Friday, December 13, 2013

Nothing Going on Here, Keep Walking

What we thought we would do with this fucking blog is anybody's guess. But like so many blogs before this, we are gone. Check out WTIT.net for the latest on WTIT. Or better yet, our comedy blog is at WTIT.org.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Candance Glover Wins Idol season 12!

Candace Glover wins season 12 of American Idol!!!

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Saturday, May 19, 2012

The Day Disco Music Died

From Rolling Stone:  Disco legend Donna Summer died this morning in Florida at the age of 63, family sources have told the Associated Press. The singer had been battling cancer for some time.

"Early this morning, we lost Donna Summer Sudano, a woman of many gifts, the greatest being her faith," reads a statement from the singer's family. "While we grieve her passing, we are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy. Words truly can't express how much we appreciate your prayers and love for our family at this sensitive time."

Summer was a five-time Grammy winner best known for smash hits including "I Feel Love," "Love to Love You Baby" and "She Works Hard for the Money." Her collaborations with producer Giorgio Moroder in the the Seventies broke ground for dance music and have been hugely influential on electronic music in the decades since.
/br> Born and raised in Boston, Summer grew up singing in church before joining a short-lived psychedelic rock band. After winning a role in a touring production of Hair, she moved to Germany, where she would meet Moroder. Their collaboration on the suggestive "Love to Love You Baby," which Summer sang with Marilyn Monroe's breathy singing style in mind, became a huge dancefloor hit after Casablanca Records' Neil Bogart requested a long version of the song – 17 minutes.

Summer went on to major success during the disco era, scoring Number One pop singles with "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls" and an unlikely version of Jimmy Webb's "MacArthur Park." In 2004 Summer was elected to the Dance Music Hall of Fame, and in 2009 she performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in honor of President Obama.

Asked upon the release of her 2008 album Crayons whether she felt vindicated by her longevity, Summer replied, "I don't think they made fun of my music as much as they made fun of some of the music that maybe came as a result of that whole genre. But I do think in the course of time it is nice to reestablish something and to say, 'Okay, this stood the test of time. . . ' I have nothing to prove to anyone. I just get out there and do my best, and those who love it, great. And those who don't, they'll move on to something else."


Additional reporting by Steve Balt

Friday, March 2, 2012

Goodbye Davy Jones

WTIT would like to bid farewell to Davy Jones of The Monkees. Davy was born David Thomas Jones in Manchester, England, on December 30, 1945. Ironically, he appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show with the cast of the musical “Oliver” the night The Beatles debuted. The Monkees were formed to cash in from the idea of turning The Beatles “A Hard Day's Night” film into a weekly TV comedy. WTIT attended the mid 80's reunion of The Monkees, (without Michael Nesmith) in Connecticut. Davy suffered a fatal heart attack while tending his horses in Florida. Davy was 66.





Tuesday, December 6, 2011

R.I.P. Dobey Gray


 WTIT wants to acknowledge the death of Dobie Gray (July 26, 1940 – December 6, 2011). Dobie will always be remembered for on the biggest hits of 1973, "Drift Away" which sold over one million copies. It's still played daily on radio broadcasts and has been covered by many including Ringo Starr.