This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 1119

On Friday night, March 4th, Dana and I had the honor of presenting the award for Best Rock Album at this year's celebration of The SAMMYS, aka The Syracuse Music Awards. It was a very cool night of music and community, and some of our selections on next week's TIRnRR  playlist will reflect a bit of our heady buzz in The SAMMYS' afterglow.

This week's radio shindig was recorded before the night of The SAMMYs, before we saw newly-anointed SAMMYS Lifetime Achievement Hall of Famer Tom Kenny perform at the awards show with his incredible band Tom Kenny and the Hi-Seas and with members of the Flashcubes and the legendary Andy Paley (as the Kenny/'Cubes/Paley workouts of Eddie and the Hot Rods' "Do Anything You Wanna Do" and the Paley Brothers/Ramones' version of Ritchie Valens' "Come On Let's Go" had me shouting my voice raw mere minutes before I had to get up on stage and speak), and obviously before the next night's epic club performance by Kenny and his Hi-Seas, my first club show in over two years. Still, this week's TIRnRR has its own innate buzz, born of the same Syracuse noise. I love Syracuse. I love Syracuse music.

Music honors no borders. I wrote this elsewhere, in a piece about the Flashcubes:

"All politics is local. The same could be said of musical combos, the local rock group down the street that's trying hard to learn their song. In the garages, in the clubs, in practice spaces, school dances, rec hall hops, coffeehouses, open fields, and cellars full of noise, plugged in or unplugged, sparks ignite when someone says Let's put on a show! Aping Chuck Berry or Chuck D, Joan Jett or Joni Mitchell, the Rolling Stones or the Banana Splits, mighty things can happen when a musician near you starts to play.

"In Zion, Illinois. In Minneapolis. Fort Worth. Nashville. Arlington. Bethesda, Maryland. Springfield, Missouri. Toronto. Liverpool. Osaka. Don't forget the Motor City. The beat goes on, and renews itself everywhere. Sweat and adrenaline, soft drinks or beer, virtue and vice, the love of a sound, an urge to participate. Band, meet audience. Audience, meet the band."

And Friday night, in presenting the SAMMYS award for Best Rock Album to Not Robots!, I said, "Syracuse is special. Syracuse music is special. [Renowned CNY DJ] Dave Frisina tells us every week that some of the best rock around can be found right in your own back yard. This is evidence all around you."

There's evidence all around you, too. Wherever you are. Music has no boundaries, and nor does it have a rigid tether to its big-market hotspots. Music is everywhere. Great music is everywhere. There is so much to celebrate, yesterday and today, here, there, and everywhere. Always. 

But Dana and Carl report to you from the 315. Wherever you are, we welcome you as one of us. 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 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 all about this show's long and weird history here: Boppin' The Whole Friggin' Planet (The History Of THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO). 

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TIRnRR # 1119: 3/6/2022

TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold

THE RAMONES: Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? (Rhino, End Of The Century)

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EYTAN MIRSKY: Watching From The Balcony (M-Squared, Lord, Have Mirsky!)

THE GO-GO'S: How Much More (IRS, Beauty And The Beat)

TAJ MAHAL: Six Days On The Road (Columbia, The Best Of Taj Mahal)

THE UNDERTONES: Thrill Me (Sanctuary, Get What You Need)

28IF: Can't Buy Me Love (single)

DAVID BOWIE: Any Way, Anyhow, Anywhere (Rykodisc, Pin Ups)

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THE SUN SAWED IN 1/2: Twist Of Lemon (n/a, Before The Fall)

THE PAUL COLLINS BEAT: Witches Falls (Alive, Another World)

THE BANDWAGON: You Blew Your Cool And Lost Your Fool (Kent, Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache)

AMY RIGBY: Four Years Ago (single)

SPLIT ENZ: I Got You (A & M, History Never Repeats)

THE RONETTES: I Can Hear Music (Sony, Be My Baby: The Very Best Of The Ronettes)

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RONNIE SPECTOR & THE E STREET BAND: Say Goodbye To Hollywood (Cleveland International, VA: Cleveland International Records 1977-1983)

THE ON AND ONS: Vanishing Act (Citadel, Back For More)

THE CRAWLING KING SNAKES: Philadelphia Baby (Varese Sarabande, VA: Porky's Revenge! OST)

WE'VE GOT A FUZZBOX AND WE'RE GONNA USE IT!!: Love Is The Slug (Cherry Red, Bostin' Steve Austin)

THE GRASS ROOTS: Temptation Eyes (Rhino, Anthology 1965-1975)

THE QUICK: It Won't Be Long (Real Gone Music, Mondo Deco)

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THE SHANG HI LOS: Billy (Rum Bar, single)

PUFFY AMIYUMI: Love So Pure (Epic, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Music From The Cartoon Network Series)

THE FLASHCUBES FEATURING SHOES: Tomorrow Night (Big Stir, single)

THE PRETENDERS: Cuban Slide (Rhino, The Pretenders)

THE ISLEY BROTHERS: It's Your Thing (Epic, The Essential Isley Brothers)

THE REBUTLES: When You Were Eighteen (Big Stir, NICK FRATER: Earworms [bonus disc] 

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RICHIE MAYER: You Don't Get Me High Anymore (n/a, The Inn Of Temporary Happiness [Revisited])

ROCKPILE: Teacher Teacher (Columbia, Seconds Of Pleasure)

THE BEATLES: No Reply (Apple, Beatles For Sale)

THE REPLACEMENTS: I Will Dare (Sire, For Sale)

THE VELVELETTES: He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' (Motown, The Very Best Of The Velvelettes)

SUGAR: Gee Angel (Rykodisc, File Under Easy Listening)

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THE BANGLES: The Rain Song (Koch, Doll Revolution)

SUGAR PIE DeSANTO: I Don't Wanna Fuss (Kent, Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles 1961-1966)

THE FOUR TOPS: Reach Out I'll Be There (Motown, The Ultimate Collection)

THEE HEADCOATEES: Teenage Kicks (Sympathy For The Record Industry, Punk Girls)

THE MONKEES: (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone (Rhino, More Of The Monkees)

TINY TIM: Great Balls Of Fire (Now Sounds, The Complete Singles Collection [1966-1970])

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DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: I Only Want To Be With You (Mercury, The Very Best Of Dusty Springfield)

TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS: American Girl (MCA, The Anthology)

ANTON BARBEAU: American Road (Big Stir, Power Pop!!!)

JULIAN COPE: World Shut Your Mouth (Island, Saint Julian)

ARETHA FRANKLIN: Save Me (Atlantic, I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You)

THE WHO: I'm A Boy [original version] MCA, Who's Missing)

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SCOTT ROBERTSON: Hours Feel Like Minutes (Futureman, Physical Education)

THE MnM'S: I'm Tired (Burger, Melts In Your Ears 1980-1981)

THE KINKS: Tired Of Waiting For You (Sanctuary, The Anthology 1964-1971)

THE JAM: But I'm Different Now (Polydor, Direction Reaction Creation)

WENDI DUNLAP: Season Of Loss (Futureman, Looking For Buildings)

THE PRIMITIVES: Don't Want Anything To Change (Cherry Red, Lovely)

THE ZOMBIES: She Does Everything For Me (Big Beat, Zombie Heaven)

THE GROOVIE GHOULIES: She Gets All The Girls (Lookout!, Fun In The Dark)

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COKE BELDA: So Good To Dance (Kool Kat Musik, Coke Belda 6: My Tribute To Los Brincos)

KID GULLIVER: Beauty School Dropout (Red On Red, Kismet)

THE COWSILLS: Hair (Rebound, The Best Of The Cowsills)

BILL LLOYD: Lisa Anne (Whole-In-One, Feeling The Elephant)

THE FLIRTATIONS: Nothing But A Heartache (RPM, Sounds Like The Flirtations)

BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY: Soul Surrender (Cherry Red, Strange Men, Changed Men)

TWISTED SISTER: We're Not Gonna Take It (Atlantic, Stay Hungry)

THE CLICK BEETLES: If Not Now Then When (Futureman, Pop Fossil)

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THE RUTLES: Ouch! (Rhino, The Rutles)