ICYMI  - Here are my songs featured in April in my year long 50 Favorites From 40 Years Series -  Also links to the previous months in case you are jumping in now.  These are my 50 Favorite songs (so far) over the course of my country radio career (so far)

50 Favorites  - April

#35 - Thinkin' Problem - David Ball

#36 - This Kiss - Faith Hill

#37 - Touch A Hand, Make A Friends - Oak Ridge Boys

#38 - Gone Country - Alan Jackson

Previous Months

50 Favorites - March

50 Favorites - February

50 Favorites - January

My Sunday Morning Song

Eat Of The Week

50 Favorites From 40+ Years #35

Forgotten Jukebox C-19

Country Music Memory Lane - 90's Revisited

Wynn At The Movies And More

Box Office Results - Mario  -  (58 Million)

Mario - Hits a BILLION over the weekend  (Story) 

Stand By – Mario is such a big hit, seems studios are going to gear up for man more video game movies  (Story) 

#2 - Evil Dead Rise -  (24 Million)

New This Week - Are You There God, It's Me Margaret / Big George Foreman / Star Wars Return Of The Jedi - (40^th Anniversary)

New Guardians - Movie will be the first Marvel movie to use the F- bomb!  (Story)

Harrison Ford -Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will be his final turn Indy. He “will not be involved" in the Indiana Jones television series on Disney Plus  (Story)

Al Pacino – Says he turned down role of Hans Solo and gave Harrison Ford a career (Story)

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

Also - My 50 Favorites Over 40+ Years This Week #35  (Link)

Plus - My Sunday Morning Song  -  (Link)

Been a while since we've talked Browns, but the draft is over, free agency too for the most part and it's time to start thinking about what's next.  Will this year be better? And the answer, as it stands today is  - yes.

The Browns are thinking Superbowl with the Watson contract and other key players in their prime. Probably an over reach, because there is NO LOGICAL reason today to think they have made the moves this off season that makes us worlds better.  But we'll see as it plays out.  The draft  - today -  looks better than many could have thought.

Social media sites and the Browns have been deflecting some issues and that's troubling.  They're talking about the offense, how great Watson is going to be, this new receiver and that new speedster and all that's fine. They want NO real part of discussing the problems the Browns have which are defense, special teams, roster depth, and in-game decisions. The aforementioned are issues, but I'm not so sure they see it that way.

There is EVERY LOGICAL reason to think that Watson will play quite well.  The offense will score a lot of points if everyone stays healthy. They, without question have all the right personnel to do that. They scored enough for the most part last year, especially in the early season although limited in what they could do with Jacoby Brissett at QB.  This year, they're banking on Watson to be more than good, cover up the teams other warts, and throw up big numbers. 

Conversely, there is NO LOGICAL reason to think that their historically bad run defense will be a lot better.  They are banking on Jim Schwartz, the new defensive coordinator to save the day.  But as always, it comes down to players, philosophy, and roster decisions. As of this writing, they have a few players coming back from serious leg injuries and those are question marks at best.  They need to find proven defensive linemen and linebackers that can make a difference, and who knows if we signed or drafted those guys this off season. We thought we had last year and that didn't work out. We'll see, but they did not sign any real proven NFL difference maker.

They need to establish a defensive leader, and plan for even their best defenders to miss some games, as that is their well established track record.  They need to be bigger, stronger, and meaner to stop the run  -  or this season will resemble last.  And if analytics STILL INSIST their defense should be smaller and faster, this season will be over early.  Bigger men push around smaller men in the NFL over an 18 week season and certainly in the post season.

Special teams have a new coach named Bubba and this town is going to love him initially simply for that.  But can he get the overall kicking and return game to be more consistent?  Can we jump up about 10-12 places on the overall rankings of special teams to make us more competitive? The above questions and observations are nothing short of fair.

The AFC is loaded and the Browns today are not in the elite. The Chiefs, Bills, Bengals, Dolphins, Chargers, Jets, Ravens, and Jags are better -  today.  Plus, until we start beating them regular, so are the Steelers.  The Broncos and the Raiders this year are more than likely going to be at least a close match with us.  Each week will be imperative for the Browns with the AFC being so good.  Lucky for us, the schedule seems - today  - a bit softer than last year. There is also the added pressure of Stefanski being on the hot seat from day one, he must win.

Now we wait, and see what's next.

You have made it very clear to all of here at WQMX that 90's country is a big deal to you.  So about 2 years ago I wrote this three part series about the 90's.  It tells WHY the 1990's was such a big deal to us.  And one of the main reasons was the sheer amount to stars we had - even beyond the superstars.  The bench was very, very deep and it was our strength, as every era has it's big stars, but none has had this amount of depth.

Take a few minutes and let's revisit the 90's!

The 1990's - Part One

The 1990's - Part Two

The 1990's - Part Three

I Just Wanna Be Mad  -  Terri Clark - 2003 - (Album - Pain To Kill)

I love Terri Clark. I always thought she had the absolute right idea of a female hat act that had a strong voice and was country confident.  She picked songs that were perfect for her and her electric guitar playing image.  Over the course of her career she had a ton of great songs, but this one always stood out to me as a very wise choice.  This is a conversation that pretty much every couple has had about 1,000 times whether married or not.  This is spoken perfectly and is more than honest.  This song is so incredibly relatable it's hard not to like. It's also delivered with a touch of tongue-in-cheek that makes it disarming and not dude bashing.  This song also came a few years after a really strong chart run in the 1990's and it was GREAT to have Terri back on top of the charts again.  Terri Clark to me was always honest with us musically.  I never felt that there were dreams of being a pop star with her and crossing over to other charts didn't seem to interest her. She was country from the start and I always respected that.  There was no doubt she was an original, and I loved her blueprint.  Great song, great performance.

My Full Profile On Terri Clark

Thinkin' Problem - David Ball - 1994

I can clearly remember the first time I heard this song.  I was doing mornings at WPCV in Lakeland, Florida and the Music Director, Dave said to me and my co-host John, "You gotta hear this!"  It started, and 10 seconds in I was hooked.  I get it, this is not everyone's cup of tea. This is big-time traditional country by a regular guy who was about 40 at the time trying to get a foothold in country's most gigantic decade.  But David Ball knows how to sing a country song.  If real country is your thing, then this is a dream for you as this is a traditionalists work or art.  The hook is so distinct, and so catchy, it stood out on the radio like any good song does. This was a big hit, going to #2 on the charts, #1 in Canada, sold over a million, and got a Grammy nomination as well. His chart run was not very long, but this album is magnificent, I feel it's one of the best of the 90's.  I love a good honky-tonk bar song once in a while and this is one of the best ones ever.  Take a listen, "You gotta hear this..."

Last Week #36

My Full Profile On David Ball

Box Office Results - Mario -  (87 Million)

Mario - The top-grossing movie of this year so far

New This Week - The Covenent / Evil Dead Rise / Chevalier

Netflix - Is shutting down is mailing DVD biz side September 29th  (Story)

Clint Eastwood - Who's 93, plans to direct another movie, Juror #2 a courtroom drama  (Story)

Sheesh - Guardians Of the Galaxy 3 will have Sly Stallone and Nathan Fillion  (Story)

Could Be – A Twilight TV series coming soon, being developed   (Story)

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

Also - My 50 Favorites Over 40+ Years This Week #36  (Link)

Plus - My Sunday Morning Song   (Link)

Nobody's Nobody - Brothers Osborne

Great to see them have a song back on the charts.  New sound, new direction  - sometimes necessary and all of it seems right on time for this talented duo.  Grab a coffee and earbuds and let's get this Sunday started.

I case you missed some of my articles from this week, grab some coffee and earbuds and get caught up. Thanks for listening and for reading!

My Sunday Morning Song

Eat Of The Week

50 Favorites From 40+ Years #36

Forgotten Jukebox - C-24

Country Music Memory Lane - Cut From A Different Cloth

Wynn At The Movies And More