the Isle of Wight into the Isle of White for some reason.
Katie Price has ranted about a disastrous parenting moment during a vlog on the Katie Price Show, in an episode about bringing the ‘whole family’ to the Isle of White for New Year’s Eve to stay with Katie’s poorly mum, Amy.
Katie Price brands her kids ‘little s****’ as she fumes over road trip blunder
www.mirror.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 8:28 AM
I don't care a lick about this woman but do care you've turned the Isle of Wight into the Isle of White for some reason.
Ain't no party like a Sluggo party! 🥳
Tonight! NYE! I’m hosting Party 360 on SiriusXM’s 1st Wave! 6 hours of Classic Alternative Gnu Wav & Punk PARTY MUSIC!
DJs like Richard Blade, Swedish Egil, Larry The Duck, Lori Majewski & Matt Sebastian will pop in to say Happy New(d) Year!
BYOB! 9pm eastern on 33!
DJs like Richard Blade, Swedish Egil, Larry The Duck, Lori Majewski & Matt Sebastian will pop in to say Happy New(d) Year!
BYOB! 9pm eastern on 33!
December 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Ain't no party like a Sluggo party! 🥳
Thank YOU, Bill. I wish your list could go on forever. Great stuff. I never would know "Zodiacs" or so many others without this series.
Today I wrap up "175 Days of Disco" with the five remaining DJ favourites of the era on the list in the posts that follow. Tomorrow I'll post a special Top 100 based on the songs from this list as well as their Billboard chart positions. Thanks to all who have followed along these past 175+ days!
December 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Thank YOU, Bill. I wish your list could go on forever. Great stuff. I never would know "Zodiacs" or so many others without this series.
Oh no! I've rarely met anyone as passionate about music as Howie. was. He was a joy to work with in all my years as a radio music director. Such a smart and funny man too.
"He was a co-founder of the San Francisco-based 415 Records during the 1970s, and was a strong and vocal presence in the music industry’s anti-censorship efforts in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, focusing on political activism in his later years."
Howie Klein Dies at 77:
Howie Klein Dies at 77:
Howie Klein, Top Executive at Sire and Reprise Records, DJ and Political Activist, Dies at 77
Howie Klein, a veteran music executive who was president of Reprise Records, a VP at Sire and co-founder of the 415 label, has died. He was 77.
variety.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Oh no! I've rarely met anyone as passionate about music as Howie. was. He was a joy to work with in all my years as a radio music director. Such a smart and funny man too.
My favourite singer, Dean Martin, died exactly 30 years ago today. Fun fact: Other Christmas Day deaths include George Michael, Eartha Kitt, Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, and James Brown. Cool it, Santa.
December 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My favourite singer, Dean Martin, died exactly 30 years ago today. Fun fact: Other Christmas Day deaths include George Michael, Eartha Kitt, Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, and James Brown. Cool it, Santa.
So happy for you, Perry but it's a real loss for the industry to lose your perspective. I'm sorry we never got to work together. Enjoy your those books and ballgames, my friend!
Here’s my last column, a farewell review of what passes for my career. I’m done. If you’ve read my column over the last 30 or so years, thank you. I’ll go now.
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Thank You and Good Night
A final thank you sendoff from Perry Michael Simon who signs off from his weekly column covering the radio industry for over 30 years
barrettmedia.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
So happy for you, Perry but it's a real loss for the industry to lose your perspective. I'm sorry we never got to work together. Enjoy your those books and ballgames, my friend!
Thank you for this and all the brilliant work you do, James. I’m delighted to be a Patron. Happy Christmas to you and yours.
Out now for all members, paid AND free*, A Christmas Gift for You from Centuries of Sound – Christmas Records 1962-1968
Come listen to a Christmas selection from the wildest decade of all.
www.patreon.com/posts/146374...
*will change after Christmas
Come listen to a Christmas selection from the wildest decade of all.
www.patreon.com/posts/146374...
*will change after Christmas
December 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Thank you for this and all the brilliant work you do, James. I’m delighted to be a Patron. Happy Christmas to you and yours.
@eddytemplemorris.bsky.social I've had you on the radio the last hour while doing chores and you are killing it, my friend. Great content, fantastic tunes. Really have enjoyed it.
December 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
@eddytemplemorris.bsky.social I've had you on the radio the last hour while doing chores and you are killing it, my friend. Great content, fantastic tunes. Really have enjoyed it.
I love Kylie and her music but this is an infuriatingly awful song.
Will it be a first Number 1 in 22 years for Kylie Minogue ? 👊
And not just any Number 1... the coveted Christmas Number 1! 💪 🎅
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/kylie-minogue-leads-official-christmas-number-1-single-xmas-together-for-palestine/
#XMAS
And not just any Number 1... the coveted Christmas Number 1! 💪 🎅
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/kylie-minogue-leads-official-christmas-number-1-single-xmas-together-for-palestine/
#XMAS
December 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I love Kylie and her music but this is an infuriatingly awful song.
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Meg White, our generation's reclusive Bobbie Gentry, turns 51 today.
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Meg White, our generation's reclusive Bobbie Gentry, turns 51 today.
Someone's looking for a job....I'd hire you! 🤣
I like saving airchecks for historical purposes.. and to hear how hard I tried on air. Here is today’s 9-12 shift on Triple M Melbourne 📻 on.soundcloud.com/85wRm4FgRio9...
Dave Williams Aircheck Dec 10 2025.mp3
Radio Aircheck from 105.1 Triple M Melbourne December 10 2025
soundcloud.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Someone's looking for a job....I'd hire you! 🤣
If I miss anything most about living in America it’s probably TCM. And they don’t even have a streaming option. Fingers crossed this changes that … 👀 @tcmtv.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
If I miss anything most about living in America it’s probably TCM. And they don’t even have a streaming option. Fingers crossed this changes that … 👀 @tcmtv.bsky.social
Mine seemed unlikely too. 🤔
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Mine seemed unlikely too. 🤔
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I searched last years’s Top 40 UK most streamed Christmas songs and was saddened to find “The Chipmunk Song” no longer makes the cut.
We used to be a proper country. 😞
We used to be a proper country. 😞
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I searched last years’s Top 40 UK most streamed Christmas songs and was saddened to find “The Chipmunk Song” no longer makes the cut.
We used to be a proper country. 😞
We used to be a proper country. 😞
Reposted by Gene Baxter
this is the kind of content i come to Bluesky for
Happy Thanksgiving! Time for my annual post with the entire list of active NFL players whose last name could be call letters of a radio station in the city in which they play:
KEYS (MIN)
KIRK (HOU)
KUPP (SEA)
WADE (BAL)
WARD (CLE)
WARD (IND)
WARD (TEN)
WATT (PIT)
WEBB (CLE)
WISE (WAS)
WOOD (NO)
KEYS (MIN)
KIRK (HOU)
KUPP (SEA)
WADE (BAL)
WARD (CLE)
WARD (IND)
WARD (TEN)
WATT (PIT)
WEBB (CLE)
WISE (WAS)
WOOD (NO)
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
this is the kind of content i come to Bluesky for