Dave in the Cave
‘Everybody Wants You’ Declares Billy Squier as He Hands You The Phone with Another Of His Patented Dissapproving Looks
For a while there around 1981, Billy Squier had the rock world by the tail. His songs were sonic slammers, produced for maximum radio OOMPH. His lyrics were clever roman a clef's mostly detailing the trials and travails of his time in the music business. And then he made video with a wee bit too much flounce, and it was all pretty much over. Still, he had some quality songs. Like this one. READ ON
What The Kids Don’t Know: R.I.P. Chris Squire of Yes
These kids today, with their Oontz Oontz Oontz music and their Smartphones and their minute attention spans. Bah. Even you hiptser twenty-somethings, with your beards and Spotify playlists stuffed with Pitchfork-approved bands, YOU DON'T KNOW! The band Yes climbed heights your Tame Impalas and your White Jeans could never even dream of. And behind it all, was Chris Squire. READ ON!
Yacht Rock Sails Into Port while ‘Crazy Love’ By Poco Plays In Background
Hey there. Your good friend, Dave In The Cave, is having a doo doo kinda day. My mailbox fell down, my lawnmower died, I mowed over twenty five dollars that somebody dropped into my grass. I need mellow right now. I need some yacht rock.
I need Poco.
READ ON!
Get To Know Us: K-101.7’s Dave In The Cave!
In an ongoing effort to let you, the K-101.7 Faithful, in on what makes your favorite air personalities who they are, we present to you another installment of GET TO KNOW US! On the docket today, Dave In The Cave, that girly voiced 48 year old rapscallion from our Poor Excuse For a Morning Show (c). What does he like? Where does he like it? And Why? READ ON!
‘Gloria’,Unaware That They Have Both Her Number And Her Alias, Listens To The Voices In Her Head calling ‘Gloria’
Okay. we're gonna Jazzercise now. Er, Fondacise? Everybody feel the energy! The burn! Or...the whatever. I'm fittin' you for a tiger print headband and something in lycra. *CLAPS HANDS* LET'S GO! READ ON!
‘Walk This Way” brings Rap and Rock Together, Many Walls Gloriously Kicked Down
Until the late nineties and Nu Rock and Limp Bizkit put their baseball caps on backwards and ruined the party, the worlds of guitar banging and mic slinging were famously and quite popularly mashed together by a band from Boston and three guys from Hollis, Queens. For a moment there, 28 years ago, it was perfect. Read on!
‘Thing Called Love’ Brings Query of Preparedness from Bonnie Raitt, Also Mentions of Swans, Ugly Ducklings, Prince Charming and Soap
Back in 1989. industry vet Bonnie Raitt, though well respected, wasn't selling squat. Then acts were gotten together, ace producers and songwriters were called in and BOOM! Welcome back, Bonnie Raitt. And what was the song that kicked down the wall separating her from the charts and lit the fuse on this miracle? READ ON!
‘Inside Out’ is a Pixar Romp That Will Also Give You a Serious Case Of The Feels.
The boys are back in front of the ficus, and one of them has a serious case of Feelings. Read On!
‘Masterminds’ Trailer Features Stellar Comedy Cast, Laugh Out Loud Stupidity, Dumb Haircuts.
Of the two movie reviewers at K1017fm.com, I tend toward the less intellectual, more populist taste. Which means get me giggling like a schoolgirl with your trailer, I'll probably be there opening night. Which has burned me innumerable times in the past. This time, however, I think an upcoming film just might have a decent chance of a good follow through. Maybe. READ ON!
‘Peg’ Makes Her Big Debut, Told by Steely Dan ‘It Looks Good On You.’
They were like a skeevy Hall And Oates, who rarely left the studio, were way less attractive and whose songs chronicled the seedy cocaine-driven debauchery of 1970's Los Angeles from an outsider's sarcastic viewpoint. Also jazzy. Read on!