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5/17/2008 Matt Pinfield Morning Drive From the day he was born Matt always knew we wanted to be around music. At 3 years old he sat for hours in front of his family's beat-up record player, listening to his older siblings' various rock and soul records. By the age of 9, he had his own pirate AM radio station, which he helped his father build in the basement of his suburban New Jersey home. At age 16, he was the youngest disc jockey ever to be given his own show on the college radio station at Rutgers University, WRSU. Throughout his college years, Matt continued ... read more
8/4/2008 Steve Craig Midday History… I was born and raised in the surf-punk cultural mecca of Huntington Beach. Having grown up listening to The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Creedence and The Stones, I wasn’t quite prepared for the life-changing event that happened on my birthday, August 11, 1976. A friend of mine snuck me in to see The Ramones for their first ever west coast show at the Roxy in LA. I never really knew what rock & roll was until that night. I quickly traded my surfboard for a drum kit. I spent a lot of time in the garage and taught ... read more
5/19/2008 Phillips Weekdays 3P – 7P My exposure to varying music styles came from my Brooklyn summer camp’s “boom box” which alternated between all things Rolling Stones and Frankie Smith’s “Double Dutch Bus” (I still know the words…) Most identified with their music and lifestyle, I remained happily neutral. Both the rockers and the hip-hop junkies were my friends. 1986. The Mets win the World Series and along comes, “Licensed To Ill”. The Beasties were Brooklyn and made music that screamed my music sensibilities. Sure, the novelty of knowing all the words to “Paul Revere” eventually faded, but it certainly helped pass the time riding the ... read more
6/14/2010 Brian & Chris Weeknights 7P-Midnight Brian D’Aurelio has produced concerts from Rock to Hip Hop & Pop including shows at Madison Square Garden and Giants Stadium and featuring acts like Aerosmith, Tool, Britney Spears and JayZ. Along with hosting From the Basement on RXP, Brian’s less exciting day job includes being the Director of Marketing and Digital Media for three radio stations. Prior to this he has held various on and off-air radio duties in radio starting in his small hometown outside of Cleveland in afternoons and working his way to Chicago and eventually New York where he has resided for the past 10 years. ... read more
11/2/2008 Rich Russo Host of "Anything Anything" Hey RXP! This weekend I will be supporting Record Store Day at the following locations: Jack's Music Shoppe Red Bank, NJ (732)-842-0731 Scotti's Record Shops Summit, NJ Vintage Vinyl Fords, NJ (732)-225-7717 Sound Station Westfield, NJ (908) 654-4110 Springsteen’s line from No Surrender says it best, “we learned more from a 3 minute record than we ever did in school” A true music aficionado and collector, Russo boasts a collection of vinyl and cds that has approximate 100,000 pieces. “Music is the most personal and yet one of the most shared experiences you can have. I don’t expect that everyone ... read more