This week's show kicks off with the interplanetary radio debut of "When We Close Our Eyes" by Super 8 Featuring Lisa Mychols, covering a song written by Arty Lenin, guitarist for Syracuse's own power pop powerhouse the Flashcubes. Previously recorded by the Flashcubes and by Arty as a solo artist, "When We Close Our Eyes" is Super 8 & Lisa Mychols' contribution to the forthcoming Flashcubes tribute album.
Make Something Happen! A Tribute To A DIY Power Pop Band Called THE FLASHCUBES is due for September release from the mighty Big Stir Records label. We've been teasing glimpses of its track line-up, we've played Make Something Happen! gems by the Kennedys, the SpongeTones, Pop Co-Op, sparkle*jets u.k., and the Flashcubes themselves on previous shows (and reprised the sparkle*jets and 'Cubes songs this week), and admitted elsewhere that the album will also include "No Promise" by Chris von Sneidern and "Got No Mind" by Hamell On Trial.
There will be more details offered shortly. As I write this, we have confirmed nearly all of the album's contributors, and we are beyond excited to see this through and finally get it into the bright lights it deserves.
Close your eyes. Reminisce. Make something happen. This is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on another Sunday night in Syracuse this week.
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TIRnRR # 1278: 3/23/2025
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold.
THE NEEDMORES: Lookin' (single) TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS: Forgotten Man (Reprise, Hypnotic Eye)
MICK MITSCH'S LAGANSLOVE: I Don't Want To Waste Another Day (single)
THE RUBINOOS: Rock 'n' Roll Is Dead (Castle, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About The Rubinoos But Were Afraid To Ask!)
-- THE AMPLIFIER HEADS: We Just Don't Know (single) BOB DYLAN: I Want You (Columbia, Blonde On Blonde)
ROB MOSS AND SKIN-TIGHT SKIN: GlamOrama (single) BLONDIE: X Offender (Chrysalis, The Platinum Collection)
DONNA SUMMER: I Feel Love (Casablanca, Summer: The Original Hits)
THE YOUNGBLOODS: Get Together (Time-Life, VA: Classic Rock: 1969)
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THE OPEN MIND: Magic Potion (Rhino, VA: Nuggets II)
THE CLOVERS: Love Potion No. 9 [single version] (Capitol, The Best Of The Clovers)
CHAD AND JEREMY: A Summer Song (Rhino, VA: The British Invasion: The History Of British Rock, Vol. 2)
UTOPIA: Love In Action (Rhino, TODD RUNDGREN: The Very Best Of Todd Rundgren)
THE KINKS: People Take Pictures Of Each Other [European Stereo Mix] (Sanctuary, The Anthology 1964-1971)
TUFF DARTS: All For The Love Of Rock 'n' Roll (Rhino, VA: DIY: Blank Generation: The New York Scene 1975-78)
SOUL ASYLUM: Easy Street (A & M, And The Horse They Rode In On)
THE MC5: Shakin' Street (Rhino, The Big Bang! Best Of MC5)
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JIM BASNIGHT: So F'd Up (single)
THE CLASH: London's Burning (Epic, Clash On Broadway)
TINA TURNER: The Acid Queen (Republic, VA: Tommy OST)
DAVID BOWIE: Queen Bitch (Parlophone, Hunky Dory)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
THE MONKEES: For Pete's Sake (Rhino, Headquarters)
THE MONKEES: You Just May Be The One (Rhino, Headquarters)
JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS: You've Come A Long Way Baby [single version] (Rhino Handmade, Stop, Look And Listen: The Capitol Recordings)
BELINDA CARLISLE: Should I Let You In? (MCA, Heaven On Earth)
LITTLE RICHARD: Keep A Knockin' (Specialty, The Georgia Peach)
THE NEW YORK DOLLS: Chatterbox (Mercury, Rock 'N Roll)
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ROME 56: The Last Man Standing (single)
SORROWS: You Don't Own Me (Big Stir, Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow)
TERRY MANNING: Rocks
THE BEATLES: Do You Want To Know A Secret (Apple, Please Please Me)
THE MnM'S: I'm Tired (Burger, Melts In Your Ears 1980-1981)
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CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL: My Baby Left Me (Fantasy, Cosmoi's Factory)
THE RAMONES: The KKK Took My Baby Away (Rhino, Subterranean Jungle)
DWIGHT TWILLEY: Let Her Dance (Big Oak, The Best Of Twilley: The Tulsa Years 1999-2016)
CHUBBY CHECKER: The Twist (Abkco, Dancin' Party--The Chubby Checker Collection: 1960-1966)
GENE VINCENT: Ruby Baby (Newsound 2000, Rock 'n' Roll Fugitive)
PAUL McCARTNEY: Dance Tonight (Hear Music, Memory Almost Full)
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