Annually, a Local Radio station (97x) that reaches from Cincinnati to Dayton, Ohio holds something called "The 97x Modern Rock 500" - the top 500 modern rock hits of all time. Being a devout Morrissey / The Smiths fan, I decided I'd stay tuned in whenever I could throughout the three day period of the countdown to see if I could catch a couple Moz / Smiths tunes (not to mention some New Order, Cure, and other woosy bands I'm into). Well, as it dwindled down to the last few songs I'd figured that the only Moz I was going to here was "Panic" which had been played much earlier on in the countdown. #2 was REM w/ "Radio Free Europe", which isn't a bad song, so I decided to stay tuned in for the big #1. And what was #1 you ask? Well none other than those handsome devils themselves with "How Soon Is Now?". At least to say I was delighted. Although not one of my favorite songs by a longshot, it's a hell of a lot better than Nirvana or Ben Folds Five. Out of 500 songs, being number one is quite an honor. Maybe Ohio doesn't have such bad taste after all...