Monday, August 11, 2025

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 1298

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio is now just two weeks away from our 1300th show.

No, I don't know how or why we're still here either.

But we are. And we ain't half-bad. We're...pretty good, actually. Maybe that's the why

The how remains a mystery. Man, even the Scooby gang ain't resolving that enigma.

No matter! We have records to play and a forum to play them. So let's play. This is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on yet 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).

TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS are always welcome.

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:

Volume 1: download
Volume 2: CD or download
Volume 3: download
Volume 4: CD or download
Waterloo Sunset--Benefit For This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio:  CD or download
Volume 5: CD or download

TIRnRR # 1298: 8/10/2025
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold

TROLLEY: As Long As I Can Find You (Futureman, A Carnival Of Grey & White)
sparkle*jets u.k.: Box Of Letters (Big Stir, Box Of Letters)
MAURICE WILLIAMS AND THE ZODIACS: Stay (Acrobat, MAURICE WILLIAMS WITH THE GLADIOLAS & THE ZODIACS: The Complete Releases 1956-62)
THE GRATEFUL DEAD: Box Of Rain (Rhino, The Very Best Of Grateful Dead)
THE VIBEKE SAUGESTAD BAND: Hey Now Sunshine (Rum Bar,/Red Chuck, The Sun Sessions)
THE BEE GEES: Idea (Polydor, Idea)
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THE SPONGETONES: Honest Work (Big Stir, single)
DEAN LANDEW: After Work (single)
THE VOGUES: Five O'Clock World (Varese Sarabande, The Best Of The Vogues)
THE ARMOIRES: Senses Working Overtime (Big Stir, Incognito)
CONWAY TWITTY: I Vibrate (Mercury, The Best Of Conway Twitty Volume 1: Rockin' Years)
KIRSTY MacCOLL: There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis (IRS, Galore)
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THE HIGH FREQUENCIES: Modern Love (Jem, VA: Jem Records Celebrates David Bowie)
CARLENE CARTER: When You Comin' Back (Demon, Musical Shapes/Blue Nun)
THE CYNZ: Can't Help Thinking About Me (Jem, VA: Jem Records Celebrates David Bowie)
DAVE EDMUNDS: Girls Talk (Rhino, The Dave Edmunds Anthology [1968-90])
HOT CHOCOLATE: Green Shirt (EMI, Box Selection)
ROCKPILE: Teacher Teacher (Columbia, Seconds Of Pleasure)
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TAMAR BERK: Stay Close By (n/a, ocd)
NICK LOWE: So It Goes (Yep Roc, Jesus Of Cool)
THE ISLEY BROTHERS: Shout [Part One] (MOJO, VA: Songs The Beatles Taught Us)
LETTERS TO CLEO: Cruel To Be Kind (Big Beat, VA: Girls Go Power Pop!)
GUIDED BY VOICES: My Kind Of Soldier (Matador, The Best Of Guided By Voices: Human Amusements At Hourly Rates)
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THE GNOMES: I'm Not The One (Dog Meat, single)
PEARL HARBOR AND THE EXPLOSIONS: The Big One (Blixa Sounds, Pearl Harbor & The Explosions)
THE NERVES: One Way Ticket (Alive, One Way Ticket)
PAUL COLLINS: Hang On To Yourself (Jem, VA: Jem Records Celebrates David Bowie)
JACK LEE: Hanging On The Telephone (Alive, Anthology: Bigger Than Life)
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ELENA ROGERS: Stars (Eats Dynamite, Song About Me)
ALTERED IMAGES: Disco Pop Stars (Connoisseur Collection, The Best Of Altered Images)
MONOGROOVE: That Girl (Kool Kat Musik, Popsicle Drivethru)
THE SPRINGFIELDS: Reachin' For The Stars (Slumberland, Singles 1986-1991)
JELLYFISH: Joining A Fan Club (Charisma, Spilt Milk)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
THE RULERS: I Want My Ramones Records Back (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 4)
BORIS THE SPRINKLER: Kill The Ramones (Junk, VA: Goin' After Pussy: Teasers & Tidbits)
THE RAMONES: I Wanna Live (Sire, Halway To Sanity)
MOTÖRHEAD: RAMONES (WTG, 1916)
AMY RIGBY: Dancing With Joey Ramone (Signature Sounds, Little Fugitive)
SHONEN KNIFE: She's The One (Good Charamel, Osaka Ramones)
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PERILOUS: End Of An Era (single)
GAME THEORY: Wish I Could Stand Or Have [demo] (Omnivore, 2 Steps From The Middle Ages)
THE WELLINGTONS: She Still Loves Me (Popboomerang, Baby Moon)
ROBERT GORDON WITH LINK WRAY: Flyin' Saucers Rock 'n' Roll (Private Stock, Robert Gordon With Link Wray)
THE MILKSHAKES: I Want'cha For My Little Girl (Damaged Goods, Talkin' 'Bout...Milkshakes!/After School Session)
THE NUMBERS: She Is Everything (Bomp!, Mad Day Out)
THE PRIMITIVES: Don't Want Anything To Change (Cherry Red, Lovely [Expanded Edition])
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THE FLASHCUBES: If These Hands (Big Stir, single)
MONDO TOPLESS: Think With Your Hands (Get Hip, Go Fast!)
ICECREAM HANDS: No Weapon But Love (n/a, No Weapon But Love)
MIKE MITSCH'S LAGANSLOVE: I Don't Want To Waste Another Day (single)
THE ARTWOODS: If I Ever Get My Hands On You (RPM, Steady Gettin' It: The Complete Recordings1964-67)
THE BEATLES: When I'm Sixty-Four (Apple, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
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