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Hi, my name is Johnnie, and I'm a guitar addict. I love guitar music, guitars, guitar-related things, people named after guitars...I have a problem. So when Steve Vai announced a stop here in Grand Rapids on his 25th Anniversary Tour for Passion and Warfare, I knew I'd be there! And I knew it would be a great show!

97-9 GRD, Wayland and Free Beer and Hot Wings are going live from the Intersection the day before Thanksgiving, and we want your band to play the show! Your band could be on stage with Wayland in front of a packed house!

Okay, so the new Ghostbusters theme has been released for the upcoming female-fronted movie. If you thought the trailers for the movie were bad, then this new theme might make you want to kill yourself. It is freaking TERRIBLE! Dear Christ, what the hell were they thinking? This might be way worse than the movie will ever be.

Today on Segment 16, the guys talk about the I Love the 90s tour that's in the area, and they just missed the show in Kalamazoo. The debate over which lineup is better to go see, and where to go see it. Also, the guys try to name every single from their favorite artists on the tour.

There's no doubt about it, Grand Rapids is an awesome city. We've got lots of attractions and fun things always going on, we're a family friendly city and appeal to the younger crowd as well. Grand Rapids has A LOT to offer so no wonder why we make so many "best of" lists...

With the hipster thing still being pretty big, it's done one amazing thing for music lovers: It's brought back the popularity of vinyl albums! A lot of vinyl has been released over the years in Europe, and for small labels, but the past few years, people have really been getting back into buying records.

Metalocalypse, the most metal television show of all time! Sadly, the show was cancelled from Adult Swim after it's initial run on the network and we haven't seen a new episode ever since. What could solve this problem? FAN DEMAND!

About a week ago, a mysterious website popped up on the internet referencing the popular Adult Swin TV show Metalocalypse. Sadly the show was not renewed for a 5th season and fans have been wondering what is to become of the death metal group. Tomorrow, we could possibly have our answers.

Earlier this year, I saw Rob Chapman from Chapman Guitars had designed his new guitar for himself and his company, and when I saw this guitar, I had to have it! I've been thinking about getting an explorer shaped guitar for a while, and this one has that shape, but is a bit different. I preordered it a few months ago from Riff City Guitars, and today is new guitar day for me!

Metal is an awesome, yet confusing genre at times, but what isn't nowadays? Even though heavy metal isn't perfect, there are moments out there that just make you thing. 'What the hell were they thinking?'

Against Me! rocked the Intersection last night! We had some lucky winners win on air and we got them in the doors before the show started! The band treated these winners to a 3 song set and some pics!

I can chart a sort of path through my life with music. I can remember (sort of) how things led me to other things, songs led me to albums, albums led me to bands, bands led me to other bands...you get the idea. I listen to a lot of different things, but rock and metal definitely top the list of things I listen to. Receiving a cool gift in the mail today got my mind thinking about the music that le