Picking up where we left off… In 1935 the first Transcontinental Derby took place with 20,000 people watching the action. Two-person teams, one man and one woman would skate 57,000 laps on a flat track. Totalling roughly 2,700 miles, on average a single marathon lasted 3 weeks. 

Realizing that this is a bit repetitive, Seltzer and sportswriter Damon Runyon created the structure of roller derby. 

So now the game has taken on rules and regulations and because I get asked this frequently… what are the rules?! 

Here is a short video explaining, enjoy. 

It’s a physical and mental game to say the least, you really have to be on your A game with eyes on the back of your head. 

Once the sport had gained momentum and popularity, not only for the full contact, high drama that was portrayed on TV, think WWE with “feuds” that would last weeks for the viewers pleasure. But also for the equality that was very evident, in no other sport were men and women viewed as equals. Where women could be themselves fully and fans of all ages and genders flocked to their tv’s or the local tracks to cheer on their favorite teams and skaters. 

In May 1973, 27,135 fans packed into Shea Stadium to watch the triple-header world championships, in which the Chiefs, led by Mike Gammon, defeated the Pioneers 34-31.

However the once beloved, intense sport came to a screeching halt with seemingly no reason. 

Tomorrow we will dive into the revival of the sport!

Over the weekend I was able to attend a Roller Derby Fundraiser for a local young team named Crooked River Roller Derby, a team comprised of 7-17 year olds who love to skate! I asked the skater (Panic Attack) I was there to support their go to song to get pumped for her bouts and she said “I like anything from the Gorillaz or ‘No Role Modelz’ by J. Cole”

So as I was inspired by the youth and feeling nostalgic for my quad skating days, I thought we could look into the amazing sport! 

I did roller derby for a brief time in my early 20’s and my name was ‘High Carly #420’ and then ‘Mojo Risin’ #420’. Inspired by The Doors 'L.A. Woman'.

Now let’s look at a very brief history of Roller Derby. The man credited for creating the sport, Leo Seltzer, saw an opportunity after realizing that 90% of Americans have tried roller skating at some point in their lives.  So in 1935 roller derby was born at a Chicago Coliseum. 

Tomorrow I'm going to dive into a deeper look at the history and creation of the rules and regulations and yes... I'll attach a video that explains it! 

In the meantime here are some songs you might enjoy!

Major League Baseball opening day was yesterday (March 30th) and the Guardians opening day is Friday April 7th. 

So let's talk music and baseball! We start with the Pride of Progressive Field, the beat keeper, the man to get your feet stomping, the one that kept your spirits high when the team might be down... The Legend, John Adams (1951-2023) John will always be respected and missed and quite frankly Guardians games won't be the same. 

When it comes to stadium events, you NEED great music. Songs with a catchy hook, something to lift you up and keep you energized about the experience. 

Could you imagine a baseball game without any music? Walk on songs for the players and of course the 7th inning stretch! 

I have many favs, in fact when I ask people if they like The White Stripes, sometimes I'll get "I don't know them". YES you do... everyone has heard 'Seven Nation Army' at a sporting event at least once. 

The fan favs are ‘Centerfield’ by John Fogerty, ‘Sweet Caroline’ by Neil Diamond, ‘Enter Sandman’ by Metallica  and we can’t forget ‘Take Me Out To The Ballgame’ on the organ of course. 

Baseball and music go hand in hand, without those feet stomping melodies I know we would all experience a very different game. 

So as we move through baseball season and you find yourself at a game, listen up and enjoy the musical addition to America’s Favorite Pastime!

Go Guardians! 

This week for Throwback Thursday we are going to talk about Fall Out Boy... if you couldn't tell from the title. 

So let's dive right in. The band got their start in 2001 in Wilmette, Il. Launching their debut album "Take This To Your Grave" however the same year they released "Evening Out With Your Girlfriend" both of these albums are very much of the times with a much more hardcore punk. The elder emo in me is screaming RAWR =]. <--- that's my old lip ring there. 

As the band grew in popularity we come to their 2005 album "From Under The Cork Tree" with fan favs 'Dance, Dance' and let's not forget 'Sugar, We're Going Down'. I'll never forget the first time I saw that music video on VH1 while getting ready for school. Still holds up. 

The guys kept a certain sound that is very much their sound... or should I say the melodic, powerful voice of Patrick Stump is so recognizable it is a sin to not be able to know their name if you hear his wide vocal range. 

We're going to skip ahead to their comeback album "Save Rock and Roll" and a song we play on the regular on 107.3 'My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark'. Even though the band seemed to roll with the sounds of the time with the millenial clap and the sounds of trash cans being slammed, they kept it punk/emo. 

This is my personal opinion... I am not huge on their club sounds in the albums between 2013-2018. That's MY opinion, I really enjoy that harder, heartbroken sad boy sound. 

Now let's get into their latest album "So Much (For) Stardust" released March 24 2023. So far my favorite song on this album is 'Hold Me Like A Grudge'. The album feels like a little bit of all their sounds. Sort of pop sort of heartbroken emo kid. I can dig it. As you know we have 'Love From The Other Side' on a regular spin. They added some orchestral sounds to the album and the begining of the title track 'So Much (For) Stardust' is ear catching for sure. 

Below I will share the songs I mentioned above and I would love to hear what you all think! 

Thank you for reading <3  Carrie Danger 

Tonight in the Danger Zone we will hear The Regrettes cover of Robyn's 2010 hit single 'Dancing on My Own'. 

After listening to the original and the cover it's safe to say the band did the song justice. The band said about the song “We wanted to keep that energy going and give it our own creative spin and to make sure that we did the song justice by keeping its special identity with a lil ‘Regroots flavaaaa’ as we like to say.” 

If you like the punk-indie Cali sound of this band here are a few other songs I think you might like to listen to. 

Don't forget The Regrettes will be playing with YungBlud at Jacobs Pavilion on July 11th! 

Today I had the pleasure of driving 3 hours round trip to my previous town, Norwalk, Ohio. You may be thinking... where the hell is Norwalk? It's on the way to Cedar Point and Kalahari. 

Anyway, the point of this visit was to get a tattoo touched up. Much success, thanks Liz at The Electric Pen in Milan! 

I'm someone who grew up always on the road, long drives don't bother me at all. As long as I have great music or a true crime podcast, I'm solid. Today was filled with a bit of everything. The drive itself was therapeutic as was the ink! 

Plenty of thinking time. Self reflection is HUGE and so beneficial for personal growth. While reflecting it still amazes me just how important music is. Music can evoke feelings you didn't know you had. Music really touches everyone in some special way. Music inspires and helps us relax, it shows us a different side to those around us. You could meet someone and have no idea they just listened to Ice Cube's 'It Was a Good Day' and then moving on to rock out to The Melvins 'Honey Bucket' and topped it off with Radiohead 'All I Need'. Was that person me? Yes... yes it was.

Either way, each of those very different songs can make you feel very different feelings and emotions all wrapped into a short amount of time.

That's why 107.3 is so amazing, we play such a large variety of amazing new and throwback music for you to feel through your day.

So crank up the radio, go chase the sunrise or sunset and feel everything a little deeper. Make it mean a little more by adding the beauty of music to your day.  

Love you all, check your pie chart & take care of yourself <3 Carrie Danger 

As many of you know John Mayer played a Solo & Acoustic show at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on Saturday night and I had the pleasure of going to see him sing to the hearts of so many. 

The stage was very intimate with just John and his guitar, a piano to one side and a double neck acoustic to the other. He started off the 25 song set with 'Gravity' and the packed venue lit up! He worked his way through so many gems and had some videos from his past play intermittently, including his January 2002 interview for "Room for Squares". 

As he moved to the piano he played 'You're Gonna Live Forever In Me' with a beautiful whistle solo. For someone who struggles to whistle, color me impressed. Not only can this man whistle like he is summoning every woman to fall harder for his sultry ways BUT he played a guitar WHILE playing the piano and singing 'Changing'. Clean up in section 207, row 6, seat 4... I melted. 

From there he played the acoustic and lyrically blessed us with 'Slow Dancing in a Burning Room', 'Driftin', 'Your Body is a Wonderland' & 'Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967'. The friend I took with me mentioned the lyrics "Cause when you're done with this world, you know the next is up to you" and that just hit different. Interesting how you can hear a song so many times and someone can hear things you might have missed. Thank you Taylor! 

The double-neck acoustic portion was quite an experience. Of course he played 'Friend of the Devil' by Grateful Dead as he does tour with Dead & Company. (side note: I was supposed to see them then the world shut down so that was a treat for me. Dead Heads Unite!) He ended the setlist with 'Edge of Desire', perfect.

Let's not forget the encore where John gave us two more 'Stop This Train' and 'Born and Rasied'.

The evening was beautiful, the company was even better and John Mayer was great. Taking time to read signs, sing happy birthday and even tell little stories to the crowd of adoring fans. 

If you were able to go to the show, I hope you enjoyed it just as much as I did! 

NEW MUSIC releases today! 

Depeche Mode is back with their 15th studio album 'Momento Mori', you have already heard their single "Ghosts Again" I was able to debut in the Danger Zone. The band will be at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse Friday November 10th.

Fall Out Boy releases their 8th studio album, 'So Much (for) Stardust', we have been playing their single from this album "Love From the Otherside". This week we even gave away tickets for their show at Blossom Music Center Tuesday July 18th with Bring Me The Horizon, Royal & The Serpent, and Carr. 

Caroline Rose is also releasing her 5th studio album "The Art of Forgetting" here is the single she released for this album "Miami". I personally fell for Caroline Rose when I heard the single from her last album 'Superstar' the song is called "Feel the Way I Want" 

 Below I'll post the videos for the songs mentioned and I hope you enjoy! 

-CD

Tonight we are touching on musical nostalgia and the beauty of listening to songs from our past. 

What is nostalgia? According to the Oxford Dictionary Nostalgia is a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. 

In honor of Hawthorne Heights playing at the House of Blues tomorrow (3/24) we are going to talk about a song so many of us elder emos love dearly... 

"Ohio Is For Lovers" from their debut album 'The Silence in Black and White' released in 2004 after their name change from A Day in the Life. 

This song truly does evoke so many emotions, taking us back to our blacked out eye makeup, racoon tail hair extentions and skinny jeans topped with studded belts... yes multiple belts IYKYK. Throw me a Nikon camera and watch me code my MySpace profile. 

From Dayton, Ohio this band has been making music since 2001 and recently released their 7th album 'The Rain Just Follows Me' in 2021 and just this month released two singles, 'Lucerne Valley' & 'Dandelions'. The lastest album and singles ring true to their sound and feels just as good as your first pair of Etnies. 

Below you can enjoy all the songs mentioned above! -CD

Tonight in the Danger Zone I am featuring two songs that focus on growth and self awareness. 

That's the beauty of music, you can be going through just about anything and find a song that really speaks to you and in some cases for you. 

To start we have Arlo Parks, a young musician who is finding her footing through her 20's, is able to take these new experiences and turn it into something beautiful with her new single 'Weightless'. You can watch the video below. Arlo Parks will release her second studio album 'My Soft Machine' May 26th. 

Wrapping the DZ we have Beach Weather with their latest single from their recently released album 'Pineapple Sunrise', the track is called 'Unlovable'. 

“Unlovable” is honest, acknowledging the flaws that make someone hard to love and wishing for just the smallest bit of validation after feeling like a letdown. 

When speaking on the album as a whole singer Nick Santino says, "

This whole record has themes of melancholy and loneliness while also feeling hopeful and optimistic for what's ahead. The concept of Pineapple Sunrise is rooted in the search for eternal happiness, mindfulness and being content with discovering and loving your inner self." You can listen to "Unloveable" below.