After 30 years as Boston's fiercely independent Alternative music station, WFNX announces that it is being sold to Clear Channel Communications, and news of the sale rattles generations of music fans who had grown to believe that WFNX would always exist at 101.7 on their FM dial. As the station counts down its last sixty days on the air, current and former WFNX employees reminisce about the station's rich history and reflect on what the sale of this perennial David in a land of radio Goliaths says about the changing ways we relate to music and media.

After 30 years as Boston's fiercely independent Alternative music station, WFNX announces that it is being sold to Clear Channel Communications, and news of the sale rattles generations of music fans who had grown to believe that WFNX would always exist at 101.7 on their FM dial. As the station counts down its last sixty days on the air, current and former WFNX employees reminisce about the station's rich history and reflect on what the sale of this perennial David in a land of radio Goliaths says about the changing ways we relate to music and media.
2013-10-13
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0.0Documentary on Swedish rockabilly singer/songwriter Eva Eastwood.
7.0Petar Peca Popović is one of the greatest, most famous, most authoritative and for sure, the best, connoisseur of Rock and Roll in the former Yugoslavia. He promoted Rock and Roll in those heroic times. We are going on a peculiar kind of trip with him, along an "emotional homeland", of ex-Yu, "searching for the lost times" and dear friends, the most significant representatives of this culture - rock'n'roll legends.
9.3A collection of concert performances by Johnny Cash from the 60s to the 90s.
0.0This is the ultra rare Sham 69 Documentary which features a drama using the 'That's Life' album. Filmed for BBC Arena in 1979.
7.0Break out the hair spray again for '80s glam-rockers Poison!! Live, Raw & Uncut DVD is a live concert from 2007, recorded at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in St. Louis, Missouri, in support of their 2007 cover album Poison'd. Features the following songs: Look What the Cat Dragged In; I Want Action; Ride the Wind; I Won't Forget You; What I Like About You; C.C.'s Guitar Solo; I Hate Every Bone In Your Body But Mine; Something To Believe In; Can't You See; Your Mama Don't Dance; I Need to Know; Rikki's Drum Solo; Unskinny Bop; Every Rose Has Its Thorn; Fallen Angel; Talk Dirty to Me; Nothin' but a Good Time.
6.2In 1966, Helen Reddy landed in New York with her three year old daughter, a suitcase, and $230 in her pocket. Within weeks, she was broke. Within months, she was in love. Within five years, she was one of the biggest superstars of her time and an icon of the 1970s feminist movement who wrote a song which galvanized a generation of women to fight for change.
7.9The coolest way to hear The Black Album that you may not know about... surround sound re-mixed in 5.1 Audio and mastered especially for DVD-Audio and designed to kick major ass on your surround sound/home theatre system. This disc will ONLY play on your DVD player (it won't play on a compact disc player) and was released several years ago, but was not readily available. Now that home theatre equipment is more affordable and easier to find, we had the label press up some more for us and it's the best way that we know of at this point listen to this album!
6.3A grandson of a recently deceased millionaire mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her aunt, who once dated the grandfather.
0.0A musical oddessy through the heart of Africa in search of the roots of Rock & Roll.
The Offspring performs live at Weenie Roast, which is an annual multi-artist alternative rock concert presented by the US rock radio station KROQ. Setlist: 1. Come Out And Play 2. The Kids Aren't Alright 3. Hammerhead 4. All I Want 5. Gone Away 6. Staring At The Sun 7. Gotta Get Away 8. Want You Bad 9. You're Gonna Go Far, Kid 10. Bad Habit 11. Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) 12. (Can't Get My) Head Around You 13. Self Esteem
7.9The true story of punks, queers, & criminals on a ride with two men who accidentally changed music along the way.
8.3The Icarus Line Must Die is a dramatic narrative feature set against the backdrop of the current LA music scene. The film tracks Joe Cardamone, front man of The Icarus Line, as he navigates his way through the ups and downs of the modern music landscape.
6.5The 2010 tour by the German chanteuse Nena in support of her 2009 album "Made in Germany." It features not only songs from her latest album, but new versions of old favorites as well.
0.0Joe Elliott (vocals) Vivian Campbell (guitar) Rick "Sav" Savage (bass) Rick Allen (drums) Phil Collen (guitar). Let's Get Rocked - Another Hit And Run - Too Late For Love - Hysteria - Make Love Like A Man - Foolin' - Rocket - Two Steps Behind - Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad - Armageddon It - Pour Some Sugar On Me - Rock Of Ages - Love Bites - Photograph recorded live at Sheffield Stadium, Sheffield, UK, June 6, 1993 In the early 80s Def Leppard started new standards in British heavy metal. Trendy power chords and 5000 vocal tracks in the chorus involved sopping metal hymns and arenas with topless teens. It is not easy to be a legend. No matter what you do, no matter how much you change and you deliver qualitative work you are always in the eye of the critics and are measured against the famous classics. "Def Leppard" are not an exception. The hard rock institution from Sheffield delivered with "Pyromania" and "Hysteria" two groundbreaking albums in the 80s - million seller.
6.8"Mitzi and Spanko run amok in a colorful world where reason is overrated, featuring the thumping, riotously fun music of the Asylum Street Spankers." A beautiful hand-animated short inspired by and done to the song "Monkey Rag" by Asylum Street Spankers.
5.2Buddy is an aspiring teenager who is a very good musician and has pressure to go further than his Dad's teddy boy rocker days...
7.0Jon Mikl Thor was a bodybuilding, steel bending, brick smashing rock star in the '70s & '80s whose band, Thor, never quite made it big. Years later he attempts a comeback that nearly kills him.
6.3A towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.