in a time filled mostly without the luxury of ipods and other like devices, we were forced to either lug around caselogic’s full of cassette tapes or cd’s. or if you were like me, a shoe box full of cassettes and a carefully handpicked crop of cd’s for the days driving adventures. there were those times that neither of those options were available, thus we were forced to listen to the….radio. it mostly sucked, but if you were lucky to live within earshot, or a stiff breeze, of your local college radio station then it wasnt so bad, or so i have been told. unfortunately, at the time, i wasnt living near such a university nor did the winds bring one my way. even though i lived near columbia college, i could never pick up a decent signal. honestly, if you weren’t total fuckin music dork/snob, radio at the time wasn’t so bad. in fact, it was pretty bearable. i never once thought to myself, “hey i can get used to this radio stuff,” mind you, but i must admit that when candlebox came across the waves, i sang along. so, without much further adieu here is part one of a four part mix of what you may have found on “alternative” radio in the 90’s.

1 . there she goes - the la’s

2. two princes - spin doctors

3. hey, jealousy - gin blossoms

4. runaway train - soul asylum

5. far behind - candlebox

6. mr. jones - counting crows

7. cannonball - the breeders

8. here and now - letters to cleo

9. loser - beck

10. no rain - blind melon

11. interstate love song - stone temple pilots

12. zombie - the cranberries

13. breakfast at tiffany’s - deep blue something

14. new age girl - deadeye dick

15. self esteem - the offspring

have fun in cyprus, bruno!