Two Music Geeks. Show Number Two: Bang Zoom! We’re a Hit, We Are!

May 14, 2014May 17, 2021 ~ Alan Haber's Pure Pop Radio ~ 2 Comments

The Two Music Geeks Say: It’s Chic to be a Geek!

It’s official: Two Music Geeks is a bona fide kind of appointment type radio show! Show number two, which focused on songs about all types of girls, built on the promise of show number one and sends a clear message to radio land: These two music geeks, Alan Haber and Scott W. McKinney, fresh from their geeky man caves where band bumper stickers and posters are strewn all over the place, are here to stay. They’ve got a combined 200 years of music knowledge in those noggins of theirs and they’re ready to keep drawing on it for future programs.

There are two, in fact, just about ready to go. The first, a special get-together that pays tribute to our fallen pop stars, airs on Memorial Day evening, May 26, at 9 pm ET. It was hard for these two music geeks to choose who to honor in talk and song, but they arrived at a group of wonderful artists that you’re sure to enjoy, including Buddy Holly, Hurricane Smith, the Everly Brothers (for Phil Everly), the Free Design (for Chris Dedrick, Gerry Rafferty, Phil Seymour, the Dave Clark Five (for Mike Smith), and many more. It’s two hours of paying tribute to those that have gone–an equally somber and uplifting show that we think you’ll enjoy and remember always.

Scott W. McKinney: From live and local radio to the world over. Welcome, Scott, to Pure Pop Radio!

Also coming up is a show that puts the geeky spotlight on horn bands and records that feature horns prominently. We’re going to keep the list of artists being given the geeky treatment in this particular show quiet for now, but you can bet that it won’t be long before we spill. Watch this space for all of the details, coming soon!

Pure Pop Radio's Alan Haber: A hundred years of music knowledge put to good use! — Pure Pop Radio’s Alan Haber: A hundred years of music knowledge put to good use!

Thanks again for all of the love, folks. Alan and Scott appreciate all of the hugs and kisses and geeky poems and bottles of Yoo-hoo that have come and continue to come their way. Keep ’em coming, and be there, next to your Internet radios for the Memorial Day program. Until then!

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The Two Music Geeks Take Over the Airwaves Tomorrow Night. It’s Time for Songs about Girls!

May 12, 2014May 17, 2021 ~ Alan Haber's Pure Pop Radio ~ Leave a comment

The Two Music Geeks Say: It’s Chic to be a Geek!

It’s chic to be a geek again because the Two Music Geeks are back! The first Geeks show was a huge success, so Alan Haber and Scott W. McKinney have put their collective noggins together and come up with another lively and fun show, this time zeroing in on songs about girls!

Alan and Scott have collected an eclectic selection of tunes from across the landscape of pop music. You’ll hear the Beatifics singing about “This Year’s Jessica,” the Monkees rocking out about “Mary, Mary,” and the Rolling Stones succumbing to the charms of “Lady Jane.” But wait! There’s more: Randy Newman will tell the story of weak-willed wives in the typically-twisted “They Just Got Married,” Tiny Tim will warble the Addrisi Brothers’ classic “She’s Just Laughing at Me,” and Stackridge will tell the tale of a woman who leaves damaged men in her rearview mirror, as outlined in the wonderful tune “Sliding Down the Razor Blade of Love.”

And that’s only scratching the surface of what’s in store for you on tomorrow night’s second edition of Two Music Geeks. The fun begins at 9 pm ET on Pure Pop Radio, your 24-hour-a-day Internet radio home for the greatest melodic pop in the universe.

Two Music Geeks Returns Next Week, and There’s More!

May 9, 2014May 17, 2021 ~ Alan Haber's Pure Pop Radio ~ Leave a comment

(l to r) Alan Haber and Scott W. McKinney. They're the Two Music Geeks, alright! — (l to r) Alan Haber and Scott W. McKinney. They’re the Two Music Geeks, alright!

Attention Two Music Geeks fans: Pure Pop Radio’s newest specialty program, a big hit with listeners right out of the gate, is coming back at you next Tuesday, May 13 at 9 pm ET with a brand-new session chock full of great pop songs and equally great, if not greater, behind-the-scenes talk. We’ve got the history and facts and figures about all of the songs we’re playing, and you’re going to love it!

Alan Haber and Scott W. McKinney have their headphones in hand, ready to jump in and entertain you! Our second show is all about girls of all stripes: happy, sad, mean, underhanded and…nice, too! We’ll be spinning songs by Randy Newman, Roger Klug, Stackridge, the Beatifics, the Monkees, and Bill Lloyd, among others. And the back-and-forth? Well, that’s going to be just as musical!

Now, not only are you getting a new Two Music Geeks show next Tuesday, May 13, but you’re getting a second dose of geek on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, at 8 pm ET. We’ll be celebrating the music of some our favorite pop artists who have passed over the years, including Buddy Holly, Hurricane Smith, Phil Everly, Phil Seymour, Gerry Rafferty and the Grass Roots’ Rob Grill. We take a bow and remember some of the greatest artists that we have always loved. It’s a very special episode of Two Music Geeks. We hope you’ll be able to join us.

So set your alarm clocks for next Tuesday, May 13 at 9 pm ET for the Songs about Girls episode of Two Music Geeks, and make another setting for our special Memorial Day show on Monday night, May 26 at 8 pm ET. Special day and time!

See you on the radio!

Our New Specialty Show, Two Music Geeks, is Rockin’ the House on Our Podcast Page…Go Get It!

April 28, 2014May 17, 2021 ~ Alan Haber's Pure Pop Radio ~ Leave a comment

The most successful specialty show ever aired on Pure Pop Radio, Two Music Geeks is now rockin’ the house on our PodOMatic podcast page. The very first episode, aired on Earth Day, April 22, is now available for listening and/or downloading. And we’ve provided a handy Spotify playlist with direct links to all but two of the songs played during the show (sadly, they weren’t available).

On Two Music Geeks, our own Alan Haber and Minnesota radio veteran Scott W. McKinney play their favorite pop songs and talk about them, throwing around a whole lot of trivia, facts and figures, and the kind of cool stuff you’d expect from twin sons of different mothers who share a lifetime of music between them–200 years, in fact!

Go get it, then! By the way, the second edition of Two Music Geeks airs on May 13 at 9 pm ET. Don’t miss it! Enjoy show number one if you haven’t heard it, and enjoy it again if you have. Very cool!

Listen to Two Music Geeks on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation on PodOMatic!

What’s Next for Two Music Geeks, the Biggest Show Yet for Pure Pop Radio?

April 24, 2014May 17, 2021 ~ Alan Haber's Pure Pop Radio ~ 2 Comments

What’s next for Two Music Geeks, Pure Pop Radio’s latest specialty show that stands as our most successful standalone program, garnering strong, positive comments and strong listenership? And, what’s more, what can you say about a show that, right out of the box, fired up the melodic imaginations of listeners worldwide?

Well, you can say that we’re forging ahead and looking to entertain you even more in show 2, airing Tuesday, May 13 at 9 pm ET. Join Alan and Scott as they spin songs about the pop songwriter’s favorite subject–girls! And just in time for warmer weather, too! Nice girls, happy girls, maybe even a couple of devious girls…they’ll all be on the musical menu. Our dynamic melodic pop duo will spin their carefully considered selections and turn them inside out with a whole lot of background and trivia, drawing from their collective 200 years of musical knowledge. As with the first installment of Two Music Geeks, this second excursion is going to be a wonderful, wild ride!

And that’s not all the news that’s fit to post! On Monday, May 26 at 9 pm, there will be a special, bonus episode of Two Music Geeks airing in celebration of Memorial Day 2014. Details on this very exciting show will be coming soon.

Thanks again for your out-of-the-box support of Two Music Geeks. Alan and Scott are quite and well chuffed about it all and look forward to stretching out in front of the Pure Pop Radio microphones and doing it all over again, and again, and again. You folks pop and roll!

Two Music Geeks Geek Out With Maximum Musical Geekiness Tomorrow Night!

April 21, 2014May 17, 2021 ~ Alan Haber's Pure Pop Radio ~ Leave a comment

It’s a veritable geek feast, we’re telling you! Tomorrow night at 9 pm ET, Pure Pop Radio’s Alan Haber and former KBEK-FM on-air host and Assistant Station Manager Scott W. McKinney turn the tables on cool radio shows by being even cooler! It’s the debut of the new program Two Music Geeks and it’s a-gonna be great!

Join Alan and Scott as they get in deep and spin some of their favorite pop songs while also presenting a poppin’-good array of trivia, facts and figures, and indubitable insight. With 200 years of music knowledge between then, Alan and Scott can’t help but tell you everything they know…and then some!

All the fun starts tomorrow night–Tuesday, April 22–at 9 pm ET on Pure Pop Radio. It’s the coolest show on the planet, hosted by the coolest duo that Mora, Minnesota and Northern Virginia can assemble. It’s Alan and Scott: Two Music Geeks who request your presence in front of your Internet audio device. See you on the radio, fellow music geeks!

Two Music Geeks Show Debuts Next Tuesday on Pure Pop Radio! Join Our Facebook Event Page, Won’t You?

April 18, 2014May 17, 2021 ~ Alan Haber's Pure Pop Radio ~ Leave a comment

For those of you who missed our announcement on Facebook earlier this week, we’ve got a very cool new show called Two Music Geeks debuting at 9 pm ET this coming Tuesday, April 22. (We’ve got a nifty Event page on Facebook, too; we’d appreciate it if you’d join the fun by going to https://www.facebook.com/events/503946419712098/ and signing up. Thanks!)

Two Music Geeks is our latest specialty show here at Pure Pop Radio, and we’re pretty excited about it. Here’s the skinny: Every three weeks, for an hour (give or take), Alan Haber (hey, that’s me!) and former KBEK-FM on-air host and Assistant Station Manager Scott W. McKinney will play ’em, talk about ’em and just generally have a heck of a time with ’em. In other words, we’ll be spinning great pop songs and slathering love all over them!

This new program is a natural outgrowth from the every-so-often Saturday morning interview programs on KBEK, during which Scott and I alternated, playing a favorite pop song and talking about it. These sessions, always a fun time, turned out to be pretty popular. However, due to the recent closing of the live and local radio station serving Mora, Minnesota and surrounding areas, those sessions are no longer possible.

Enter Pure Pop Radio. It seemed natural to continue to conduct the sessions here, on our air, and broadcast them to our audience around the world. Plus, now those sessions have a proper name: Two Music Geeks! Finally, we have a new place to ply our catchy trade: putting our combined 200 years of music knowledge to use during a rock ’em, sock ’em hour (or more). What could be more fun?

Join us for an hour of great pop songs and chat, won’t you? And please join the ranks on our Facebook Event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/503946419712098/

See you next Tuesday, April 22 at 9 pm ET!

Two Music Geeks Show Debuts April 22 on Pure Pop Radio

April 3, 2014May 17, 2021 ~ Alan Haber's Pure Pop Radio ~ 4 Comments

Here at Pure Pop Radio, we’re rolling full steam ahead with cool specialty programming that will surprise and delight you.

Our latest programming coup, and our second original creation, debuts April 22 at 9 pm ET. The name of the show is Two Music Geeks, an hour-long gab-and-music conglomeration hosted by Alan Haber and Scott W. McKinney, former air personality and Assistant Station Manager at KBEK-FM in Mora, Minnesota.

What exactly will you hear on Two Music Geeks? The setting is simple: Alan and Scott will each pick five favorite tracks, play them and then talk about them. Their spiels will be stocked full of facts and trivia associated with each tune. Sometimes, as in the first edition of the program, songs will be picked at random; in other shows, there will be a theme. No matter the table setting, the shows will be lively and informative and, most importantly, a whole lot of fun.

Two Music Geeks began as an every-so-often Saturday morning interview segment on Scott’s Saturday morning KBEK program. Alan and Scott had a whole lot of fun doing these segments, zeroing in on favorite Beatles and solo-Fabs tunes, songs with great bass lines, and other important topics. With the recent suspension of operations at KBEK, the dynamic duo decided to continue the segments. As they never had a proper name, the moniker Two Music Geeks was borne.

In their 200 decades on this planet, Alan and Scott have been amassing volumes upon volumes full of facts and figures from the college of melodic pop knowledge. They’re practically bursting and needed an outlet to roll out all of their musical know-how. And, hey, what they don’t already know they’ll simply look up, and how!

Join Alan and Scott on Two Music Geeks, debuting Tuesday, April 22 at 9 pm ET. New shows will air every three weeks.

Come join us on Pure Pop Radio’s newest specialty program. We do it all for you!