The Top Twenty
181 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 16 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox".
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The Top Twenty [07/01/2021] A semblance of normalcy has returned to the BOX
July 03, 2021 19:25 - 21 minutes - 9.86 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... A semblance of normalcy has returned to the BOX and DJ has finally made it back to the gym. But not without issue! Our host walks us through how his social anxiety works, in general, and specifically as it pertains to things in a post-COVID world. Despite being "averagely" smart and a good "understanderer", he is unable to handle these 'return to normal' s...
The Top Twenty [06/24/2021] DJ has been incensed - once again - by a meme on facebook...
June 26, 2021 22:02 - 23 minutes - 10.9 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ has been incensed - once again - by a meme on facebook... and no one on the BOX is even remotely surprised. Our host goes on a tirade about how the "rich and powerful" in this country are never going to do something in your best interest - unless it happens to align with theirs. But no one with money, power, station or influence will give up as much as a...
The Top Twenty [06/17/2021] DJ talks about why bands are just so damn desperate for attention.
June 20, 2021 21:05 - 22 minutes - 10.4 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ talks about why bands are just so damn desperate for attention. And why they have to be. He talks about the kinds of attention there are, and which kinds tend to find their way to unsigned bands. He also discusses the differences in the way some musicians handle that attention; how some crave it above all else, and others tend to shy away from it wheneve...
The Top Twenty [06/10/2021] DJ got to see himself on video this week ...and it ain't good.
June 13, 2021 23:18 - 21 minutes - 10 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ got to see himself on video this week ...and it ain't good. He stops short of blaming the chat for it, but does think that someone should have let him know just how disgusting he's been getting lately. That, however, doesn't stop him from telling us his most (recent) disgusting 'eating while driving' story. We won't ruin it for you here, but it involves...
The Top Twenty [06/03/2021] We have 8 billion people on the planet; not all of them are "keepers".
June 05, 2021 20:59 - 26 minutes - 12.2 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ points out that we have 8 billion people on the planet; not all of them are "keepers", but first... the BOX is getting a 2nd camera angle! Despite the fact that no one asked for, or even wanted, a 2-camera shoot for The Top Twenty, our host decides to embrace technology in an effort to look less like a bag of sh*t. (It didn't work.) Once he gets back on ...
The Top Twenty [05/27/2021] It's ASHES Day, and Jimmy G stops by the BOX!
May 29, 2021 21:08 - 3 minutes - 1.46 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... It's ASHES Day, and Jimmy G. stops by the BOX! The boys talk for a long-ass time about all things ASHES, bands, music and more! They also play the new Craving Strange single, "Ashes" ...eventually. DJ can be found elsewhere at all things REVEL 9 (REVEL9.com) and every Thursday at noon on the Hard Rock Lunch Box (99WNRR.com and Hardrocklunchbox.com) Be so...
The Top Twenty [05/20/2021] DJ has had just about enough out of Susan. And Bryce, Stephanie, Brad...
May 22, 2021 18:09 - 22 minutes - 10.1 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ has had just about enough out of Susan. And Bryce, Stephanie, Brad... and everyone else in offices all around the country that need to justify their existence by f**king with people that do actual work. He's opposed to the notion that somehow people with ZERO experience and ZERO skin in the game can evaluate the quality of work that really good workers ar...
The Top Twenty-One.Five [05/13/2021] DJ makes history today... and thanks everyone that refused to give up on him.
May 15, 2021 18:33 - 18 minutes - 8.32 MBIt's the regular The Top Twenty, but only faster - just because we thought it sounded funny.. Enjoy! Every week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ makes history today... and thanks everyone that refused to give up on him. It's the 400th episode of the BOX and DJ celebrates by moving his microphone to the left. (What a party!) He blames the move completely on vanity and "optics" and then procee...
The Top Twenty [05/13/2021] DJ makes history today... and thanks everyone that refused to give up on him.
May 15, 2021 18:27 - 27 minutes - 12.5 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ makes history today... and thanks everyone that refused to give up on him. It's the 400th episode of the BOX and DJ celebrates by moving his microphone to the left. (What a party!) He blames the move completely on vanity and "optics" and then proceeds to gross everyone out with lip-smacking and other sounds he's now capable of making. In honor of the 40...
The Top Twenty [05/06/2021] DJ's been to facebook jail... and couldn't care less.
May 08, 2021 18:38 - 21 minutes - 9.77 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ's been to facebook jail... and couldn't care less. Not only does our host look absolutely awful this week, apparently he's been to facebook jail recently. After a solid year of fighting - fairly aggressively - with every stupid corner troll on the social media platform, DJ ends up in time-out for referring to "fat, worthless Americans". And despite losin...
The Top Twenty [04/29/2021] DJ wants better opinions - and the microphone to work.
May 01, 2021 19:28 - 26 minutes - 11.9 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ wants better opinions - and the microphone to work! Our host is plagued by technical difficulties early in the show, despite having a shiny new microphone (that he has no idea where it came from) and takes us on a fantastical voyage of failure while trying to troubleshoot - live on the air. Eventually our hero overcomes the evil "Paramètres du Microphone...
The Top Twenty [04/22/2021] DJ is now officially a member of #teamUppity (and he has the t-shirt to prove it!)
April 24, 2021 16:59 - 24 minutes - 11.2 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ is now officially a member of #teamUppity – and he has the t-shirt to prove it! And while he’s super appreciative of everyone that makes this kind of stuff happen, he takes some time to acknowledge that he’s wayyy more of a bystander with regards to the development of his various careers than he is an active participant. Making him even more grateful for s...
The Top Twenty [04/15/2021] DJ has a lot to say about working in post-Covid America
April 17, 2021 19:22 - 23 minutes - 10.8 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ has a lot to say about working in post-Covid America. He notes that companies are starting to charge more for everything as the world begins to step out of the woods, and while he understands that companies have a lot of ground to make up, the country still hasn't figured out that you can't keep raising prices on things if you refuse to raise wages that p...
The Top Twenty [04/08/2021] DJ is better. And alive. And has some Spotify opinions.
April 10, 2021 17:02 - 21 minutes - 10 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ is better. And alive. And in the spirit of Easter, immediately compares his plight last week to that of Jesus. He talks a little about applied kinesiology and how it relates to his post-deathbed trip to Uncle Giuseppe's along with a list of foods he thinks would be bad to throw up. He also has some Spotify opinions. He thinks there ought to be an incogn...
The Top Twenty [04/01/2021] DJ is dying... almost... again.
April 03, 2021 18:46 - 18 minutes - 8.55 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ is dying... almost... again. This week, our host is hella sick - but not in the way all the cool kids are. He decided to go out and get some classic food poisoning - just to be special - and is paying a serious price for it. Our pasty-white BOX captain tells his tale of fighting the food borne parasite army, losing the battle and his new reflections on ...
The Top Twenty [03/25/2021] DJ wants to know why people post the things they post.
March 28, 2021 18:23 - 24 minutes - 11 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ wants to know why people post the things they post. This week, he deep dives into something a fellow-songwriter of his has recently posted on facebook and attempts to ask the "big questions", but instead only comes up with "why would you do that?" and "what does he mean by that?" Not exactly hard-hitting, but it gives our host enough material to cover th...
The Top Twenty [03/18/2021] DJ is the worst employee that Internet Radio has ever seen.
March 20, 2021 17:48 - 22 minutes - 10.1 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ is the worst employee that Internet Radio has ever seen. He talks about the upcoming annual RadioThon at 99WNRR and how he's not a part of it this year. He cites the fact that he's dropped the ball enough times so far that the station knows better than to even bother asking him. He acknowledges that it's not so much a failing of "wanting" to do the job,...
The Top Twenty [03/11/2021] DJ is all about fan support and what it actually looks like these days.
March 16, 2021 00:57 - 25 minutes - 11.9 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ is all about fan support and what it actually looks like these days. He talks about his experience with true fans and fandom and how powerful those individuals can be in carrying a band from point to point. He also has a great deal of appreciation for them and knows just how important they are and is hella annoyed when other bands abuse that or take it f...
The Top Twenty [03/04/2021] DJ is down to solve problems... just like Vanilla Ice, apparently.
March 06, 2021 17:58 - 24 minutes - 11.1 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ is down to solve problems... just like Vanilla Ice, apparently. Still stuck on the "SomeoneElseWillDoIt" theme from a few weeks ago, our host has more stories from recent events - both good and bad - highlighting the fact that today's world is a mix of people that "do" and people that "don't". And there's a whole lot more of the latter, unfortunately. H...
The Top Twenty [02/25/2021] DJ enjoys being part of the chat, helping out his friends and hating on vegan cream cheese.
February 28, 2021 18:36 - 23 minutes - 11 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ enjoys being part of the chat, helping out his friends and hating on vegan cream cheese. (And if you don't think those things are related, you haven't been listening to the BOX enough.) DJ had a great time hanging out in the chat for The After Hours interview of Craving Strange last night. He says how much he worries about "overstaying" his welcome when...
The Top Twenty [02/18/2021] DJ loves the internet, eating bananas and birthday reminders.
February 20, 2021 21:54 - 24 minutes - 11.2 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ loves the internet, eating bananas and birthday reminders. He talks about the true greatness of the internet - even social media, and how impossible life today would be without it. He talks about the English-speaking resistance in Myanmar and also sprinkles a little Alexei Navalny knowledge on the BOX as examples. He also gets a little help from facebook...
The Top Twenty [02/11/2021] DJ explains why #nohomo is a thing; good, bad and otherwise.
February 13, 2021 22:19 - 23 minutes - 10.7 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ explains why #nohomo is a thing; good, bad and otherwise. He plays a clip from this week's "Bacon Is My Podcast" where Jimmy G. says why he hates when people can't say "I Love You" to him without also saying "no homo". DJ admits that yes indeed he does do that all the time, and offers up his defense of the -admittedly childish- response by dragging us al...
The Top Twenty [02/04/2021] CHATastrophe MMXXI ...and DJ!
February 07, 2021 20:56 - 19 minutes - 9.08 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... *We apologize for the sound issues in the stream this week. If you want to know what happened, listen in next week #onthebox! It's time for CHATastrophe XXMMI. That's right, the chat is in charge; they've picked the songs, the bumpers and the topics. But that doesn't stop DJ from getting a word - or 3000 - in at the top of the BOX. He has an awful lot to...
The Top Twenty [01/28/2021] DJ is grateful... AF!
January 29, 2021 18:39 - 21 minutes - 9.96 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ is grateful... AF! He talks about his (long-ass) interview the night before with The After Hours Review and thanks everyone within the sound of his voice for showing up and making it a success. He also says he's trying (desperately) to take stock in the things around him - right now - and breathe it all in. He says that having gratitude for these moment...
The Top Twenty [01/21/2021] DJ wants to know if someone else will do it.
January 23, 2021 21:17 - 24 minutes - 11.1 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ wants to know if someone else will do it. And if so, when. And if not, why not? He also wants to know if there is some website he needs to go to in order to get on that list. Which list? The list that practically everyone else seems to be on that allows you to just coast by in life because some other idiot (like him) is going to come along and do what...
The Top Twenty [01/14/2021] DJ urges person over party and takes issue with bullies.
January 16, 2021 17:21 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ urges person over party and takes issue with bullies. Our host tries to avoid politics (again) but ends up quite "politically adjacent" talking about the courage it takes to stand up to bullies especially when the risk is very apparent. He also says it's quite a bit more important to be a character of conscience then a blind follower. He does, however, a...
The Top Twenty [01/07/2021] The "Media Wars" are heating up again, and DJ has a message...
January 09, 2021 20:32 - 22 minutes - 10.2 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... The "Media Wars" are heating up again, and DJ has a message for all the people that are (he guesses) just too stupid to get a handle on what's actually happening around them. He discusses the - very much still alive - art of true journalism, what to look for in it, and what the signs are when you are aren't consuming it. DJ also talks about the insurrection a...
The Top Twenty [12/31/2020] It's the 2020 "Best of the BOX" w/ extra gratitude!
January 01, 2021 21:56 - 9 minutes - 4.44 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... It's the 2020 "Best of the BOX"! Before getting things rolling though, DJ takes a minute to reflect on what the BOX means to him, what he's seen it mean to others and how none of this would even work if everyone wasn't in it with him. It's some serious year-end gratitude as only the BOX can do it. DJ can be found elsewhere at all things REVEL 9 (REVEL9.com...
The Top Twenty [12/24/2020] DJ's pretty sure that it's not what you think it means.
December 24, 2020 22:58 - 26 minutes - 12.1 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ's pretty sure that it's not what you think it means. Our host dances perilously close to politics in order to make a point about the dangers of staking your claim on a label - or worse, what you think that label means. He takes issue with anyone "proud to be what liberals hate" and points out what liberals - like him - actually hate, and how far on the wro...
The Top Twenty [12/17/2020] DJ asks "Where we at?".
December 18, 2020 23:29 - 23 minutes - 10.8 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ asks "Where we at?". He opens up the show talking about virtual learning, pivots into supporting our military service men and women, makes his way over to the Florida Congressmen that thinks it's "funny" to sleep with 15-year-old girls and ends up truly wondering where all the humanity has gone and if it will ever come back? And where does that leave us ...
The Top Twenty [12/10/2020] DJ is hella disappointed in Long Island bands.
December 15, 2020 18:38 - 24 minutes - 11.2 MBEvery week "The Top Twenty" brings you the first 20 minutes - give or take - of "The Hard Rock Lunchbox". On this week's episode... DJ is hella disappointed in Long Island bands. He talks about sales, shares and all-around support for the new REVEL 9 record that releases globally and digitally, tomorrow. He points out that while the local fans have been beyond great, the only support he's gotten from ANY Long Island- or NYC-based band has been from Craving, Something Heavy and Jackknife, ...