#7 - Deana Carter – Strawberry Wine  - 1996

It's a song that defined a brand new generation of country listeners.  It was a major hit song on the Country charts and far beyond.  This was a perfect generational anthem as can be written and It spoke directly to the new fans we had and the older ones too.  Everyone has a story to tell and remembers the pivotal moments in life, and this dares to share them in song.  Deana Carter was the perfect artist for this remarkable song and she sings it with grit, honesty and you can hear the mixed feelings of regret and fondness all at the same time.  I remember the first time I played this song on the air at WPCV in Lakeland, Florida doing the morning show and saying to my on air partner Tom O'Brien, "This is a total smash hit song!"   This has stood the ultimate test in our format and that is the test of time. With Country, as it's always evolving from traditional to pop country to Bro Country, back to regular country, rock country, Coffee House Country, and so on, this song still gets played and still gets turned way up on radios all over the country when it's on.  Award winning, directly immitated, and loved, this is the definition of a hit major hit song. A story telling gem!

Last Week #8

My Full Profile On Deana Carter

Lots of people think that it's hard to make French Onion Soup like you get in a restaurant.  BUT if you've never made it, you can, and it's great, and it's not expensive.  After you make a ton of it, you'll see how profitable it is for the restaurants.

You Can Make French Onion Soup!

My guess is the 5 hour charter flight home from Seattle on Sunday night was an interesting one after the Browns let one get away 24-20.  A game they really had no business losing bringing our record to 4-3.  Granted, Seattle is a difficult place to win and the Browns are facing some challenges with Watson being out and other injuries, and that's what makes this so hard to swallow.  We snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. 

This was not on the players, this one is squarely on the coach. Up until the crucial moment, the coach had a very good day coming back from 14 down in a tough environment.    Would someone else please tell the coach that you don't put your third string QB in a bad position when there are other options to close out a well played game?  The only way the Browns were going to lose that game is by giving it away, and Stefanski was happy to oblige.  He put the entire game in the hands of a journeyman QB with 2 minutes to go and it wasn't fair to him or the team.  After the interception, you could see the Browns were totally shell shocked and the Seahawks were completely rejuvenated.  Those intangibles again are a blind spot for this coach -  the game within the game.

Third string QB P.J. Walker played about as well as he's going to play in any game at the NFL level. In fact, he played about as well as Watson has in any single game since we signed the Bezos priced QB a couple years ago.  And Stefanski rewarded his QB and his team by making a totally Bozo-ic play call of a pass on a critical third down that resulted in a truly fluky interception that a couple minutes later cost us the game.  Say it with me - run the ball, and if you don't get it, punt it away with the leagues BEST PUNTER and make Seattle drive 90 yards against NFL's BEST DEFENSE - OURS!!!  Why is this so hard?  If Seattle drives the field and scores they deserve to win.  But that was not going to happen from deep in their own end.

Seattle had not moved the ball since the first quarter and wasn't going to then either.  Would someone please tell Stefanski that he has the best defense in the league and that's the reason we have a winning record?  Does he know?  What in the world is wrong with him in these kind of moments?  There comes a moment that you have to stop being the worlds smartest man in your own mind  - and understand you now look incompetent in everyone else's  - yet again.  Including your 53 man roster and staff.

The players have to be sick and silently steaming over this.  Putting Walker in a position to fail after playing so well all day when that was the last thing that was necessary.  Yes, it was a fluky play that wouldn't happen again, but it happened Sunday and we paid the price.  I'm guessing that ride home was a very tense one.  The only thing that diffuses that is Stefanski being accountable for his boneheaded snafu, but that's not in his DNA at all.  There is no other real way to look at this. He put a good dude who played hard in a position to fail when we couldn't afford to. 

Arizona today and we have no business losing this game either.  Kevin humble yourself, take accountability and make far better decisions when it matters going forward.

GO BROWNS!!

Here is my recap of the songs I featured in October in my 50 Favorites From 40 Years - year long countdown. I have also included the recap of every month this year if you are just jumping on.

Grab some earbuds and let's get caught up!

#8 - George Strait - Amarillo By Morning

#9 - Holly Dunn - Someday

#10 - George Jones – Still Doin' Time

#11- Hank Williams Jr - Country Boy Can Survive

#12 - Clint Black – Killin' Time

Other  Months

September

August

July

June

May

April

March

February

January

In case you missed some of my articles from WQMX.com this week here is a recap. Grab a coffee and your earbuds and let's get caught up!  Thanks for reading and listening every day!

BROWNS - Fortuitous

Eat Of The Week

50 Favorites From 40+ Years #8

Forgotten Jukebox T-96

Country Music Memory Lane - Trace Adkins

Wynn At The Movies And More

Box Office Results - Five Nights At Freddies - (78 million)

#2 Era's Tour   -  (15 Million)     #3 Killers Of The Flower Moon  -  (9 million)

New This Week - What Happens Later / Pricilla

BTW - The Marvels comes out November 10

BTW Again - Thanksgiving comes out November 17

Movie Trends – For 2024 and far beyond - Many movies from Video Game Franchises and Mattel says many more toy movies are on the way. They are determined to be the new “marvel”

A New Avengers - Movie featuring the original star-studded cast. Even the dead ones

Oppenheimer - Returns to theaters today for a one-week run on IMAX screens.

Porky Pig and Daffy Duck - Are returning to the big screen in the sci-fi comedy flick The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

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

Also - My 50 Favorites Over 40+ Years This Week #8 (Link)

Do you have any plans for this weekend before Halloween? Maybe you're eating candy and carving pumpkins. Maybe it's some trick-or-treating with the kids, or a fun time at a costume party. Maybe you're like me with plans to have a bonfire if the weather permits. With that, did you know that it's supposed to be a full moon Saturday? Pretty spooky! 

Whatever it is you're doing this weekend, have a ton of fun and stay safe! Oh and hey, instead of asking for the 20th time over on your community Facebook group, "when's trick-or-treating," check this out for information: https://nextdoor.com/treat_map. 

Also, if you don't have plans already and are looking to have a fun time, Sarah Kay will be at the Dusty Armadillo in Rootstown for the 14th Annual WQMX + Dusty Halloween Party on Friday night! There will be cash prizes for best costume in multiple categories, so get your friends together and come out wearing your best! Keep that costume on-deck too, as you'll want it for the Inaugural Odd Fellows Halloween Bash and Costume Contest at the Common Ground in Medina come Saturday evening. Sarah will be there from 9-11pm, so be sure to catch her there or at the Dusty Armadillo. Check out our social media pages for more information, and have a spooktacular weekend! 

Keep It or Kick It is back tonight during the New At 9:00. Shortly after the hour begins, listen for new music from Annie Bosko "Neon Baby". I will ask you to listen to the song all the way through, and then decide if WQMX should play it more, or toss it aside.

Don't be shy with your opinions! You can call me or text me on the Cricket Wireless Text Line at 330-370-2000. I'm excited to see if you want to Keep It or Kick It tonight!

This Saturday is going to be an interesting one...  As the WWE takes Crown Jewel to Saudi Arabia for a 1pm start. (Thank goodness Ohio State plays at Night.)

There is a lot of alignment that could play out at this one.

Seth Rollins defends his World Heavyweight Championship vs. Drew McIntyre.  You can be there will be some interference with this one.  Seth Rollin's will return for Monday Night Rollins Title in hand.

Rhea Ripley defends her Women's World Championship in the Fatal 5-Way vs. Nia Jax vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Shayna Baszler vs. Zoey Stark.  The truth is all these women could win the title.  I think Rhea retains but only with a little help from DomDom...  Mami is always on top.

Roman Reigns defends his Universal Championship vs. LA Knight.  I would love to see LA put an end to Roman's Title Run but I do not see him losing gold at anything other than Mania, Summerslam or Rumble.  YEAHHHH!!!!

Rey Mysterio defends his US Championship  vs. Logan Paul – This match makes a title Prime of the taking and think old Logan Paul tastes good...

Cody Rhodes vs. Damian Priest – I think Cody beats Priest but pays for it with Judgement Day making him pay the price.  And I don't think the loss will stop Senor Money In The Bank from maybe cashing in...

A big comgratulations to Darius Rucker! He was surprised by Kelly Clarkson on her talk show The Kelly Clarkson Show with the CMA Humanitarian of the Year award! Watch below! 

 

 

 

 

 

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