My thoughts on pop music and pop culture, plus the weekly playlists from THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO with Dana and Carl (Sunday nights 9 to Midnight Eastern, SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM in Syracuse, sparksyracuse.org). You can support this blog on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2449453 Twitter @CafarelliCarl All editorial content on this blog Copyright Carl Cafarelli (except where noted). All images copyright the respective owners TIP JAR at https://www.paypal.me/CarlCafarelli
Friday, August 28, 2020
THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO: Guitars Vs. Rayguns
My vulgar sci-fi rock 'n' roll comedy short story "Guitars Vs. Rayguns" was published on Wednesday, a rock 'em-sock 'em prose bonus in the pages of the AHOY Comics funnybook Billionaire Island # 5. If you'd like to buy your very own copy of this hilarious three-chord laugh-riot, you can use Comic Shop Locator to find the comic book retailer nearest you. Further details were posted here.
So, what does this nonsense have to do with This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio? Well! "Guitars Vs. Rayguns" contains gratuitous name-checks of 27 righteous rockin' pop acts, from Chuck Berry to Pop Co-Op. On Sunday night's show, we're going to play selections by as many of those 27 acts as we can, offering a sneak peek at a few of the tunes my space-faring rock 'n' roll bar band likes to cover in between random raygun blasts. Do not expect to hear "Freebird."
Slappin' together 26 to 27 songs only accounts for about half of a three-hour show, so Dana has filled the space in between with another fantastic assortment of cool, mingling freely with shots of my intergalactic combo's preferred crowd-pleasers. Set your controls for the heart of Sunday night, August 30th, from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, http://sparksyracuse.org/
(And if you think this is overkill on behalf of some silly thing I wrote, just wait until my Greatest Record Ever Made! book is published. Nothing succeeds like excess!)
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This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, and on the web at http://sparksyracuse.org/ You can read about our history here.
The many fine This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio compilation albums are still available, each full of that rockin' pop sound you crave. A portion of all sales benefit our perpetually cash-strapped community radio project:
Volume 1: download
Volume 2: CD or download
Volume 3: download
Volume 4: CD or download
Waterloo Sunset--Benefit For This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio: CD or download
Carl's writin' a book! The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) will contain 155 essays about 155 tracks, 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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