We really enjoy playing new music. We receive far more new music submissions than we could ever fit into our weekly slot, and we are likewise dedicated to mixing in fave raves and outta-left-field picks of varying vintage. The "varying vintage" bit spans from the 1960s through, y'know, last week, often stretches back to the '50s, and even to the '40s on rare occasion (usually when I feel like playing Amos Milburn). We don't want to play just new, and we don't want to play just old. We've said it before, but it bears repetition to the point of bludgeoning:
Great records don't care what year it is.
This week, our great new records include two tracks from the forthcoming Flashcubes tribute album Make Something Happen!, irresistibly performed by Chris von Sneidern and Callan Foster, supplemented by Mike Gent's work-in-progress mix of a Flashcubes cover he's prepping for the same album. We debut minty-fresh 'n' fabulous treats from Perilous, Maddy Maclaine, the Grip Weeds, the Airport 77s, Emily Zuzik, Tristan Armstrong, and the New Brutarians. We reprise recent worthies by Joe Giddings, Amy Rigby, Craig Marshall, Mike Mitsch's LagansLove, and additional Make Something Happen! cuts by the Spongetones and the above-mentioned Flashcubes. We honor the memory of Mike Peters with a spin of the Alarm, and the memory of our friend Meredith Mancini by playing a gem by her sister Hilken Mancini's 1990s combo Fuzzy. And we build a better playlist with more from that varying vintage category: The Ramones, Chubby Checker, the Muffs, the Bongos, Fats Domino, Patti Smith, Rachel Sweet, Ohio Players, the Four Tops, the Rolling Stones, New Math, the Kinks, Blondie, the Crickle, Oscar Toney Jr., Chuck Jackson and Mark Knopfler, Mary Lou Lord, and the Steve Miller Band, among others.
The result is a mosaic, as I play a record and then Dana plays a record, back and forth, creating an era-indifferent embrace of then and now, the familiar and the obscure, Do you remember this? and Man, check THIS out!
It's what rock 'n' roll radio should be. And it's 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.
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TIRnRR # 1284: 5/4/2025
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold
MOONER: Alison (Sound Asleep, VA: Hit The Hay Vol. 9)
SPITBALLS: I Can Only Give You Everything (Castle, VA: Home Of The Hits/The Beserkley Records Story)
MADDY MACLAINE: So What? (single)
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BLONDIE: Pretty Baby (Chrysalis, Parallel Lines)
CHUCK JACKSON AND MARK KNOPFLER: You Better Move On (Razor & Tie, VA: Adios Amigo: A Tribute To Arthur Alexander)
THE CRICKLE: Place In My Heart (ROIR, VA: Garage Sale)
FUZZY: Flash Light (Seed, Fuzzy)
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THE LEARS: The Byrd That Couldn't Fly (Not Lame. VA: Full Circle: A Tribute To Gene Clark)
PATTI SMITH: So You Want To Be (A Rock 'n' Roll Star) (Arista, Wave)
MARY LOU LORD: By The Time My Head Gets To Phoenix (Sound Asleep, VA: Hit The Hay Vol. 9)
THE STEVE MILLER BAND: Rock'n Me (Capitol, Fly Like An Eagle)
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PETER HOLSAPPLE: The Smartest Thing I've Ever Done (Sound Asleep, VA: Hit The Hay Vol. 9)
THE ALARM: Sixty Eight Guns (IRS, Declaration)
THE FOUR TOPS: Reach Out I'll Be There (Motown, The Ultimate Collection)
THE BUZZCOCKS: I Don't Mind (IRS, Singles Going Steady)
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THE RAMONES: Palisades Park (Sire, Brain Drain)
JIMMER: Rollercoaster USA (Sound Asleep, VA: Hit The Hay Vol. 9)
THE IDES OF MARCH: Roller Coaster (Sundazed, Ideology)
OHIO PLAYERS: Love Rollercoaster (Shout! Factory, VA: Old School Soul Party)
CHUBBY CHECKER: (At The) Discotheque (Abkco, Dancin' Party--The Chubby Checker Collection: 1960-1966)
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VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE: Don't Call Me Baby (London, Let It Bee)
RACHEL SWEET: B.A.B.Y. (Stiff, B.A.B.Y.--The Best Of Rachel Sweet)
THE KINKS: I Took My Baby Home (Sanctuary, The Anthology 1964-1971)
LINK WRAY AND THE WRAYMEN: Ain't That Loving You Baby (Primo, The Essential Early Recordings)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
THE ROLLING STONES: Happy (Atlantic, Sticky Fingers)
THE MUFFS: Sad Tomorrow (Reprise, Blonder And Blonder)
THE NAZZ: Forget All About It (Rhino, Nazz Nazz)
THE NEW BRUTARIANS: Born Out Of Time (single)
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ROBERT GORDON WITH LINK WRAY: Flyin' Saucers Rock 'n' Roll (Private Stock, Robert Gordon With Link Wray)
OSCAR TONEY JR.: Ain't That True Love (Westside, Oscar's Winners)
GENE CLARK WITH THE GOSDIN BROTHERS: Couldn't Believe Her (Sundazed, Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers)
THE BONGOS: Nuts & Bolts (Razor & Tie, Drums Along The Hudson)
THE MONKEES: Gravy (Rhino, Head)
THE MONKEES: For Pete's Sake [TV version] (Rhino, Headquarters [& More])
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MIKE GENT: Pathetic [work-in-progress mix] (unreleased)
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS: All For Swinging You Around (Matador, Electric Version)
MIKE MITSCH'S LAGANSLOVE: I Don't Want To Waste Another Day (single) BADFINGER: Day After Day (Apple, Straight Up)
THE RUBINOOS: I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (Castle, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About The Rubinoos But Were Afraid To Ask)
THE BEATLES: I Should Have Known Better (Apple, A Hard Day's Night)
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