Author: Carl

Digital files of new music have been piling up in my email and Facebook messages over the past couple of weeks. I delete the ones that I’m sure (or think I’m sure) won’t matter...

Yeah, I have no idea. Busy day today, no time to plan. BUT! The CD case is loaded and locked. We know what to do. The playlist will take care of itself. It always...

We don’t play much vinyl on This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio. This is largely a consequence of logistics; our studio is tiny, and there’s not a lot of elbow room to operate the turntable....

The arrival of a brand-new blue-vinyl 45 by Stepford Knives prompts a need to play it on the radio, and inspires an irresistible impulse to mix in a few other needle drops for airplay alongside the...

The GRAMMY Awards. The Super Bowl. The Oscars. This makes the third consecutive week that This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio has served as counter-programming to big events at the epicenter of popular culture. And that’s...

Time for another dive into the ol’ basket o’ wonder. Ooh! Ken Sharp has a new single, benefiting the Davy Jones Equine Memorial Fund, covering two songs associated with our Davy (one that Davy did solo, and one...

Actually, I like football. I don’t really follow it, at least as far as the NFL goes. I check in throughout the season to see how the Buffalo Bills are doing; in the (perhaps...

Plan to party this evening? Well! Pizza, wings, nachos, and beer go GREAT with rock ‘n’ roll radio! We also like Hostess Twinkies, bagels with lox, quiche, trail mix, and toast and marmalade for...

It was the kind of a day where there just isn’t much to say. Hearing the news of Kobe Bryant’s death was a shock, a gasp-out-loud moment. It was made even worse as we...

Well, this approaches the unique. There’s a great oldie from the 1960s that we’ve played on the show many, many times before. But tonight, we’re going to play it for our first time ever....