This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio # 984

by Carl · July 22, 2019

Awright! It’s the intergalactic debut of TIR’N’RR Allstars’ new cover of The Greatest Record Ever Made, The Kinks‘ classic “Waterloo Sunset.” Our 2019 edition of the Allstars includes Steve Stoeckel, Bruce Gordon, Joel Tinnel, Stacy Carson, Eytan Mirsky, Teresa Cowles, Irene Peña, Keith Klingensmith, Dan Pavelich, and Rich Firestone, and although they embrace nonviolence as the power pop way, rest assured that our Allstars can beat the tar outta your Allstars.

This new version of “Waterloo Sunset” will cause joy and merriment in all pop fans possessed of a pulse, and proceeds from its sale will directly benefit SPARK! Syracuse, the home of This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio. But it’s NOT a single release! It’s the lead-off number from a new 12-track (plus a bonus!) TIRnRR benefit compilation, available RIGHT NOW from the good folk at Futureman Records. In addition to the titular tune, Waterloo Sunset–Benefit For This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio includes previously-unreleased tracks from The Click Beetles, Eytan Mirsky, Pop Co-Op, Irene Peña, Michael Slawter (covering The Posies), and The Anderson Council (covering XTC), a new remix of “Infinite Soul” by The Grip Weeds, and familiar TIRnRR Fave Raves by Vegas With Randolph, Gretchen’s Wheel, The Armoires, and Pacific Soul Ltd. Oh, and that mystery bonus track? It’s exquisite. You need this. You’re buying it from Futureman. And we played all of it on this week’s show. Waterloo Sunset‘s fine. Real fine!

We also found time for new music from Dean Landew, sparkle*jets u.k., and Dime Box Band, the long-overdue TIRnRR debut of The Cherry Bluestorms, and the boppin’ ‘n’ swayin’ delights detailed below. We’ve got a radio show. Thanks to our friends, our fans, and our supporters, we’ll still here, more than twenty years on, for nearly one thousand shows. Thanks to the TIR’N’RR Allstars for surprising us with all of…this. This. We are big, big fans of THIS. And this is what rock ‘n’ roll radio sounded like on a Sunday night in Syracuse this week.

Waterloo Sunset–Benefit For This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio is now available for download from our friends at Futureman Records. All proceeds benefit WSPJ Spark Syracuse.

This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio with Dana & Carl, Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse on SPARK! WSPJ-LP 103.3 and 93.7 FM, and on the web at http://sparksyracuse.org/

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Hey, Carl’s writin’ a book! The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) will contain 100 essays (and then some) about 100 tracks, plus two bonus instrumentals, each one of ’em THE greatest record ever made. An infinite number of songs can each be the greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns. Updated initial information can be seen here: https://carlcafarelli.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-greatest-record-ever-made-updated.html

Our new compilation CD This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio, Volume 4 is now available from Kool Kat Musik! 29 tracks of irresistible rockin’ pop, starring Pop Co-Op, Ray Paul, Circe Link & Christian Nesmith, Vegas With Randolph Featuring Lannie Flowers, The Slapbacks, P. Hux, Irene Peña, Michael Oliver & the Sacred Band Featuring Dave Merritt, The Rubinoos, Stepford Knives, The Grip Weeds, Popdudes, Ronnie Dark, The Flashcubes, Chris von Sneidern, The Bottle Kids, 1.4.5., The Smithereens, Paul Collins’ Beat, The Hit Squad, The Rulers, The Legal Matters, Maura & the Bright Lights, Lisa Mychols, and Mr. Encrypto & the Cyphers. You gotta have it, so order it at https://tinyurl.com/ycnly8oz Digital download version (minus The Smithereens’ track) now available at https://tinyurl.com/ycauy9xt