Monday, November 26, 2018

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 951

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I'm a cork on the ocean We play the music, in tribute to our dreams, to our friends, to our best imagined versions of ourselves. Plu...
Sunday, November 25, 2018

Tonight On THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO

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Hey, we got a radio show! It's occasionally pretty good. Tonight's pursuit of adequacy includes a track from the new limited-relea...
Saturday, November 24, 2018

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HIT (B-Side Appreciation): "Surfing And Spying"

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Before mp3, CD, and cassette singles, a hit record was always a 45. The A-Side had the hit. The B-Side? Sometimes it was a throwaway. Someti...
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Friday, November 23, 2018

I HIT 20 (AND 20 HITS BACK): My [simulated] All-Time Hot 100 circa 1980

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I've been looking back at the music I loved when I was younger, trying to imagine what I would have named as my All-Time Hot 100 when I ...
Thursday, November 22, 2018

Thanksgiving Redux

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Two years ago, I wrote a blog post about Thanksgiving. It was well-received, and it's worth a re-visit now: THANKSGIVING Much has ...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

THE EVERLASTING FIRST: The Sex Pistols

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Continuing a look back at my first exposure to a number of rock 'n' roll acts and superheroes (or other denizens of print or periodi...
Tuesday, November 20, 2018

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HIT (B-Side Appreciation): "The Girl I Knew Somewhere"

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Before mp3, CD, and cassette singles, a hit record was always a 45. The A-Side had the hit. The B-Side? Sometimes it was a throwaway. Someti...