You can only take so much...

Paste reports that there is a glimmer of hope for WOXY, but also says that the current staff is skeptical of signing back on even if there is a financial agreement reached that would revive the station. And who can blame them! They've ridden this roller coaster three times already and that would be exhausting for anyone. After a while you have to kind of lose hope that this will be the one will really stick.

And honestly, things wouldn't be the same over at WOXY without Shiv and Mike and the rest of the DJs. At this point I'd be more likely to follow Shiv where ever he ends up instead of listening to a "new" version of WOXY. So maybe, as much as it pains me to say it, maybe it's time to let sleeping dogs lie and let WOXY rest in peace.*

*That said, my fingers are still crossed that a real solution can be found.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks like WOXY has bit the dust (again). This note appeared on their website this morning:

WOXY Listeners, Fans and Friends...

Due to current economic realities and the lack of ongoing funding for WOXY's operations, we've been forced to suspend our live broadcasts as of March 23rd. We're continuing to explore options to keep The Future of Rock and Roll alive. For business inquiries, please contact Bryan Jay (bryan@woxy.com) or John at Future Sounds (john@futuresounds.com).

Thanks for your years of dedicated support.

- Mike, Shiv, Joe, Paige, Brian and Bryan Jay

I have no words. I have been listening to this station for years. I weathered the last economic roller coaster of death with them, and was thrilled when they made the move to Austin and became an internet only station. I have never found another indie station that appealed to my taste so much--as I said yesterday, and almost every day that I listened: "man, woxy is on fire today."

All I can do now is second Robert Duffy at Done Waiting:

Please, someone with money buy WOXY. Shiv and Joe and others moved their families from Cincinnati to Austin and things were just starting to get going – just look at this past week of amazing SXSW coverage.

Goddamn it.

Okay, I'm going to go cry now.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Now, for some holiday music that doesn't suck, visit WOXY's Holiday Mixer.

Velvet Underground meets Deerhoof?

I was listening to woxy this afternoon, when the dj described this band’s sound as “Velvet Underground meets Deerhoof.” Really? But then they played the song, 'Black Rice' by Women, and surprisingly, it actually sounded a little like Velvet Underground meets Deerhoof. I did not think that mix could exist, alas, I was wrong.

And then they followed it with a Velvet Underground track. Very clever, Shivvy, very clever.