Author: Carl

Dana and I are big fans of the Brothers Steve, especially (but not limited to) “We Got The Hits,” which has become the sort of all-time TIRnRR Fave Rave one might expect to hear on our forthcoming 1100th...

The process of building The Best Three Hours Of Radio On The Whole Friggin’ Planet begins with scattered ideas of what new stuff and what old stuff we can throw together and call a...

As This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio with Dana & Carl approaches its 1100th show in just five weeks from now, and as we near the 30th anniversary of the first pre-TIRnRR Dana & Carl shows that...

We like to play favorites. But we also very much like to play new stuff, and we like digging out old stuff that we’ve never gotten around to playing before. Tonight’s show includes 25...

On Labor Day, I accompanied my family to the New York State Fair to see an outdoor performance by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. It was only my second live music event since the start of the...

In between an opening shot from JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS and a closing number from THE BEATLES (plus one encore bonus track), we’ve got your Sunday night soundtrack pinned in its perfect place. New releases from THE WELL...

I hate hot weather. Even as I grow older and my bones and thin skin become more susceptible to cold, I still prefer putting on a sweater to, y’know, sweating. Fall is my favorite...

Ah, who needs summer anyway? We’ll kick the season to the curb with TIRnRR‘s irresistible mix of the new, the classic, and the in-between, including DIAMOND HANDS, OTIS REDDING, THE SPEED OF SOUND, HAYLEY AND THE CRUSHERS, THE RAMONES, THE LINDA...

An infinite number of songs can each be THE greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns.  A few years back, I decided that notion would be a great premise for a...

THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (VOLUME 1). We’ll hear a few of the songs discussed in my long-threatened GREM! book, presented in six-song sequences, excerpts from the book’s proposed Table of Contents. Power pop. Soul. Punk....