Scheduling and logistics made it necessary to program and prerecord this week's show much earlier than usual. In fact, we did this on the same day we did last week's blowout 11th Annual Dana's Funky Soul Pit; productive day!
Because we did the show that far in advance, it didn't even occur to me that it would air on what would have been my Mom's 97th birthday. We lost Mom in December. I'd say this week's show is dedicated to Mom's memory, but really, pretty much everything I do is built upon foundations that my parents established. Even without deliberate intent or tribute, my part of each week's show occurs because Mom and Dad sparked my love of music, my interest in the arts, my appreciation of the magic that exists within us and around us.
Dates on the calendar can command our attention. We remember birthdays and anniversaries--good days--and we can also remember times of specific trauma and sorrow. The bad days. All we can hope is that the good days may ultimately have greater weight and meaning than those other days.
For the lucky and the loved, good days can become weeks. Months. Years. Decades. Bad days will nest within all of it, serpents poised to strike at us with venomous intent. We will not survive; no one gets out of this alive. But we can have a life--maybe even a good life--for whatever time we have. Days will pass, both the good days and the bad days impartially. We will pass.
But we were here. Someone will remember us. If we're remembered with fondness, maybe we had a pretty good life.
I remember, with more fondness and gratitude than my mere words can deliver. Thanks, Mom. 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, on the web at http://sparksyracuse.org/, and via the TuneIn Radio and Radio Garden apps as Westcott Radio.
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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http://sparksyracuse.org/support/ TIRnRR # 1144: 8/28/2022
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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THE POSIES: I'm Looking Through You (MOJO, VA: Beatlemania, Vol. 1)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN: What Is Life (Festival, Olivia)
MICHAEL CARPENTER: That's Alright By Me (Not Lame, VA: Full Circle)
GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS: Midnight Train To Georgia (Rhino, VA: Can You Dig It?)
BELLE & SEBASTIAN: Allie (Hostess Entertainment, Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance)
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UTOPIA: Love In Action (Rhino, TODD RUNDGREN: The Very Best Of Todd Rundgren)
NOLAN PORTER: Work It Out In The Morning (ABC, Nolan)
KEANE: Is It Any Wonder (Interscope, Under The Iron Sea)
POP CO-OP: Extra Beat In My Heart (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 5) --
BEN FOLDS: Rockin' The Suburbs (Epic, Rockin' The Suburbs)
THE KINKS: You Still Want Me (Sanctuary, The Anthology 1964-1971)
THE CRYAN' SHAMES: If I Needed Someone (Sundazed, Sugar & Spice)
SAM PHILLIPS: Baby, I Can't Please You (Virgin, Martinis & Bikinis)
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CHRIS VON SNEIDERN: Annalisa (Heyday, Sight & Sound)
CHRIS VON SNEIDERN: Goodnight Sailor (Kool Kat Music, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 5) THE WEEKLINGS: I Can See For Miles (Jem, VA: Jem Records Celebrates Pete Townshend) --
THE B-52'S: Give Me Back My Man (Rhino, Nude On The Moon)
THE ISLEY BROTHERS: Got To Have You Back (Motown, Greatest Hits And Rare Classics)
THE BEARDS: All About You (Sympathy For The Record Industry, Funtown)
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JOHNNY JOHNSON & HIS BANDWAGON: Blame It (On The Pony Express) (Kent, Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache)
THE CHECKERED HEARTS: They Don't Know (ChicaneryChick, Joystick)
THE MONKEES: You Just May Be The One (Rhino, Headquarters)
THE CLICK BEETLES: Modern Girl (Vandalay, Emerald Green)
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THE RAMONES: I Don't Want To Grow Up (Radioactive, ¡Adios Amigos!)
THE DAMNED: Smash It Up Part 2 (Sanctuary, Smash It Up)
DEADLIGHTS: Pretend To Pretend (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 5) THE JULIANNA HATFIELD 3: My Sister (Atlantic, Become What You Are)
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS & NINA DIAZ: No Action (Universal, Spanish Model)
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THE SAINTS: Demolition Girl (Amsterdamned, [I'm] Stranded)
CHEAP TRICK: Hello There (Epic, In Color)
BIG STAR: I'm In Love With A Girl (Ardent, # 1 Record/Radio City)
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FISCHER-Z: So Long (United Artists, single)
THE ENGLISH BEAT: Best Friend (Shout Factory, Keep The Beat)]
PRINCE: I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Warner Brothers, The Hits/The B-Sides)
ICICLE WORKS: Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream) (Beggars, The Best Of The Icicle Works)
THE BEATLES: The Night Before (Apple, Help!)
JOY DIVISION: Love Will Tear Us Apart (Rhino, The Best Of Joy Division)
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THE METERS: Hang 'Em High (Rhino, Trick Bag)
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