Evolve.
That was the motto for WHFS. Evolve.
WHFS was a modern rock station in DC. It gave those of us in the outlying rural areas hope that someday, we could move to a place where people knew what cool was.
I remember finding cassettes at people’s houses marked “WHFS” and begging to hear what was on them. It was like the last person with gasoline in the post apocalypse movies.
I remember going to WHFStival- and seeing the best band in all of recorded sound- Too Much Joy. I remember 30 thousand people chilling out, playing volleyball in their doc martins, sliding in mud and playing Frisbee with pizza boxes and jumping around listening to some of the coolest bands out there- bands who didn’t need MTV- all for 7 measly bucks.
Hell, “yeah baby, I’m totally into HFS” could be used to impress the right chicks in the right circles. This is back when modern rock wasn’t cool with the post Reagan preppies, so brief moments of cool were a reason to live.
Well, HFS did indeed evolve. As I learned over at Shab00ty and Sledge’s blogs today. It evolved into a Spanish-only station.
Actually, it de-volved over the years. What began as an independent upstart, slowly sold out to the man, bought a suit and cut his hair and bedded the devil- pimping good charlotte and avril. HFS had long since fallen off. They died an ignoble X-Files death, rather than a proud Buffy one like 97X.
Anyway, give me a minute while I relive my youth and listen to Long Haired Guys From England.
January 13th, 2005 at 12:13 pm
Huzzah for Too Much Joy!
January 13th, 2005 at 12:39 pm
i am always overjoyed to find reference to the bestest band ever to sing about otters. joy, joy, joy and happiness to you for having the amazingly good taste to be a too much joy fan. you are a god amongst mortals.
January 14th, 2005 at 7:21 am
It’s a Spanish-only station now? When the heck did that happen? Ok, so I haven’t lived in DC for a few year but, still, I didn’t think I was THAT much out of the loop.
January 15th, 2005 at 10:35 pm
*tries to evolve*
January 17th, 2005 at 5:21 am
As a current Dc resident, I can’t tell you how weird this is. (Ok, I’ll try.) uh. IT’S WERID! The other night I hit the 99.1 button and “Dios Mio!! Donde esta mi WHFS??” I actually thought they were effing around Old School Style until I read the headlines the next morning.