Big thanks to Bill Kelly, mighty host of the way-fab Bill Kelly's Blackhole Bandstand every Saturday night on SiriusXM's Underground Garage channel. On last week's Blackhole Bandstand, our Bill gave a shout-out to my new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1). I felt like a big shot! Bill's show is always superb, and it shares a lot of rockin' pop inspiration with whatever the hell it is that compels Dana and I to do This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio. HuzZAH!
We kind of returned the favor to Bill on our show this week, with a spin of HIS pick for The Greatest Record Ever Made, "Liar, Liar" by the Castaways. (I did, in fact, write a chapter about "Liar, Liar" for the book, but it wound among chapters deferred to a hypothetical GREM! Volume 2. You can nonetheless read that chapter right here, right now.)
And it's no lie: There are a lot of magnificent rockin' pop radio programs out there. Bill Kelly's show is among the best. Here's our own hardly-humble effort for this week. This is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on another 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, streaming at SPARK stream, and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. Recent shows are archived at 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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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:
TIRnRR # 1241: 7/7/2024
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold.
XTC: I'm The Man Who Murdered Love (Cooking Vinyl, Wasp Star [Apple Venus Volume 2])
THE ISLEY BROTHERS: You Better Come Home (Varese Sarabande, Shake It Up, Baby!)
PAUL McCARTNEY AND WINGS: Go Now (Capitol, One Hand Clapping)
THE GEORGIA SATELLITES: Open All Night (Elektra, Let It Rock: The Best Of The Georgia Satellites)
R.E.M.: Pretty Persuasion (IRS, Reckoning)
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MOON MARTIN: She Made A Fool Of You (Capitol, Escape From Domination)
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THE SPONGETONES: Talking Around It (Loaded Goat, Scrambled Eggs)
MICKEY AND SYLVIA: Dearest (Rainbow, Presenting Mickey & Sylvia)
NORMA TANEGA: Walkin' My Cat Named Dog (Real Gone Music, Walkin' My Cat Named Dog)
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OLD 97'S: Turn Off The TV (ATO, Twelfth)
THE CLASH: London's Burning (Epic, Clash On Broadway)
THE BANDWAGON: I Ain't Lyin' (Kent Soul, Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache)
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ORCHESTRAL MANOUEVRES IN THE DARK: Electricity (Virgin, The Best Of OMD)
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS: Light Of Day (Blackheart, Flashback)
THE MONKEES: Birth Of An Accidental Hipster (Rhino, Good Times!)
THE JAYHAWKS: She Walks In So Many Ways (Rounder, Mockingbird Time)
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LYRES: You Won't Be Sad Anymore (Matador, Lyres Lyres)
THE ROLLING STONES: Happy (Rolling Stones, Exile On Main Street)
MAD MONSTER PARTY: No Matter What I Do (n/a, Mad Monster Party)
RACHEL SWEET: Shadows Of The Night (CBS, ...And Then He Kissed Me)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
THE CASTAWAYS: Liar, Liar (Rhino, VA: Nuggets)
THE PRIMITIVES: Crash (RCA, Lovely)
COCKTAIL SLIPPERS: Good Love (Wicked Cool, Talking About Love)
PUFFY AMIYUMI: Love So Pure (Epic, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi)
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THE WHO: The Kids Are Alright (MCA, My Generation)
THE GO-GO'S: Our Lips Are Sealed (IRS, Beauty And The Beat)
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PYLON: Stop It (New West, Gyrate)
THE REDUCERS: Let's Go (Rev-Ola, Redux)
THE RAMONES: Oh Oh I Love Her So (Rhino, Leave Home)
THE FLASHCUBES: Wouldn't You Like It (Northside, Flashcubes Forever)
RASPBERRIES: Go All The Way (RPM, Power Pop Volume One)
JOAN ARMATRADING: Drop The Pilot (A & M, Greatest Hits)
PAUL McCARTNEY AND WINGS: Junior's Farm (Capitol, One Hand Clapping)
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