Sunday, May 17, 2026

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 1337


Syracuse's native son Tom Kenny returns home this coming weekend, bringing his nonpareil musical enforcers the Hi-Seas to The Lost Horizon for a guaranteed kickass performance on Saturday, May 23rd. This, my friends, is gonna be good.

If you're in the 315, you should oughta be there. If you're not in the 315, you should oughta get to the 315, and then be there. Oooh! I just found out the Neverly Brothers Trio are opening, and that's Gary Frenay and Arty Lenin from the Flashcubes with ace drummer Kathy LaManna, making an already special night even specialer. Tickets here, in diminishing supply. You have your orders. See you there.

Oh, by the way: We do a radio show. And it ain't half-bad. Evidence of our ongoing adequacy appears below. Hey, we played some music by Tom Kenny, including Tom Kenny and the Hi-Seas covering the Flashcubes! I do declare, we're gonna be psychin' ourselves up for Tomcat's Saturday night shindig this whole razzafrazzin' week. As WE oughta! Let's get the party started with a little mutant radio show. 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).

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. 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 # 1337: 5/17/2026
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Songs we think we ain’t played before are listed in bold

THE LEMON TWIGS: 2 Or 3 (Captured Tracks, Look For Your Mind!)
WILSON PICKETT: Land Of 1000 Dances (Rhino, A Man And A Half)
MARSHALL CRENSHAW: What Time Is It (Yep Roc, Field Day [40th Anniversary Expanded Edition])
AMAZORBLADES: Common Truth (Ace, VA: The Chiswick Story)
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GRAHAM PARKER AND THE GOLDTOPS: Black Lincoln Continental (Big Stir, single)
LOU REED: Hold On (Sire, New York)
THE JIVE FIVE: My True Story (Collectables, Their Greatest Hits)
THE SMITHS: What Difference Does It Make [Peel Sessions version] (Rhino, The Sound Of The Smiths)
BANDA AL9: I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (Wicked Cool, single)
JULES AND THE POLAR BEARS: You Just Don't Want To Know (Cherry Red, VA: Looking For The Magic: American Power Pop In The Seventies)
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THE BLUSTERFIELDS: Mr. Secretary (n/a, Thoughts & Prayers)
MARY-CHAPIN CARPENTER: House Of Cards (Columbia, Stones In The Road)
JUICE NEWTON: Queen Of Hearts (Capitol, Greatest Hits [And More])
ROBIN LANE AND THE CHARTBUSTERS: I Don't Want To Know (Blixa Sounds, Many Years Ago: The Complete Robin Lane & The Chartbusters Album Collection)
THE WELL WISHERS: Back Of The Line (n/a, Expected Outcomes)
BLONDIE: Little Girl Lies (Chrysalis, Blondie)
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THE WELL WISHERS: Pox On Everything (n/a, Expected Outcomes)
CLOCKWORK FLOWERS: Going Going Gone (n/a, Clockwork Flowers)
THE BAND: This Wheel's On Fire (Capitol, Music From Big Pink [expanded edition])
RIHANNA: Shut Up And Drive (Def Jam, Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded)
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL: The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine (Columbia, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme)
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THE LEGAL MATTERS: It Doesn't Matter (Big Stir, Lost At Sea)
DAVE EDMUNDS: Crawling From The Wreckage (Rhino, The Anthology [1968-1990])
THE VICKSBURGS: Drive Faster (Play-Tone, VA: That Thing You Do! OST)
ELVIS COSTELLO: Mystery Dance (Rykodisc. My Aim Is True)
THE LAMBRETTAS: Da-a-a-ance (Salvo, Beat Boys In The Jet Age)
THE JAM: Absolute Beginners (Polydor, Direction Reaction Creation)
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RADIO DAYS: Flying High (Wild Honey, Off The Record)
MOON MARTIN: Bootleg Woman (Capitol, Escape From Domination)
SERGIO CECCANTI: Leave The Past, Don't Look Behind (Kool Kat Musik, Leave The Past, Don't Look Behind)
OLD 97'S: Turn Off The TV (ATO, Twelfth)
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Yesterday's Hero [single version] (Arista, The Definitive Collection)
THE PAUL COLLINS BAND: I'm Getting Married (Wagon Wheel, From Town To Town)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
TOM KENNY AND THE HI-SEAS: Welcome To The Working Class (Big Stir, VA: Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes)
GARY U.S. BONDS: Havin' So Much Fun (Jasmine, Dance 'Til A Quarter To Three: The First Two Albums & Greatest Hits 1960-1962)
MOTÖRHEAD: Motörhead (Ariola, VA: Geef Voor New Wave)
THE RAMONES: I Wanted Everything (Rhino, Road To Ruin)
THE HONEY CONE: Want Ads (Rhino, VA: Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience)
ROBERT GORDON AND CHRIS SPEDDING: Don' t Be Cruel (Sunset Blvd, Tear Up The House)
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THE HALF/CUBES FEATURING GLENN BURTNICK: Bend Me, Shape Me (Jem, single)
THE FLASHCUBES: Got No Mind (Northside, Flashcubes On Fire)
NATALIE SWEET: Lip Service (Rum Bar, Oh, By The Way...It's Natalie Sweet)
SUZI QUATRO: Love Hurts (RSO, Suzi...And Other Four Letter Words)
THE SMALL FACES: Become Like You (Recall, The Definitive Collection) 
THE ON AND ONS: Constance (Jem, Luminary)
THE MUFFS: Something Inside [demo] (Omnivore. Really Really Happy)
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SPECTRAFLAME: Yesterday (Jane) (single)
THE PRETENDERS: Kid (Sire, The Singles)
THE DAVE CLARK FIVE: Glad All Over (Hollywood, The History Of The Dave Clark Five)
PAUL McCARTNEY AND WINGS: Mumbo (Apple, Wild Life)
THE FOUR TOPS: Standing In The Shadows Of Love (Motown, The Ultimate Collection)
CONTINENTAL DRIFTERS: I Can't Let Go (eggBERT, VA: Sing Hollies In Reverse)
ELVIS PRESLEY: Heartbreak Hotel (RCA, The Top Ten Hits)
THE BEATLES: Do You Want To Know A Secret (Apple, Please Please Me)
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TOM KENNY AND THE HI-SEAS: Tossin And Turnin (n/a, Live At The Troubadour)
TOM KENNY AND THE TREND: Band Aid [live] (unreleased)
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