When Dana and I assemble the playlist each week, I don't appreciate how great the mix of songs is until I'm in the process of recording the show. But when I hear the songs played in their appointed sequence? Oh, I realize it then. I don't want to say we're infallible programmers...wait, I do wanna say we're infallible programmers. Something just clicks for us in the process of picking songs. Even knowing that going in, I'm still often surprised by the high quality of the result.
I've often said there are only two simple steps to creating a great rock 'n' roll radio show. STEP ONE: Know which tracks are the great ones. STEP TWO: Play those.
So here we are again, playin' those. The Best Three Hours Of Radio On The Whole Friggin' Planet. 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. If you miss the show, it repeats immediately from Midnight to 3 AM on Monday, Thursday from 9 AM to Noon, Friday from 5 PM to 8 PM, and finally Sunday from Noon to 3 PM before a new show takes over that evening. All times are Eastern.
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 new book Guitars Vs. Rayguns!! Short Stories And Other White Lies is available! Read about it here, and about its truncated six-chapter sampler A Band Called GUITARS VS. RAYGUNS! here. Autographed copies of Carl's previous book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) are available here, and you can still get Carl's previous 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 # 1358: 10/18/2026
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Songs we think we ain’t played before are listed in bold
WEDNESDAY WEEK: They Say (Label 51 Recordings, Souvenirs)
R.E.M.: These Days (IRS, Life Rich Pageant)
THE FLIRTATIONS: What's Good About Goodbye My Love (RPM, Sounds Like The Flirtations)
THE CURE: In Between Days (Fiction, Greatest Hits)
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ARROGANCE: Praying Mantis (Gaff Music, The 5' 11" Record)
ELTON DUCK: Bad Things (Mike Condello Music Scholarship Fund, Elton Duck)
THE SOFT BOYS: The Rat's Prayer (Rykodisc, 1976-81)
THE CYNZ: Neighborhood Bully (Jem, VA: Jem Records Celebrates Bob Dylan)
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THE SMALL FACES: Looking For A Love (Wounded Bird, The Complete Atlantic Recordings)
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ALICE COOPER: No More Mr. Nice Guy (Rhino, Mascara & Monsters: The Best Of Alice Cooper)
THE MASTICATORS: Real Nice Time (Crab Apple, VA: I 🖤 sparkle*jets u.k.)
JOAN ARMATRADING: Eating The Bear (A & M, Walk Under Ladders)
THE RUBINOOS: Wouldn't It Be Nice (Castle, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About The Rubinoos But Were Afraid To Ask)
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OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY: Girl You Have Magic Inside You (Rainbow Quartz, Supernatural Equinox)
THE BUSBOYS: In My Heart (The BusBoys, single)
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: Temptation Inside Your Heart (Polydor, Peel Slowly And See)
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WARREN ZEVON: Disorder In The House (Artemis, The Wind)
JOEY RAMONE: What A Wonderful World (Sanctuary, Don't Worry About Me)
THE ELVIS BROTHERS: House That Jack Built (Recession, Now Dig This)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
FOOLS FACE: Nothing To Say (Talk, Tell America)
THE FLAMES: Don't Ask Me What I Say (Fresh Music, Ummm! Ummm! Oh Yeah!!!/That's Enough)
IKE AND TINA TURNER: I Can't Believe What You Say (MOJO, VA: The Devil's Music: Keith Richard's Fave Tunes)
BEN VAUGHN: Don't Say You Don't Wanna (Enigma, Dressed In Black)
HOLLY AND THE ITALIANS: Tell That Girl To Shut Up (Wounded Bird, The Right To Be Italian)
BLONDIE: I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No (Chrysalis, Plastic Letters)
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WEDNESDAY WEEK Side Street Walker (Label 51 Recordings, Souvenirs)
THE DAVE CLARK FIVE: Don't You Know? (Epic, American Tour)
HUNTINGTONS: Durango 95 (Tooth & Nail, File Under Ramones)
KOMEDA: Boogie Woogie/Rock n Roll (Minty Fresh, The Genius Of Komeda)
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THE HOVERING SPOOKS: At Midnight (single) THE DONNAS: Living After Midnight (Lookout!, Turn 21)
THE RAMONES: All's Quiet On The Eastern Front (Rhino, Pleasant Dreams)
OSSIE LAYNE SHOW: Midnight Hour (Edsel, VA: Eddie Piller Presents British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s)
THE FOUR TOPS: Standing In The Shadows Of Love (Motown, The Ultimate Collection)
THE ROMANTICS: Midnight To Six Man (Web, 61/49)
THE BEATLES: Wait (Capitol, Rubber Soul)
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ELVIS COSTELLO: Welcome To The Working Week (Rykodisc, My Aim Is True)
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