The 900th Sunday.
If you told me in December of 1998, right before This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 1, that we would still be doing this 899 shows later, I would have admired your spirit and asked for some of whatever you were drinking.
Yet here we are. This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 900.
Thank you to everyone who's ever listened, everyone who's ever helped us, everyone who's ever given us music to play, everyone who's helped this unlikely radio shindig last so long. Thanks to Jeremy Morris and Ray Gianchetti for putting out the four TIRnRR compilation CDs, and to Keith Klingensmith for keeping the first three out-of-print titles available as downloads. Thanks to Fritz Van Leaven for keeping statistical track of whatever the hell it is we've been doing. Thanks to all of you who've bought our CDs, given financial support to our cash-strapped operation, and expressed your solidarity and appreciation. Thanks to everyone on Facebook's TIR'N'RR chat group, and thanks to Elizabeth "BABY!" Racz for building that chat group in the first place. Thanks to my lovely wife Brenda for putting up with this silly operation. And thanks to Dana for coming up with the idea of a Dana & Carl show almost 26 years ago (even before TIRnRR itself), and for being the perfect ally and foil, all at the same time.
TIRnRR # 900 began with an eight-song celebration of those four This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio compilations. Fritz gave us the stats and idea for This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio A-Z, a salute to our all-time most-played artists for each letter of the alphabet. And we shuffled out, fists held high, with a random selection of a few of our greatest hits. And the long slog to TIRnRR # 1000 continues.
QUICK HEADS-UP FOR EVERYONE: Syracuse's own power pop powerhouse The Flashcubes will be heard on this Wednesday's episode of the ABC sitcom Speechless. The show airs at 8:30 pm Eastern, and we recommend you watch, record, and re-watch again. (Thanks to Nick Zeigler of The Leonards and The Forty Nineteens for the initial scoop on this, and thanks to actor John Ross Bowie for mentioning the 'Cubes!)
NEXT WEEK: # 901! IN TWO WEEKS: The 19th Annual This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio Christmas Show! Right now, if we've told you once we've told you 900 times: this is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on a Sunday night in Syracuse this week.
This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl, Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse on The Spark WSPJ-LP 103.3 and 93.7, and on the web at http://sparksyracuse.org/
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Our new compilation CD This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 4 is now available from Kool Kat Musik! 29 tracks of irresistible rockin' pop, starring Pop Co-Op, Ray Paul, Circe Link & Christian Nesmith, Vegas With Randolph Featuring Lannie Flowers, The Slapbacks, P. Hux, Irene Peña, Michael Oliver & the Sacred Band Featuring Dave Merritt, The Rubinoos, Stepford Knives, The Grip Weeds, Popdudes, Ronnie Dark, The Flashcubes, Chris von Sneidern, The Bottle Kids, 1.4.5., The Smithereens, Paul Collins' Beat, The Hit Squad, The Rulers, The Legal Matters, Maura & the Bright Lights, Lisa Mychols, and Mr. Encrypto & the Cyphers. You gotta have it, so order it here.
THE RAMONES: Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? (Rhino, End Of The Century)
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A Celebration Of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 4:
THE COWSILLS: She Said To Me (JAM, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 2)
THE FLASHING ASTONISHERS: Period Exclamatory (JAM, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 1)
MICHAEL OLIVER & THE SACRED BAND FEATURING DAVE MERRITT: You Won't Do (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 4)
GREGG YETI & THE BEST LIGHTS: My Narcoleptic Sara (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 3)
THE FINKERS: Last Thing On My Mind (JAM, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 1)
THE DIPSOMANIACS: Syd Barrett (JAM, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 2)
ANNY CELSI: Empty Hangers (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 3)
THE HIT SQUAD: Best Of Me (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 4)
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This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio A-Z:
ASTROPUPPEES: On My Way (Manatee, Sugar Beat)
THE BEATLES: Please Please Me (Capitol, The Early Beatles)
THE CATHOLIC GIRLS: Should Have Been Mine (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 3)
THE DONNAS: Living After Midnight (Lookout!, The Donnas Turn 21)
THE EASYBEATS: Friday On My Mind (Albert, Absolute Anthology)
THE FLASHCUBES: Do Anything You Wanna Do (Northside, Brilliant)
THE GRIP WEEDS: Strange Bird (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 4)
THE HOLLIES: Look Through Any Window (EMI, Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years)
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THE ISLEY BROTHERS: Summer Breeze (Sony, VA: A Tribute To Black Entertainers)
THE JAM: In The City (Polydor, Direction Reaction Creation)
THE KINKS: You Really Got Me (Sanctuary, The Anthology)
JOHN LENNON:Whatever Gets You Thru The Night (Capitol, The John Lennon Collection)
THE MONKEES: Sometime In The Morning (Rhino, More Of The Monkees)
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS: The Laws Have Changed (Matador, Electric Version)
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THE NEW YORK DOLLS: Personality Crisis (Mercury, Rock 'N Roll)
THE ORGONE BOX: World Revolves (Minus Zero, The Orgone Box)
THE PRETENDERS: Talk Of The Town (Sire, The Singles)
SUZI QUATRO: Tear Me Apart (Razor & Tie, The Wild One)
THE RAMONES: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (Rhino, Rocket To Russia)
SEX CLARK FIVE: Fool I Was (Skyclad, Antedium)
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JOHNNY THUNDERS & THE HEARTBREAKERS: I Love You (Jungle, L.A.M.F.)
THE UNDERTONES: Teenage Kicks (Rykodisc, The Undertones)
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: Run Run Run (Polydor, Peel Slowly And Slowly)
THE WHO: I Can't Explain (MCA, My Generation)
XTC: Life Begins At The Hop (Caroline, The Compact XTC)
THE YARDBIRDS: Heart Full Of Soul (Rhino, Ultimate!)
THE ZOMBIES: She's Not There (Big Beat, Zombie Heaven)
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TIRnRR Victory Lap (A Collection Of Dana & Carl Oldies)
EYTAN MIRSKY: This Year's Gonna Be Our Year (M-Squared, Year Of The Mouse)
THE DROWNERS: While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Jealousy, VA: He Was Fab)
POP CO-OP: Feint Of Heart (Silent Bugler, Four State Solution)
EDISON LIGHTHOUSE: Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) (Varese Sarabande, VA: 25 All-Time Greatest Bubblegum Hits)
THE LEONARDS: The Worst Thing I Could Do (Rock Ranch, Garage Sale)
THE WONDERS: That Thing You Do! (Play-Tone, VA: That Thing You Do! OST)
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THE STALLIONS: Why (Junk, Hey Baby, It's The Stallions)
X-RAY SPEX: Oh Bondage, Up Yours! (Sanctuary, Germfree Adolescents)
STYX: Kiss Your Ass Goodbye (Sanctuary, Cyclorama)
MANNIX: Highway Lines (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 3)
THE OHIO EXPRESS: Had To Be Me (Cameo, Beg, Borrow & Steal)
THE CRICKLE: Place In My Heart (ROIR, VA: Garage Sale)
MARY LOU LORD: Aim Low (Kill Rock Stars, Mary Lou Lord/Sean Na Na)
THE BEVIS FROND: He'd Be A Diamond (Rubric, New River Head)
THE POPTARTS: I Won't Let You Let Me Go (PlumTone, Fresh...Out Of The Toaster)
THE TEARJERKERS: Syracuse Summer (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 3)
BIG STAR: September Gurls [single version] (Stax, The Best Of Big Star)
DICK DALE & THE DEL-TONES: Miserlou (Ace, VA: The Birth Of Surf)
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