I Wish.

In 1994… wait, was that really 32 years ago? My god. In 1994 I worked for a Top 40 radio station called “Rock 107, Central New York’s All Hit Music Station”. It was my first regular radio gig and something I really, really enjoyed. I worked weekends and filled in for the night jock from time to time. I loved Top 40 music back then, right before grunge took over, and there were a ton of interesting tracks coming from the record companies.

The second single from singer Gabrielle was called “I Wish”. This radio remix was released in early 1994, and it was a no brainer to mix it into “Don’t Walk Away” by Jade, which had come out a couple of years earlier.

Both this remix and “Don’t Walk Away” sample the percussion from “Jungle Jazz” by Kool and the Gang, which was released in 1975.

While Gabrielle’s previous release “Dreams” reached top 30 status in the United States, “I Wish” didn’t reach the top 50, stalling out at #52. It was still a fun track to mix in during my club gigs and when I filled in on “Dance Tracks” on Rock 107.

From 1994, here’s “I Wish (Radio Remix)” by Gabrielle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC_T0C9jW8c

For reference to the “Don’t Walk Away” by Jade reference, here’s their original video from 1992.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV8lk0M8YQI

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This week, Ben and Eugene look at the 1956 Japanese Kaiju classic, Rodan!

Or, as originally known, Sora no Daikaiju, Radon.

Rodan

Release Date: December 26, 1956 (Japan), August 6, 1957 (US)

Runtime: 74 minutes

Starring: Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Akihiko Hirata

Director: Ishirô Honda

Writer: Takeshi Kimura, Takeo Murata (screenplay), based on story by Ken Kuronuma

Synopsis: Mining engineer Shigeru Kawamura investigates the deaths of his colleagues and discovers prehistoric nymphs along with a gigantic flying creature called Rodan. After Rodan terrorizes several towns, authorities attempt to stop the devastating monster in its destructive path.

I’m dropping a little detour here into the show notes, not directly about Rodan, but just because you may be interested. “Rodan! The Flying Monster” (1957) as it was billed in the US was distributed in association with King Brothers Productions, who, among other things, went on to produce Gorgo (1961), which is a film we’ll look at soon here on Fusion Patrol.

Friend of the show Anthony McKay has done a history of the King Brothers as part of his coverage of Gorgo for the most recently released issue of Little Shoppe of Horrors (Issue #52.)

If you’re interested in reading more, in the US, you can purchase it here, and if you’re in the UK, you can find it at Hemlock Books here. (Issue 52 wasn’t yet available on the UK site as of this writing, but should be soon.)

(This is not a paid promotion. Anthony provides us with a lot of fascinating background information, and he has written some fascinating articles for LSoH.)

https://fusionpatrol.com/2025/10/25/759-rodan/

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Vor dem A 52-Tunnel am Dreieck Essen-Ost sind innerhalb von zwei Wochen schon rund 6.000 Autos geblitzt worden. Der Blitzer ist in Richtung Düsseldorf installiert worden, weil dort eine Baustelle ist. https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/ruhrgebiet/viele-autofahrer-von-neuem-autobahnblitzer-erwischt-100.html #Essen #Blitzer #Tunnel #A #52 #Autofahrer #NRW