The format for This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio is listed as POWER POP!, and it's true that we play at least a little (and usually a lot) of power pop almost every week. We also play soul, punk, rock 'n' roll, classic rock, bubblegum, R & B, new wave, garage, girl groups, even the occasional metal, disco, reggae, ska, or country tune, if and when we feel like it. Our power pop is large; it contains multitudes.
This week, we threw in a sublime slice of prog, via a track from Circe Link and Christian Nesmith's wonderful new album Arcana, plus funk from the Meters (covering spaghetti Western soundtrack music!) and doo wop courtesy of the Gladiolas. It all fits within our idea of rock 'n' roll radio, and of what rock 'n' roll radio ought to be.
Why be just one thing? We can have it all. So let's hear it. 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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TIRnRR # 1246: 8/11/2024
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold.
JAMIE HOOVER: War Of The Roses (single) PRINCE: Yes (New Power Generation, Welcome 2 America)
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: I Only Want To Be With You (Mercury, The Very Best Of Dusty Springfield)
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CIRCE LINK AND CHRISTIAN NESMITH: The Magician (n/a, Arcana) --
THE METERS: Hang 'Em High (Sundazed, Trick Bag)
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THE FALSE POSITIVES: Long Distance Romance (single) THE DOORS: Strange Days (Rhino, The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits)
astroPuppees: Over Her Head (Manatee, Little Chick Tsunami)
ROB MOSS AND SKIN-TIGHT SKIN: Right Hook (single) --
LMS8: Love Connection (single) THE B-52'S: 52 Girls (Rhino, Nude On The Moon)
THE BANGLES: Going Down To Liverpool (Columbia, All Over The Place)
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LES FLEUR DE LYS: Circles (Rhino, VA: Nuggets II)
THE FLASHCUBES: I Can't Explain (Northside, Flashcubes On Fire)
THE BENT BACKED TULIPS: Sweet Young Thing (eggBERT, Looking Through...)
THE BANDWAGON: On The Day We Fall In Love (Kent Soul, Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache)
THE MORELLS: Let's Dance On (Hightone, Think About It)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
THE MONKEES: Love Is Only Sleeping (Rhino, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd.)
MOON MARTIN: Breakout Tonight (Capitol, The Very Best Of Moon Martin)
KENNY MICHAELS: Must Be This New Love Of Mine (single)
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THE GLADIOLAS: Little Darlin' (Acrobat, MAURICE WILLIAMS WITH THE GLADIOLAS & THE ZODIACS: The Complete Releases 1956-62)
CONTINENTAL DRIFTERS: Some Of Shelly's Blues (Monkey Hill, Continental Drifters)
THE RAMONES: She's The One (Rhino, Road To Ruin)
MICHAEL SLAWTER WITH JULIAN VOLPE: The Many (single)
WRECKLESS ERIC: Rags And Tatters (Salvo, Hits, Misses, Rags & Tatters)
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THE MOTORS: Forget About You (Virgin, Approved By The Motors)
TAMAR BERK: You Trigger Me (n/a, Good Times For A Change)
THE NAZZ: Forget All About It (Rhino, Nazz Nazz)
NICK LOWE: They Called It Rock (Yep Roc, Jesus Of Cool)
CHUCK BERRY: Johnny B. Goode (MCA, The Anthology)
THE BEATLES: Birthday (Apple, The Beatles)
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MAURICE WILLIAMS AND THE ZODIACS: Stay (Acrobat, MAURICE WILLIAMS WITH THE GLADIOLAS & THE ZODIACS: The Complete Releases 1956-62)
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