There's this viral video circulating the internet depicting a man being flung out from his SUV after rolling it on the beach. He was out looking to be having fun, tearing it up on the dunes, when all the sudden his Toyota caught a bad angle and tumbled sideways several times. 

He's so lucky to walk away from the accident. I'd be counting my blessings. The way he was ejected is just wild, and it was totally preventable. First off, maybe don't take your top-heavy FJ Cruiser on such unstable terrain at those speeds. My Blazer even has a rollover warning label. He knew the risk, or he certainly does now. 

Secondly, though most importantly, buckle up! It takes two seconds and can be the difference between life or death. It doesn't matter where you are, what car you're in, or who's driving. Just strap in, please.

As a little sidenote, I can't go without noting how bad it is to drive in saltwater. You can't do much worse to a vehicle. Well, maybe rolling it three times....

Okay, so, I'm sure you want to see it. Here ya go! 

Coming up this Sunday at the CMT Music Awards, Little Big Town and Sugarland are getting together for a performance live on stage! Little Big Town is celebrating 25 years together, and Sugarland is celebrating 20 years since their breakthrough hit "Baby Girl".

Catch the CMT Music Awards from Austin this Sunday (April 7th) at 8:00 on CBS & stream on Paramount +.

In my young career in radio thus far, I've met some awesome people. From Sales to Street Team, I've made professional connections I'll carry with me long into the future. Of those, it's especially great to encounter peers from my college station out in the field or in the studio, and I bumped into one last night. I haven't seen Jake since I did the weekend evening shifts here on WQMX, and my face lit up when I pulled into the lot and saw his vehicle. 

He was finishing up broadcasting the Guardians game on our sister sports station as I settled into my overnight shift here, and it was so nice to catch up and chat. It'd sure been a while, probably even longer than I realize. We talked about life post-college and all that it holds, such as marriage and long-term career goals. Him and I are in the same boat on a lot of stuff like that. 

Now that we're back into baseball season, hopefully I'll get some more chances to run into my pal Jake. It'll have to be a late game, like some in the West Coast run. I've long been thinking about reaching out to some other folk I haven't spoken with in a while, so maybe this positive experience will be the catalyst for me to do so and reconnect. 

Time flies; that's for sure. 

By the way, the Guardians lost to the Mariners in Seattle 4-5 in the first of the series, leaving Cleveland with a 3-2 record so far this season. The next game is today, Tuesday, at 9:40 PM EDT.

Earlier this afternoon before I came into work, I was getting on my home desktop computer to check work email and other business. I sign in, and then happen to notice...the clock on the computer is 1 hour fast!!!

WHAT?!!! Apparently my computer decided to play an April Fool's Day joke on me. I had to go in to settings and turn off then back on the auto time change function to get it back. The weird thing is the time was normal the last time I was on the computer.

Anyone else hear the theme song to The Twilight Zone?!

 

 

 

 

 

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Listen to Scott & Sarah at 7:10a for the Sam Hunt Song Of The Day.  

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I hope you had a nice weekend. Personally, mine had some ups and downs. The worst part was when my antenna ball was stolen. 

I don't know exactly when or where it happened, but I noticed my little smiley-face dude was missing when I came out of the dollar store Saturday afternoon. We were also out shopping Friday, and it could have easily happened then, so there's no way to know. Regardless, I was both sad and angry to discover that someone took from my vehicle in broad daylight. I hate the idea of someone touching my car, let alone stealing from it, so this hit me hard. And, just... why? It's low of someone to do, surely. It's not even worth anything. 

I bet they don't even put it on their car. They probably don't even have a car with an antenna! The phrase, "this is why we can't have nice things" rings through my head. My trust in the public suffered a slight blow, but I won't let one ugly-hearted individual keep me from seeing the good in the world. I've got another ball already coming my way in a package, and I suppose this time we'll try some superglue. It's just a little saddening that I should have to do so. 

With this, I'd like to put out a little call to action for you: be the good in the world. Be the reason why someone smiles and not the reason why someone's smiley-face is taken from them. This could be something as simple as holding the door for somebody or waving to your neighbor. We're all in this community together, and I know we can do good. 

Minimally, just don't be THAT person....

Thanks! 

In the 1980's the wonderful Charly McClain had a nice run of big songs. Her time was before the huge country boom of the late 80's and into the 90's, but she recorded some really great songs, and fans liked her. Then one day, she just - left the biz.  She had a birthday recently and it's fun to look back and remember.  If you've not familiar with her, check my profile on her out.

Revisiting Charly McClain

Laredo - Chris Cagle  - 2001 - (Album - Play It Loud)

  It's hard not to like this song.  In 2001, Chris Cagle burst on the scene and this was one of his early hits.  Early on Cagle rattled off a number of pretty popular songs. The Play It Loud album was a commercial success even though there was a change in record companies it was certified gold.  There were albums after this and there was some very good success. But again, we would like to think that all stars get that long run of hit songs, like Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, or Miranda Lambert, but it doesn't always go that way.  But in the early 2000's Chris Cagle had a nice run, that included this great song, plus a number of top 5's and a #1 with I Breathe In, I Breathe Out.   This song peaked at #8 on the charts, and really helped get him noticed.

Last Weeks Selection

Box Office Results - Godzilla/Kong  -   (80 million)

#2 – Ghostbusters (15 million)

#3 - King Fu Panda 4 (10 million)

New This Week – The First Omen / Monkey Man

The Joker 2 - Hard R rating for full nudity and strong violence

A Fifth Matrix - Movie is in development

ABC - Has renewed Grey’s Anatomy for its 21st season

This Weekend – Check out my Country Music Memory Lane (link)

Also - 50 Most Important Country Songs 1980 – Today #37 (Link)