We play something by the Ramones almost every week. The American Beatles! The greatest American rock 'n' roll band of all time! Hell, the very name of our little mutant radio show is copied off a line from a Ramones song. We're fans. DISCIPLES, even!
But it's been a while since we opened a show with a healthy, transcendent blast o' Ramones. That long draught ends now, and we're doing it with a track we've never played before: "Punishment Fits The Crime," from the 1989 album Brain Drain, the last Ramones album to feature bassist and founding member Dee Dee Ramone. The song was co-written by Dee Dee with Richie Stotts, and Dee Dee sings lead.
"Punishment Fits The Crime" has been on our reference list of potential playlist choices for quite a while. The song's title might suggest that it was chosen as commentary on something going on in the real world around us.
It was not. It actually is a coincidence, with no political commentary intended or implied.
But it fits.
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.
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TIRnRR # 1312: 11/23/2025
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold
THE RAMONES: Punishment Fits The Crime (Sire, Brain Drain)
THE SUNSETS: Hot Generation (Festival, VA: Down Under Nuggets)
JIM BASNIGHT: Get It Out (single)
OUTKAST: Hey Ya! (Arista, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below)
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THE LEAVES: Hey Joe (Rhino, VA: Nuggets)
SLYBOOTS: Silent Storm (single) --
THE BUSBOYS: Boys Are Back In Town (Rattlesnsake Venom, The Best Of The BusBoys)
FREDDY CANNON: Teen Queen Of The Week (Swan, single)
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TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS: Keep A Little Soul (MCA, An American Treasure)
ARETHA FRANKLIN: Save Me (Atlantic, I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You)
THE BELLE STARS: Sign Of The Times (Salvo, VA: Born Stiff)
THE HALF/CUBES FEATURING PETER NOONE: I'll Be Taking Her Out Tonight (Jem, Found Pearls) LES FLEUR DE LYS: Circles (Rhino, VA: Nuggets II)
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THE LA'S: Timeless Melody (London, The La's)
MIKE BROWNING: Paisley Haze (single) THE SINNERS: Barbed Wire Heart (Rhino, VA: Children Of Nuggets)
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THE MONKEES: Papa Gene's Blues (Rhino, The Monkees)
THE POSIES: I May Hate You Sometimes (Rhino, VA: Children Of Nuggets)
DEE DEE WARWICK: You're No Good (History Of Soul, VA: Down In The Basement--Soul From New York 2)
THE PANDORAS: It's About Time (Rhino, VA: Children Of Nuggets)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
TAYLOR SWIFT: The Last Great American Dynasty [The Long Pond Studio Sessions] (Republic, Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions)
THE DREAM SYNDICATE: Tell Me When It's Over (Rhino, VA: Children Of Nuggets)
THE BANDWAGON: On The Day We Fall In Love (Kent Soul, Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartbreak)
THE SAINTS: Know Your Product (Amsterdamned, Eternally Yours)
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KYLE VINCENT: It Wasn't Supposed To Happen (Hollywood, Kyle Vincent)
THE ZOMBIES: Tell Her No [acoustic piano version] (Big Beat, Zombie Heaven)
THE BLASTERS: I Fell In Love (Hightone, American Music)
THE BEAT: Working Too Hard (Wagon Wheel, The Beat)
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THE ONLY ONES: Lovers Of Today (Rhino, VA: DIY: Anarchy In The UK)
THE VOGUES: Lovers Of The World Unite (Varese Sarabande, The Best Of The Vogues)
MARSHALL CRENSHAW: You're My Favorite Waste Of Time (Rhino, This Is Easy: The Best Of Marshall Crenshaw)
ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS: Clowntime Is Over (Rykodisc, Get Happy!!)
THE BEATLES: Cry Baby Cry (Apple, The Beatles)
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BIS: Powerpuff Girls [End Theme]
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