If the earth beneath our extremely humble studio doesn't collapse first, This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl is set to hit the milestone of our 1000th show on Sunday, November 10th. That's just under two weeks from now, and we're getting stoked.
And we're getting ready.
"Getting ready" doesn't necessarily mean we're planning things out. Dana and I will have some specifics in mind, some acts and tracks we want to include, and a mere three-hour show will inevitably run outta time to play anywhere near all of the things we want to play. When it's over, we will curse our omissions throughout the commute home. But overall? TIRnRR # 1000 will mostly be improvised on the spot. We did that for our 20th anniversary show last year, and wingin' it with another selection of TIRnRR's greatest hits seems like the best approach to celebrating our unlikely longevity. As I've asked elsewhere: How in the hell are we still here? It's a rhetorical question. We're still here because there are still records that need to be played on the radio.
Before we get to TIRnRR # 1000, I'm approaching this week's # 999 as a prelude to the gala party to follow a week later. Most (if not all) of my selections on this week's show will be encore spins of the first tracks TIRnRR ever played by some of our favorite artists: the first Ramones song we ever played, the first Isley Brothers song we ever played, etc. That will cover my half of # 999, with Dana programming the other half as Dana do, collectively conjuring the combustive alchemy we eschew humility to bill as The Best Three Hours Of Radio On The Whole Friggin' Planet.
This week and next, I'm going to try to finish writing Boppin' The Whole Friggin' Planet (The History Of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio), my (very) long chronicle of who we are and how we came to be. The six chapters posted so far--that would be Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6--tell the story from the first Dana & Carl shows in 1992 through the dawn of TIRnRR at the end of 1998, getting on the web in 2000, and work on our first TIRnRR CD in 2004. Chapter 7 will pick up with the completion of that CD and its sequel, and the entire serial is likely to run a total of nine chapters. That's three chapters less than The Adventures Of Captain Marvel, and six chapters less than Atom Man Vs Superman. I don't know that I can get that all done before the 1000th show on November 10th, but I will complete the story before too long.
And then: November 10th. This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 1000. We're still here. Hard to believe. In the mean time, join us for the important prequel of TIRnRR # 999 this Sunday, November 3rd. We have some records to play for you.
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Fans of pop music will want to check out Waterloo Sunset--Benefit For This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, a new pop compilation benefiting SPARK! Syracuse, the home of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl. TIR'N'RR Allstars--Steve Stoeckel, Bruce Gordon, Joel Tinnel, Stacy Carson, Eytan Mirsky, Teresa Cowles, Dan Pavelich, Irene Peña, Keith Klingensmith, and Rich Firestone--offer a fantastic new version of The Kinks' classic "Waterloo Sunset." That's supplemented by eleven more tracks (plus a hidden bonus track), including previously-unreleased gems from The Click Beetles, Eytan Mirsky, Pop Co-Op, Irene Peña, Michael Slawter (covering The Posies), and The Anderson Council (covering XTC), a new remix of "Infinite Soul" by The Grip Weeds, and familiar TIRnRR Fave Raves by Vegas With Randolph, Gretchen's Wheel, The Armoires, and Pacific Soul Ltd. Oh, and that mystery bonus track? It's exquisite. You need this. You're buying it from Futureman.
(And you can still get our 2017 compilation This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 4, on CD from Kool Kat Musik and as a download from Futureman Records.)
Hey, Carl's writin' a book! The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) will contain 100 essays (and then some) about 100 tracks, plus two bonus instrumentals, each one of 'em THE greatest record ever made. An infinite number of records can each be the greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns. Updated initial information can be seen here: THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (Volume 1).
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