Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do)

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

Monday, October 10, 2022

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 1150

THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO # 1150!

The occasion of our 1150th show coincides with the release of our brand new compilation CD This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 5. The CD is available RIGHT NOW from our friends at Kool Kat Musik. And Kool Kat's cool cat CEO Ray Gianchetti asked us to share this:

Hello Everyone! Here to hip you to a new release on the Kool Kat label – AVAILABLE NOW – THIS IS ROCK ‘N’ROLL RADIO VOL. 5!

2022 marks 30 years since This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio hosts Dana & Carl's first radio series We're Your Friends For Now in 1992. As Carl's daughter Meghan Jean Cafarelli says, "These guys are still at it? Some people never grow up!"

And there's no better way to celebrate such bewildering longevity than with a new compilation album: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Vol. 5, the first full-fledged TIRnRR compilation in five years, and it continues Dana & Carl's dedication to crafting collections that aren't merely a bunch of great tracks thrown together, but which serve as a rewarding listening experience, flowing together with precise intent, track after track!

17 of this album's 23 music tracks make their CD debut here, and the stellar line-up includes Laurie Biagini, The Mayflowers, Perilous, Pop Co-Op, Maura And The Bright Lights, Hoover And Martinez, Carolyne Mas, Deadlights, Irene Peña, Chris von Sneidern, Arielle Eden, Stevenson And Company, Justine And The Unclean, The Jangle Band, Kid Gulliver, Gary Frenay, Kelley Ryan, Tall Poppy Syndrome, In Deed, Ballzy Tomorrow, The Villas, Amy Rigby and Eytan Mirsky, all mastered for maximum pop punch by the mighty Kurt Reil of The Grip Weeds. Hidden within the individual track credits are contributions from Clem Burke of Blondie, Wreckless Eric, Marti Jones, Robbie Rist, Vince Melouney of the original five-piece Bee Gees, Marc Johnson, Fernando Perdomo, Alec Palao, and members of The Flashcubes, The Tubes, The Spongetones, The Pandoras, The Kennedys, The Jigsaw Scene, Jack and the Beanstalk, and more. When Dana & Carl ask their musical friends to come out and play, a righteous rockin' pop party is inevitable.

Previous Kool Kat label releases This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Vol. 4 from 2017 and the 2019 12-song Waterloo Sunset -Benefit For This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio both remain in print. That proud tradition of “Hey, this is friggin' FANTASTIC!” continues with This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Vol. 5. Stay tuned for more rock 'n' roll. A FUNDRAISING EFFORT FOR THE SHOW’S HOST STATION - SPARK RADIO! You can listen to it here: https://koolkatmusik1.bandcamp.com/album/dana-carl-present-this-is-rock-n-roll-radio-vol-5 You can order it through the Kool Kat site!

1150 shows. Still here. I can't explain how, but...yeah, still here. Time for a righteous rockin' pop radio record party! Here 'tis. And if we've told you once, we've told you 1150 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 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).

TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS are always welcome.

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

And NOW AVAILABLE! This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 5!: CD or download

PS: SEND MONEY!!!! We need tech upgrades like Elvis needs boats. Spark Syracuse is supported by listeners like you. Tax-deductible donations are welcome at
http://sparksyracuse.org/support/

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TIRnRR # 1150: 10/9/2022

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)

EYTAN MIRSKY: This Year's Gonna Be Our Year (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 5)

THE GREENHORNES: Need Your Love (Third Man, ****)

THE SPONGETONES: Anyway Town (JAM, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 2)

TIR'N'RR ALLSTARS: Waterloo Sunset (Futureman, VA: Waterloo Sunset--Benefit For This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio)

THE SMITHEREENS: Face The World With Pride (Sunset Blvd, The Lost Album)

PATTI SMITH GROUP: Ask The Angels (Rhino, VA: DIY: Blank Generation)

THE COWSILLS: Ya Gotta Get Up! (Omnivore, Rhythm Of The World)

THE ENGLISH BEAT: She's Going (IRS, Special Beat Service)