Well, no real surprise here... the mighty Weeze took home the Modern Rock Madness crown for the third time yesterday, with a blowout over Nirvana. What was interesting this year was the power of the internet and web-based communicationi to seal the deal and create some upsets. Unlike in years past where Modern Rock Madness consisted of 30-minute 'battles' on the air and phone calls to Y100, this year we had to take the issue to the web. Instead of getting perhaps 90-100 calls per matchup, this time there were an average of about 1,500 votes per pairing - with a total of 113,945 votes cast over the 7 days of action. And while most of the matches went similar to the way voting would have gone if we did the entire event on the air again, there were some weird upsets - like Muse over Dave Matthews... maybe Dave's fans were busy baking... cookies, or more likely, the Muse fans went out and got help, via message boards and website postings to each other. And even though they would have been a favorite anyway, almost everyday last week Y100Rocks' Modern Rock Madness was mentioned on the Weezer website - encouraging voting worldwide on the competition this year. Some may call it cheating, but I salute Karl and the Weezer camp for energizing and motivating the troops! It's what we are trying to do everyday around here at Y100Rocks.com... get the word out, tell people that we're still kicking and still fighting for a home for alternative rock, and especially - letting people know that they can still hear us online - 24/7.

So congrats to Weezer - can't wait for the new album, which drops the same day that the band will be in Philadelphia for a show at the Electric Factory - May 10th. In the meantime, we listen to Rivers rock out the Frampton-esque solo on Beverly Hills and get ready for a spring of rock, even if not radio (on the air)...