Author: Carl

In this time of quarantine and uncertainty, I betcha I’m not alone in wishing to just get away for a while. I know I’ve been lucky. Although it’s been ages since I’ve been able...

We know EXACTLY what we’re gonna play! You…do not. Yet! The playlist will include TIRnRR Fresh Spins (i.e., both new and old stuff we [probably] ain’t played before) by The Smithereens, Lisa Mychols & Super 8, Clockwork Flowers, Kid Gulliver, Dave Edmunds, The...

Serendipity. When This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio‘s intrepid stats man Fritz Van Leaven suggested we treat listeners to updated countdowns of TIRnRR‘s 10 all-time most-played artists and 10 all-time most-played tracks, none of us was really thinking...

50 years after the debut of American Top 40 with Casey Kasem, we sorta-kinda have TWO shows for your amazement and amusement. The first two-thirds or so are devoted to free play, our usual rockin’ pop hocus-pocus,...

This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio with Dana Carl is currently surfing through its 22nd year as The Best Three Hours Of Radio On The Whole Friggin’ Planet. But it’s been almost thirty years since the...

Let’s see now: a new single by a former member of The Bee Gees, covering The Easybeats, playing with members of Blondie and The Jigsaw Scene, produced by a guy who did classic work with The Kinks, The Who, and those above-mentioned...

Nowadays, I’m sure most of us are familiar with an occasional sense of disconnect in time. I generally know what day it is, but I can temporarily lose track of specific dates. That disconnect...

The summer’s here and the time is right for…staying home and listening to the radio. Man, the beach is overrated anyway. Although we don’t have any surf, sun, or summer tunes in the pipeline...

It occurs to me that I’m not really a record collector anymore. I still love the music, of course, and I still prefer to own physical copies of the songs I love, rather than...

Yeah, lately it can feel like all of the days just slide together into an anonymous and indistinct calendar page crumpling upon itself. But one thing remains clear: today is Sunday, and that means This...