Appettite: Now I Feel Old

Lifted from Deadspin.com

"You can taste the bright lights but you won't get them for free"

The seminal sports blog Deadspin is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of Appetite For Destruction by having readers send in their stories of the first time they heard the best album of the decade. Appetite was released on July 21, 1987. Coincidentally, Sad City would start appearing on Craig The Porn Star's WCCC program exactly 23 years later. After a quarter century, it's hard to overstate just how good Appetite was/is. While other music of the era has faded into hipster novelty, Appetite powerfully delivers over and over and over and over and over again.

Two Years Of Sad City & WCCC

Some might say that Sad City has become to Hartford blogs what WCCC is to Hartford rock stations. It's only naturally that we would team up at some point, what is surprising is how fast it happened. WCCC night jock Craig The Porn Star discovered Sad City on Facebook when we had "something like 30-35 fans." Craig suggested we should call in and that if it went well, maybe we could do it on a regular basis. Two year and close to 100 appearances later, Sad City can still be heard at about 9:20-9:30 Wednesday nights on Craig's show which airs Monday to Friday 7PM to midnight.

To celebrate our two years with Craig and WCCC, we present some of our more memorable appearances and in doing so, give you a great way to fritter away your work Monday. Let us know if the comments, which appearance is your favorite?

A Look Back: Tastease

(Ed. Note: Last April we took our best intern to a journey to Tastease on the advice of our readers. We had some idea what we were in store for but kept where we were going for lunch secret from the intern. SInce the intern was used to dictating almost all terms of dining, etc., the secretive lunch was met with a healthy dose of skepticism to say the least. Tastease, being Tastease, overcame all doubts that we were capable of picking a decent lunch spot on our own and won the day as we enjoyed a couple Cuban sandwiches at the very tables that now have become a point of controversy leading to Tastease announcing they are closing at the end of June. 


Today we take a look back at that April 19, 2011 post and a listen back at Hakaan and Craig discussing Tastease on 106.9 WCCC back on April 20, 2011. Hakaan can be heard chatting about Hartford with Craig every Wednesday at about 9:20 PM on 106.9 WCCC.)

Hot In Hartford: Craig TPS vs. The Russian Lady

The XL Center soundly defeated the Hartford-New Britain Busway in the first "Hot In Hartford 2012" matchup. The second match pits returning Hot In Hartford contestant Craig The Porn Star against returning Hartford bar The Russian Lady in what should be an exciting battle.

Sad City & WCCC Discuss Pizza

A couple of weeks ago we more or less unwittingly had a pizza week here at Sad City. First, we had the Sad City Guide To West Pizza and then that was followed up with a New Haven Edition of Sad City Travels. People sure do love and are passionate about their pizza.

 Listen above to Hakaan calling into WCCC to discuss pizza and the great pizza debates with Sad City friend and "Hot In Hartford 2012" contestant Craig The Porn Star.

Hot In Hartford 2012

A New Year has arrived and that means it's time for those who made noise in 2011 to battle it out for the most prestigious of all local awards, Sad City's: Hot In Hartford! The first Hot In Hartford saw Councilman Luis Cotto score a surprising victory  to take the coveted title. The Councilman recently defended his Council seat and will now try to defend his Hot In Hartford title as the 2012 pool is announced.

Craig and Sad City Discuss October Snow

Well it seems like everyone finally has their power back from the crazy October snowstorm. Sad City friend Craig timed the storm perfectly and was out of town for the duration. Sad City called into WCCC to update Craig on the fun he missed.

Click here to see Sad City's October snow photos at CT New Junkie.

Twain House Weekend; Steampunk and Ghost Tours

Image courtesy of Twain House

It's shaping up to be a huge weekend for our neighbors at the Mark Twain House. Fresh off the success of "Tapping into Twain" a couple weeks ago, the folks at the Twain House continue to bring exciting events to the neighborhood. First every Friday and Saturday during October the Twain House gives Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours of the possibly haunted house. Sad City will be joining WCCC's Craig The Porn Star on the tour this Friday evening. Now we at Sad City don't exactly believe in ghosts (to be fair we don't particularly believe in anything) but we will chug a few Ecto Coolers, strap on our proton packs and go along for the tour.

Sad City Calls WCCC From The Russian Lady

Sad City Hartford checks in with Craig The Porn Star of WCCC every Wednesday to discuss the news in Hartford. This Wednesday we checked in from the grand opening of The Russian Lady, the legendary downtown bar that has returned to Hartford.

One Year of Sad City and WCCC

July 21, 2011 marks one year since Sad City Hartford first called into WCCC to chat with our friend Craig The Pornstar. It also happens to be Craig's birthday. We'd place his age at somewhere between his mid 20's and late 30's, but you know how weird celebrities can be about their age. Back when Craig first found Sad City we had about 40 fans on Facebook and weren't even on Twitter yet. So no doubt Craig and WCCC were some of the earliest Sad City fans. In honor of our anniversary and his birthday we thought we'd go back into the archives and post some of the more memorable on-air calls with Craig and Sad City.

Sad City And WCCC

It is a long standing tradition for Sad City to call into WCCC 106.9 on Wednesday nights and discuss Hartford happenings with on-air personality Craig The Porn Star.  These calls have been going on for almost a solid year as Craig was one of the first supporters of Sad City.  Since both Sad City creators are huge radio fans and huge fans of a certain radio host that long ago worked for WCCC, we love the chance to be on Connecticut's Greatest rock station, which also happens to be located right in town on Asylum Street.

After the jump catch up with these calls that usually air around 9:30 Wednesday nights.  Topics include; Hartford's most awkward bathroom, urban camping, Tastease, and springtime mattress invasions.   Tune into the WCCC to hear Craig weekdays from 7 to midnight and any time of day to hear Connecticut's best rock station.

Hot In Hartford: 1973

WCCC has been a Hartford staple for a long time. When it comes to rock radio in Hartford, WCCC has dominated the scene for years. Recently we stumbled on this most requested hits list on WCCC from May of 1973. It's an interesting little relic, at the time WCCC was billing itself as "Triple C" with the tag line that they "put the fun back into radio."

Craig and Pucky Bury The Hatchet

It's a Sad City tale of the highs and lows of celebrity, deceit, jealousy, violence, and redemption.  It seems that after a long and checkered history Craig The Porn Star and Pucky Ackbar have, for the moment, let bygones be bygones and buried the hatchet.

This rivalry started this winter when Pucky was attacked at a CT Whale game.

Craig Ziplines For Charity

WCCC's Craig ziplines into some cold water at Brownstone Park on March 19 to raise funds for the Connecticut Children's Medical Center.

Nice spread eagle!

Help A Good Cause and Craig The Porn Star

Sad City friend, WCCC radio host and Hot In Hartford contestant Craig The Porn Star will be serving as a cannonball judge at Brownstone Park for the Spring Plunge & Cannonball Competition on March 19.

The event will not only feature the cannonball competition, but a kids plunge, costume contest and a silent auction with all proceeds being raised donated to the Connecticut Children's Medical Center. 

As it turns out Craig is one of those hard rocker types who really is a big softie and he wants raise the most money as possible for the kids.

Hot In Hartford: Craig The Porn Star vs. Jenna Carlesso

The second round of Hot In Hartford kicks off with two Sad City friends clashing for the chance to advance to the final four. Hartford Courant and Cityline writer Jenna Carlesso advanced to the second round by defeating Twitter'er Cocaine Janie in a Valentine's Day clash. Jenna holds the distinction of being the last female in Hot In Hartford, and, being pretty hot, she could carry the female and young male vote to victory.

Hot In Hartford Quarterfinals

The Hot In Hartford contest moves onto the second round after a first round that saw strong contenders Helen Ubinas, Scott Haney and Chuckles go down in defeat. For the quarterfinals the contestants have been seeded one through eight based on the number of votes they received in the first round. Second round voting starts later this week.

Preview the matches after the jump.

"Hot In Hartford" Hell In A Cell: Craig Vs. Pucky

The  third battle in the "Hot In Hartford" contest is the much anticipated steel cage brawl featuring Craig The Porn Star pitted against CT Whale mascot Pucky Ackbar. This match is not without controversy as Pucky was attacked during Saturday nights Whale game and some have speculated that a "Hot In Hartford" contestant like Craig may have sent the henchman in order to knock Pucky out of the running.


Who will join Colin McEnroe and Mayor Pedro Segarra in the quarterfinals of "Hot In Hartford?"

If you still are looking to exercise your voice and cast a ballot for Sad City Hartford for Best Local Blog, Best Twitter'er and Best Hyper Local News Site and WCCC for Best Radio Station in the Hartford Advocate "Best of 2011" poll.

Voting here ends 1159PM Thursday

Hakaan and Craig The Porn Star Discuss Hartford Athletes

Hakaan spoke with Craig The Porn Star on WCCC about Hartford's athletic heroes. The discussion hit on former Whalers, University of Hartford Hawks, and Weaver Beavers. We learned about potential Hall of Famers, too much drinking, and a notorious run in with an undercover officer. The full audio after the jump.

Hakaan and Craig The Porn Star Discuss Mayor Segarra

Hakaan spoke with WCCC's Craig The Porn Star to discuss the Sad City interview with Mayor Segarra. Also discussed in Sad City's desire to join WCCC as winners of The Hartford Advocate "Best Of" Poll, Craig's predictions about future Hartford Mayors, Craig and Hakaan likening themselves to Oprah and Gayle King.