“I remember that day. You were sitting outside, and I ordered my lunch inside and then I sat down [to talk with you],” says McGuinn as if recalling a tryst. “They came out and were like, ‘We thought you left. Are you the guy who ordered the chicken sandwich? It’s been sitting here waiting for you for the last 20 minutes.’”

Whoa, there, buddy! Can we all keep it in our pants for a second here? Because you gotta wonder: At what moment, precisely, does the Y-100/WXPN lovefest start to wear down? As Brian Howard‘s article points out today, this is a marriage of convenience: The Y100 crowd brings a younger audience that WXPN ‚Äî and especially their new service, XPoNential Music ‚Äî will be desperately needing. For the answers, allow us to consult the Y100 rocks playlist to see where this might be going: Panic At The Disco. She Wants Revenge. Tool. Thursday. Taking Back Sunday. AFI. And so on.
Sigh. You can lead a dog to water, but you can’t teach him to swim. If it’s “all about the music,” then how come nobody’s talking about how much Y100′s music sucks?
Let us say this now, so we can say we told you so later: WXPN, you seriously do not need these guys. Especially if it’s KCRW/KEXP status that you long for.
CP: XPo ’06

This entry was posted on Thursday, July 20th, 2006 at 11:50 am.