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After analyzing my site statistics, I noticed that my Countdown or “Top” lists get the most amount of site traffic. Since I’m not too proud to go for the short and dirty to get more people to the site, I thought I’d start a Top 5 campaign of the best music for each month. Even [...]
Posted by Allison Rizk on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Filed under Top 5 of the Month, Videos · Tagged Allison Rizk, Civil Wars, civil wars eddie's attic, civil wars lyrics, fanfarlo, freelance whales, freelance whales hannah, hannah, houdini, in your arms, into your sun, jason zerbin, john paul white, joy williams, March Madness, new song civil wars, no second troy, of fools and gold, radio potato, RadioPotato, radiopotato.com, the walls are coming down, to whom it may concern civil wars, unrequited love, where to find love
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I can’t say I’ve often wondered what Darth Vader’s dreams sound like – but after marinating on indie-pop band Slow Runner’s tagline for their new EP Ghost Rendition announcement video, (Ghost Rendition: It Sounds Like Darth Vader’s Dreams, I’m thinking maybe Darth Vader’s musical tastes lean toward the ”lyrical pop music shot out into space“ variety. Paste Magazine honored Slow Runner as one [...]
Posted by Allison Rizk on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 12:11 am
Filed under Featured, Interviews · Tagged Allison Rizk, bon jovi, Charleston music, darth vader, funny musicians, ghost rendition, indie pop, Jonny Gray, Josh Kaler, Jump Little Children, mermaids, Michael Flynn, music blog, new music, new slow runner music, no disassemble, radio potato, RadioPotato, radiopotato.com, rainyface, Scott Baumil, shiv, Slow Runner, slow runner interview, starbucks music
My girlfriends and I have often sat around and discussed the inner-complexities of our failed relationships and we noticed they have a very common theme. They go something like this: ”It started out GREAT! He was so perfect and sweet to me! And then I don’t know what happened. He became disconnected and a total [...]
Posted by Allison Rizk on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Filed under Music, Random thoughts · Tagged Allison Rizk, atlanta music, Battle Studies, John Mayer, John Mayer Continuum, john mayer douche, John Mayer heartbroken, John Mayer Jessica Simpson, John Mayer live, John Mayer playboy, radio potato, RadioPotato, radiopotato.com
I thought about doing a review for classic crooner, Michael Buble’s show in Atlanta (well, really it’s more like Duluth, Georgia – W-A-Y up north for a girl who lives right in the heart of Atlanta) but his show opened up more questions than I had answers to. I’ll start with a few things he did [...]
Posted by Allison Rizk on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Filed under Random thoughts, Review · Tagged Allison Rizk, atlanta music, Buble 3/14/2010, Buble Atlanta, Buble Gwinnett Arena, classic crooner, Michael Buble, music blog buble, Naturally 7, Naturally Seven, radio potato, RadioPotato, vintage music
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He may look like a little British hobbit, but DAMN, Jamie Cullum puts on an electrifying performance! I’ve been a fan of Jamie Cullum for many years now. Evidently, my nomination for the highly esteemed Chozen Award has left me pretty cocky. I decided I would send Jamie a Facebook e-mail earlier this week. Maybe his career aspirations included being [...]
Posted by Allison Rizk on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 5:00 am
Filed under Music, Review · Tagged Allison Rizk, Billy Joel, british jazz artist, concert review, Elton John, famous piano players, high and dry, Imelda May, Jamie Cullum, jamie cullum live, jamie cullum pursuit, jamie cullum wheels, radio potato, radiohead covers, RadioPotato, radiopotato.com
It is indeed Oscar season. As I prep to watch the Red Carpet Arrivals and expertly judge the outfits of America’s glorified royalty (read: actors), I’m thinking about awards and what makes somebody good enough to be chosen to win. About a week ago, I noticed that my home boy, Gareth Asher had posted news about [...]
Posted by Allison Rizk on Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Filed under Random thoughts · Tagged Allison Rizk, atlanta music, atlanta music blog, chosen, chozen awards, college radio, Gareth Asher, music blog, music blogger, musician of the year, nj radio, oscars, radio potato, RadioPotato, the academy, wknj