A Reader staffer shares three musical obsessions, then asks someone (who asks someone else) to take a turn.
104.3 Jams Imagine my surprise when I went shuffling through the radio dial and arrived at what I thought was soft-rock station K-Hits, only to hear Mark Morrison’s “Return of the Mack.” About a month ago, K-Hits turned into 104.3 Jams, a station completely devoted to all the 90s hip-hop and R&B that soundtracked my middle-school dances—songs from a simpler time, when for some baffling reason Ja Rule’s out-of-key yelling seemed like a necessary addition to nearly every song on the radio.
Hard Country by Firm Believers
The Eurythmics’ 2018 vinyl reissue campaign If you know me well (which you probably don’t), you know I’m a huge Annie Lennox fan, which means I love the Eurythmics. Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox are an untouchable dynamic duo (if you say otherwise, we are fighting). Their music and videos are beyond inspirational—they’re transformational. If you don’t own their records yet, not all is lost, because you can preorder vinyl reissues now! Also noteworthy is an 11-minute retrospective “Eurythmix” by DJ Earworm, compiled from 23 videos spanning 1983 to 2005.
