Author: Carl

The first 1100 shows are the hardest, so join us as we slack our way into TIRnRR # 1101 and beyond! We kick off that effort with a brand-new track from Syracuse’s own power pop powerhouses THE...

Yeah, our 1100th show. We’re gonna celebrate. Join us? Sunday night, 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse on SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM http://sparksyracuse.org/

Here’s the playlist for This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio # 1099. 1099! So I figured we’d start the show with “Taxman” by the Beatles. “Taxman.” 1099. GET IT…? Oh, I slay me! NEXT WEEK: THIS IS ROCK...

Dig this, my friends! Next week is our milestone 1100th show. But this week is yet another example of how you build milestones in the first place, servin’ up new music from THE GRIP WEEDS, MAURA...

There are a few things in life that are perfect. Most of them involve music. The above thought occurred to me last week, after I watched the extraordinary musical Come From Away, a work of...

Want something snappy? We have snap to spare, with music from CHRIS CHURCH, CHRIS CHURCH again, KEN SHARP, COLD EXPECTATIONS, THE EMBRYOS, SWEDISH MAGAZINES, THE ON AND ONS, THE COCKTAIL SLIPPERS, and THE CRUSHING VIOLETS, and that’s just some of the specific wonders that are new...

Like our patron saints the Ramones, we just want to have something to do. A radio show on Sunday nights? Yeah, that sounds like something to do. As This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio continues its stumble...

Fate! Destiny! KISMET! Yep, we’ll have a track from the new KID GULLIVER album Kismet, plus brand new releases from IRENE PEÑA, THE CHELSEA CURVE, THE ON AND ONS, GAVIN EIMERMAN, and IAN M BAILEY, TIRnRR debuts from THE CRUSHING VIOLETS and SMITT E. SMITTY AND THE FEZTONES, and a...

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...