As rockin' pop radio shows go, I'd say this is a pretty damned good rockin' pop radio show. Each week's TIRnRR is testimonial to how much the music means to us, how much we want to share it, how much we hope it will have meaning for others. There is so much great stuff out there, old and new, an intoxicating mix of the familiar and the as-yet undiscovered. We're determined to play as much of it as our short time on this planet allows.
Quixotic? You betcha. But it's fun.
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.
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). You can follow Carl's daily blog at Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do).
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Carl's latest book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available, and you can order an autographed copy here. You can still get Carl's previous book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones from publisher Rare Bird Books, OR an autographed copy here. If you like the books, please consider leaving a rating and/or review at the usual online resources.
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 # 1289: 6/8/2025
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold
GRAHAM PARKER: Soul Shoes (Hip-O, Ultimate Collection)
THE BANDWAGON: Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache (Kent Soul, Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache)
GUIDED BY VOICES: My Kind Of Soldier (Matador, The Best Of Guided By Voices: Human Amusements At Hourly Rates)
BLONDIE: In The Sun (Chrysalis, Blondie)
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KID GULLIVER: 24 Hours (single) JILL SOBULE: Someone's Gonna Break Your Heart (Beyond, Pink Pearl)
ROBERT GORDON: Red Hot (Razor & Tie, Red Hot 1977-1981)
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ROCKPILE: Play That Fast Thing (One More Time) (Columbia, Seconds Of Pleasure)
JIM BASNIGHT: All Summer Long (single) BOB DYLAN: If You Gotta Go, Go Now [Take 2] (Columbia, The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966)
BETH PEABODY: Other Woman (single)
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THE GO-GO'S: Turn To You (IRS, Talk Show)
THE MONKEES: Love To Love (Rhino, Good Times!)
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS: Accused Of Love (MCA, An American Treasure)
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THE RAMONES: Rockaway Beach (Rhino, Rocket To Russia)
CHRIS STAMEY: The Summer Sun (Rhino, VA: DIY: Come Out And Play: American Power Pop I)
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XTC: Generals And Majors (Geffen, Waxworks: Some Singles 1977-1982)
EDWIN STARR: War (Rhino, VA: Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience)
THE BYRDS: It Won't Be Wrong (Columbia, Turn! Turn! Turn!)
ELASTICA: Vaseline (DGC, Elastica)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS: Just Like Me (Sundazed, Just Like Us!)
URGE OVERKILL: Back On Me (Geffen, Saturation)
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DEAN LANDEW: Summertime Friday Night (single) MOTÖRHEAD: RAMONES (WTG, 1916)
HELIUM ANGEL: Georgie (Pilot Error, An Early Clue To The New Direction)
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THE EASYBEATS: Good Times (Retroactive, Gonna Have A Good Time: The Complete US & UK Singles Collection)
MICKEY AND SYLVIA: Love Is Strange (Rainbow, Presenting Mickey & Sylvia)
THE ARTWOODS: Can You Hear Me (RPM, Steady Gettin' It: The Complete Recordings 1964-67)
THE BONGOS: Come Back To Me (Razor & Tie, Numbers With Wings/Beat Hotel)
KLAATU: Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (Bullseye, Sun Set: 1973-1981)
THE BEATLES: Within You Without You (Apple, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
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THE MONKEES: Band 6 (Rhino, Headquarters)
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