Stoners' Zone

[Psy-Fi]

Back in the 70's, most of the people I hung around with considered bands like Pink Floyd, King Crimson, and Yes to be "Stoner Music."

Most of the contemporary "Stoner Music" I've heard, would probably fit into the category of what we used to call "Heavy Psychedelic Rock" back then.

[Buckeye Randy]

It's interesting how regional music ruled the world before MTV, radio conglomerates and later the Internet homogenized everything.  Regions not only had their own taste in music but their own terminology.

One of my favorite memories from family vacations was driving to the destination.  Every gas station or convenience store had cardstock radio promos that listed their weekly top 20 songs.  The top 20 AM hits in Ohio were not the same as Georgia!  Building on that, I remember listening to America's Top 40 with Casey Kasem and there would be songs I never heard on my top 40 station (WIXY 1260 and WCUE AM).  Just because a record sold nationally it was no guarantee my stations were playing it.

How is that relevant? I was having a flashback, man.