The dream of WFNX Radio is still alive and well in New England. And tonight it will be visible and audible in Cambridge.
Three former DJs from the alternative rock radio station — which ended its FM broadcast after 29 years in July 2012, with its online component quickly following in March 2013 when the Boston Phoenix shuttered — are hosting Ex-FNX Night at the Phoenix Landing in Central Square. Music will be provided by Mike Gioscia, Neal Robert, Morning Guy Tai.
“Tai and I were thinking of doing an ‘FNX boat cruise,” Gioscia tells Vanyaland, “then we thought ‘fuck, what if we book a boat and get 23 people?’ So we said fuck it and went for a smaller more intimate thing. We’ll grow it. Should be fun.”
To get us properly primed, Morning Guy Tai, who hosted the WFNX Morning Drive from 1985 to 1997, crafted a Top 10 reasons to attend list on Twitter. More details on the party can be found via the flyer down below…
Reason #10 to come to Ex-FNX Night: Mike Gioscia, X Night's top dj will be there – you can nudge him and make him skip.
— Morning Guy Tai (@morningguytai) July 10, 2015
Reason #9: Neal Robert really is that handsome, w/ help of plastic surgery, steroids, a back brace, implants and a girdle – he's hot
— Morning Guy Tai (@morningguytai) July 10, 2015
Reason #8: Tai was the first dj in Boston to host X Night, but was so lame at it, he never returned to the profession.
— Morning Guy Tai (@morningguytai) July 10, 2015
Reason #7: Grateful Dead reunion shows prove you only need a handful of hippies to have a good time.
— Morning Guy Tai (@morningguytai) July 10, 2015
Reason #6: New Order, The Smiths, The Sugarcubes, Pil, – none of them will be appearing at the event.
— Morning Guy Tai (@morningguytai) July 10, 2015
Reason #5: FNX movie proved that there were dozens of Morning Guy Tai fans out there.
— Morning Guy Tai (@morningguytai) July 10, 2015
Reason #4: You didn't get U2 tickets because you are a cheap basterd.
— Morning Guy Tai (@morningguytai) July 10, 2015
Reason #3: WFNX rhymes with AARP.
— Morning Guy Tai (@morningguytai) July 10, 2015
Reason #2: TT The Bear's is going down, and so are you.
— Morning Guy Tai (@morningguytai) July 10, 2015
#1 Reason to turn up @ Ex-FNX Night: We played the best music in town, and you STILL know it's true.
— Morning Guy Tai (@morningguytai) July 10, 2015
