Hi friends! If the Strokes didn’t happen, for all we know we could still be stuck listening to nu metal <shudders>. And for that reason alone they deserve all of our praise!  In fact, I remember hearing Last Nite on WKQX when it first came out and thinking “I don’t like this yet, but I…

Hey friends!  While you are enjoying the History of Alternative on the radio, I’m hanging out on the internet putting together essential playlists from my favorite bands throughout history.  Back in the day we called these things mixtapes, and it was thanks to a mixtape given to me by my good friend Mike Makowka that…