To the Batmobile! And turn up the radio. We need a little soundtrack for our caped crusadin'. Commisioner! Get Tamar Berk on the Hot Line.
A rockin' pop radio show can't go wrong if it opens with new music from Tamar Berk. From Tamar's brand-new album Tiny Injuries, "Sunday Driving" is a righteously radio-ready joyride, fully aware of impending road hazards but barreling ahead anyway. Hey! Just like US! The lyrics say Sunday driving is not the way to go. We respectfully disagree. Atomic batteries to power. Turbines to speed. Roger! Ready to move out.
As our own little mutant radio program speeds toward imminent collision with its [gulp] 1200th show a mere five weeks from now, we continue to crave the music that drives us. Our internet server was down this week--we suspect the Joker is involved--but we did the show anyway, knowing that proper webcastin' capabilities will be tuned up and restored faster'n you can drop a checkered flag, or even light the flippin' Bat-Signal. Sunday driving. It's what radio was made for. And this is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on another Sunday night in Syracuse this week.
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TIRnRR # 1195: 8/20/2023
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold
TAMAR BERK: Sunday Driving (tamarberk.bandcamp.com, Tiny Injuries)
ANN PEEBLES: I Can't Stand The Rain (Rhino, VA: Can You Dig It?)
THE WEEKLINGS: Lola (Jem, VA: Jem Records Celebrates Ray Davies)
BLONDIE: Denis (Chrysalis, The Platinum Collection)
THE FLASHCUBES: Forget About You (Big Stir, Pop Masters)
GLADHANDS: Forget All About It (Big Deal, La Di Da)
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THE WELL WISHERS: Merilee (thewellwishers.bandcamp.com, How I Won The War)
JACK LEE: It's Hot Outside (Alive, Anthology: Bigger Than Life)
THE SUPREMES: Oh My Poor Baby (Motown, The '70s Anthology)
JOHNNY HALLYDAY: Wap-Dou-Wap (Tu Aimes Le Twist) (Jasmine, Elle Est Terrible! The Rock 'n' Roll Years)
THE CHARADES: Who Wanna Dance Now (Pop Madrid, When Shining Blue)
LULU: The Boat That I Row (Rhino, From Crayons To Perfume)
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THE NUMBERS: Can't Sleep At Night (Voxx, The Numbers '64-'67)
JOSIE COTTON: Here Comes My Baby (Cleopatra, Everything Is Oh Yeah)
THE RUNAWAYS: School Days (Hip-O, The Mercury Albums Anthology)
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS: Accidents Will Happen (Columbia, Armed Forces)
THE MONKEES: Birth Of An Accidental Hipster (Rhino, Good Times!)
RADIO STARS: Nervous Wreck (Cherry Red, VA: Kids On The Street: UK Power Pop And New Wave 1977-1981)
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DEAN LANDEW: Bye Bye Father Time (deanlandew.bandcamp.com, single)
28IF: Hold Tight (single)
LESLIE ODOM JR.: Good Times (Abkco, VA: One Night In Miami OST)
LAURIE & THE SIGHS: Face To Face (Wounded Bird, Laurie and the Sighs)
BARRY HOLDSHIP WITH KEITH KOBSHIGAWA, ANDY BARTEL & BRITT SLOCUM: I Count The Tears (single)
LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS: I Better Get Home (Big Stir, Handclaps & Tambourines)
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ORBIS MAX: Make You Feel Better (orbismax.bandcamp.com, single)
LOU REED: I Can't Stand It (RCA, Lou Reed)
PERILOUS: Name In The Paper (single)
MAJOR LANCE: Girls (Epic, Everybody Loves A Good Time!)
TEGAN & SARA: Girls Talk (Legacy, VA: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Music From Season 5)
THE BEATLES: Girl (Apple, Rubber Soul)
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DANNY THE K: Cigarettes & Silhouettes (Rum Bar, Cigarettes & Silhouettes)
OLD 97'S: Turn Off The TV (ATO, Twelfth)
RÅTTANSON: How Many Days Till Summer (rattanson.bandcamp.com, Trebled Region)
THE PATTI SMITH GROUP: So You Want To Be (A Rock 'n' Roll Star) (Arista, Wave)
ARTHUR CONLEY: Sweet Soul Music (Rhino, Sweet Soul Music)
BLUE ASH: It's All In Your Mind (Peppermint, VA: Peppermint Presents...RAT RACE!)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Gone, Gone, Gone (Warner Brothers, Walk Right Back)
RICHARD X. HEYMAN: Crave (Turn-Up, 67,000 Miles An Album)
STEVE CONTE: Fourth Of July (Wicked Cool, single)
THE PAUL COLLINS BAND: I'm Getting Married (Wagon Wheel, From Town To Town)
THE DIXIE CUPS: Chapel Of Love (Varese Sarabande, The Complete Red Bird Recordings)
THE JAYHAWKS: She Walks In So Many Ways (Rounder, Mockingbird Time)
THE POPTARTS: Jealousy [alternate version] (PlumTone, Fresh...Out Of The Toaster)
THEE HEADCOATEES: The First Plane Home (Damaged Goods, The Kids Are All Square--This Is Hip! + Girlsville)
RONNIE DARK: Sarah (Futureman, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 3)
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STYX: Kiss Your Ass Goodbye (Sanctuary, Cyclorama)
THE MUFFS: Oh Poor You [demo] (Omnivore, Really Really Happy)
STEVE STOECKEL [with IRENE PEÑA]: Why (Big Stir, The Power Of And)
WRECKLESS ERIC: Rags And Tatters (Salvo, Hits, Misses, Rags & Tatters)
RUSH: For What It's Worth (Atlantic, Feedback)
THE JAM: In The Street Today (Polydor, Direction Reaction Creation)
CHRIS VON SNEIDERN: Goodnight Sailor (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 5)
GUIDED BY VOICES: Cheerleader Coldfront (Matador, The Best Of Guided By Voices: Human Amusements At Hourly Rates)
JUNIPER: Baby Doll (Confidential Recordings, She Steals Candy)
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STAG: Closer (themightystag.bandcamp.com, We Got It All)
THE RASPBERRIES: Play On (RPM, Power Pop Volume Two)
SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES: The Tears Of A Clown (Motown, VA: Hitsville USA)
SHAKIN' STEVENS: Marie Marie (Sony, VA: Rock-A-Billy Rock)
KISS: Anything For My Baby (Mercury, Dressed To Kill)
ROBERT GORDON: Red Hot (Razor & Tie, Red Hot)
THE RAMONES: Blitzkrieg Bop (Rhino, Ramones)
SWEET: Fox On The Run (Capitol, The Best Of Sweet)
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THE MONKEES: She's Movin' In With Rico (Rhino, Pool It!)
THE SMALL FACES: Just Passing (Charly, Small Faces)
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