From Fame to Fizzle
Send us a text It's Monday, and the Back in Time Brothers, DJ Paulie and Lou, are back on URL radio for another show! Join the brothers for this week's episode, "From Fame to Fizzle." The highlight of the show is DJ Brit’s in-depth countdown segment focusing on the theme "From Fame to Fizzle: Hyped and gone artists of the 80s and 90s". Brit counts down the musical acts that shot to the top quickly, grabbed headlines, and then "faded from the spotlight almost as quickly as they arrived". Feat...
It's Monday, and the Back in Time Brothers, DJ Paulie and Lou, are back on URL radio for another show! Join the brothers for this week's episode, "From Fame to Fizzle."
The highlight of the show is DJ Brit’s in-depth countdown segment focusing on the theme "From Fame to Fizzle: Hyped and gone artists of the 80s and 90s". Brit counts down the musical acts that shot to the top quickly, grabbed headlines, and then "faded from the spotlight almost as quickly as they arrived". Featured artists include the one-hit wonder Marcy Playground ("Sex and Candy"), Crash Test Dummies, Robbie Neville ("C'est La Vie"), Sophie B. Hawkins ("Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover"), Cutting Crew ("I Just Died in Your Arms"), and Terrence Trent D'Arby ("Wishing Well"), whom critics once compared to Prince.
In addition to the countdown, the episode features several fan-favorite segments:
- Rock Talk: Host Todd Snyder chases ghosts in "The Lost Album"segment. Todd delves into records that were fully written, recorded, or sometimes even pressed, but never officially released due to circumstances ranging from spiritual visions and paranoia to perfectionism or simple theft. Albums discussed include The Beach Boys’ mythic *Smile*, Prince’s recalled *The Black Album* and *Camille*, Dr. Dre’s highly anticipated *Detox*, and Kanye West’s crowdsourced ghost record, *Yandhi*.
- Stupid Criminals: Lou and Paulie detail bizarre arrests from across the country and the world. Stories include thieves busted after pulling their getaway vehicle into a drive-thru car wash, a prisoner who got lost inside the ductwork, a man who robbed the tattoo shop where he just got a distinctive tattoo, and a man in Malaysia who performed DIY surgery to implant metal balls that later began to rust.
- Random Fat Fat Fat Facts: The brothers share strange trivia, covering topics such as the slight time lag in brain perception (about 50 milliseconds), the Malagasi chameleon's short life, the spiny anteater's four-headed penis, the fact that ear wax is a fancy type of sweat, and how dolphins play with puffer fish to get a buzz.
- Crazy Classifieds: The show introduces a new segment featuring humorous and bizarre classified ads, including a search for a roommate who must love true crime documentaries at 3 AM and a dating ad seeking a companion who enjoys off-key shower concerts and brings tacos.
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