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Delaware Community School In Albany Will Not Put Up With Bullying -Reading Writing and Rhyming [AUDIO]

Richie Phillips — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:10:31 +0000

I met a group of fantastic kids who wouldn't even THINK of bullying another. That's a relief, because there is so much of it going around these days. I asked if they wanted to write a quick "Don't Be A Bully" jingle, and they were "all about it". Welcome to another stop on the Reading, Writing, and Rhyming Tour

Gansevoort, NY Gets A Theme Song – Parody of Miranda Lambert's "Mama's Broken Heart" – Your Town Thursday [AUDIO]

Richie Phillips — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:59:29 +0000

This was a real last ditch effort. We solicited towns on the air yesterday (Wednesday), and Gansevoort was suggested. As a former resident, I thought it was definitely time! I’m not thrilled that this is the only shot of Gansevoort that I could find. If anyone would like to grab their camera or cellphone and [...]

If You've Got The Albany Area Town, I've Got The Tune – Your Town Thursday

Richie Phillips — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:26:39 +0000

i’m looking for the next town on the Capital Region map to write a ditty about. A day without a rhyme is a day without sunshine. Let’s do it, folks. I want to have a song for Your Town Thursday. Last week it was Colonie. Before that it was Ravena. Who will be next? [...]

Kosciuszko Twin Bridges Road Work Causes Richie To Parody Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift's "The Highway Don't Lie" [AUDIO]

Richie Phillips — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:50:35 +0000

Producer Levack presented me with a challenge. It was a great idea -Take the new Tim McGraw/ Taylor Swift hit and talk about the commuter interruption that we are experiencing around here in the Clifton Park area. I love a challenge There’s a rusty bridge that needs some work, and the D.O.T is on [...]

Give Me A Town and Some Info and I'll Write You A Song – Your Town Thursday

Richie Phillips — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:05:35 +0000

Here is a unique opportunity for you to not only have a song written about your town, but to get to advertise your town on a huge radio station and a huge website as well -for FREE! (You can even mention your business if you want). It’s YOUR TOWN THURSDAY. If you would like to [...]

Congrats To Wilton, NY – You Now Have A Theme Song [AUDIO]

Richie Phillips — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:59:43 +0000

This one was a collaborative effort between facebook folks and yours truly, and I appreciate the participation. On to the “Your Town Thursday” song for Wilton, NY This is just one of the more interesting sites in Wilton, NY. (It’s more than just malls!) Did you know that this even existed? You can find out [...]

Richie's Carnival Cruise Parody Song [AUDIO]

Richie Phillips — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:03:40 +0000

What a tragedy at sea! But then again, as I’ve learned from Saturday Night Live and other shows, comedy can come from unfortunate circumstances. You have to laugh these days or you’ll go crazy, correct? So with that in mind, I present my song about this incident, with apologies to “Little Big Town” I don’t [...]

MTV's Buckwild Is The Lowest Of The Low In Reality TV – A Rhyming Editorial

Richie Phillips — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:56:11 +0000

West Virginia is all upset because there’s a show on MTV that makes them look backwards and intellectually challenged (nsert wise-crack here) The program is called Buckwild. I’ve watched it, and I personally don’t think it’s worth a buck. How low can TV go? This is about a group of kids down south who just [...]

Richie's End of The Year Song With Dynamic Slide Show For No Extra Charge [VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:13:08 +0000

This was a labor of love. Actually, the song was love. The slideshow? Agonizing work! I hope you like the result. Please watch it, or if you don’t feel like watching the whole thing, leave it running on the computer as a nite lite. After all this effort, i want it used for something! [...]

Duanesburg Elementary School Is One Big Family [AUDIO]

Richie Phillips — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:45:47 +0000

I had the unique opportunity to visit a great school and a great grade school teacher, and it was all done by basically closing my eyes and picking a teacher’s name off of their website, all because her first and last name rhymed. Must have been karma.Her name is Bridget Minute. Interesting name, and [...]

Greenwich, NY Needs A Song – And I Want To Sing It Live On The Small Town Tour

Richie Phillips — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:36:59 +0000

I’m sitting here next to my keyboard with pen in hand. I’m ready, willing and able to start writing a song for Greenwich NY.It’s the first stop on our fall Small Town Tour on Friday, October 5th. We’re off to Greenwich, NY in Washington County. We’ll be doing the entire morning show from there thanks [...]

Richie Rhymes Up The News Of The Past Week [AUDIO]

Richie Phillips — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 13:09:10 +0000

This never made the radio show. We were too busy taking calls for “Open Line, Say What’s On Your Mind Friday”. But I wanted to do a little ditty about the news of the past week, so here you go This song is a parody of Lonestar’s “No News”. I did this partially because Lonestar [...]

Cast Your Vote For The Next Town Theme Song : Gansevoort or Milton?

Richie Phillips — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:31:51 +0000

Two Saratoga County towns have made the finals for a theme song to be created on next week’s Your Town Thursday. Who will it be now? Cast your vote! Who Gets A Theme Song – Gansevoort or Milton Whoever wins will have their song sung on our show next Thursday morning at 8:50am. It [...]

A Concerned Karaoke Singer Responds Musically to the Proposed Albany Cabaret Ruling – [AUDIO]

Richie Phillips — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:34:25 +0000

The singers and live musicians continue to be restless over this proposed ruling in Albany to shut the volume off in Albany bars. Now one man sounds off by slipping his lyrics to me to sing on the air. Song below

Redneck Version of "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen Debuts On 'GNA [AUDIO]

Richie Phillips — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:46:56 +0000

You must know the song by now. “Call Me Maybe” has been sung, resung and parodied millions of times already on YouTube. I thought I would take a shot at it and do it up ”redneck country style” I wrote this as a song to promote the morning show, but needed to make it very “country”, [...]

Ballston Spa Gets A Theme Song – Your Town Thursday

Richie Phillips — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:34:45 +0000

It was a fairly tight race between Ballston Spa and Perth. Looks like the Spa wins the right to have a theme song written for them (Don’t worry, Perth. I’ll get to you next week) Nice Victorian homes. Quaint little village. Ballston Spa seems like a great little Saratoga County town. That’s all well and [...]

Beach Volleyball. Skeet Shooting. Are These Dumb Olympic Sports? [AUDIO]

Richie Phillips — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:23:14 +0000

Don't get me wrong. It would be Un-American to totally diss the Olympics. I'm all for getting behind our teams over there. But I'm a little bit old school when it comes to the sports I'm accustomed to seeing during the coverage of the Olympics. I will now present my humble opinion in song form and then we'll see if you agree

Kids At St. Thomas The Apostle School In Delmar Have Many Virtues – Reading, Writing, and Rhyming [AUDIO]

Richie Phillips — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:00:11 +0000

So here I am, walking into a classroom in the middle of June assuming that the only thing on a kid’s mind these days is summer vacation. Wow, was I proven wrong again! Meet the virtuous 3rd graders from St. Thomas School in Delmar I say “virtuous” because that’s what they wanted to write about. [...]

Joseph Henry Elementary School In Galway Singing About Summer – Reading, Writing and Rhyming [AUDIO]

Richie Phillips — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:31:26 +0000

Looks like we’re wrapping up yet another school year. I can’t believe it myself. Once again I have about 25 class appearances under my belt, and each one has been a blast. This was no exception – Joseph Henry Elementary in Galway This was not my first rodeo. I’ve been to Galway before and [...]

Rock City Falls – I'm Gonna Put You In A Song: Your Town Thursday

Richie Phillips — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:34:50 +0000

I recently got a request to create a song for Rock City Falls, NY for Your Town Thursday. Ok, I’m up for that. Rock City Falls is very close to the town of Milton in Saratoga County. There. That’s all I know. Please help me here. Name of the Town (duhh) What it’s best [...]