Author: Carl

1000 shows. 1000 SHOWS! People keep telling us we’ve accomplished something. We’re grateful for that, but I have to wonder how much accomplishment we can really claim for something as simple as this: show up...

THIS IS ROCK ‘N’ ROLL RADIO # 1000. Sunday night, 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, and on the web at http://sparksyracuse.org/

This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio # 1000 is scheduled for this Sunday, November 10th. We are proposing a drinking game for those so inclined: take a shot every time I say “If I’ve told...

Every story has a beginning. Every friend you have used to be a stranger. Every book you cherish, every film you love, every face or voice that captivates you–each of these was unknown to...

Any record you ain’t heard yet is a new record. And if you like it, you don’t care if it’s old or new, a cover or an original, performed by a tyro or a...

Sometimes a great pop act just doesn’t get its due. An American soul act that began in the ’60s as The Bandwagon (later Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon) recorded some terrific sides, but never troubled the Billboard Hot 100....

Hmmm. New music from The Muffs, Alice Cooper, The Successful Failures, The GoAllTheWays, The BOTP Band, Sex Clark Five, and ANC4, all mixed with an invigmoratin’ blend of fave raves from yesterday, today, and the week after next? Yeah, that’s us. From Merle...

It is physically impossible to fit all of this great music into a mere three-hour blip of time. We’re gonna spend those three hours in desperate search of a loophole in the laws of...

I played hooky from TIRnRR this week, which left Dana lotsa open space to slap together a stellar salute to classic power pop and its sublime periphery. He welcomed our pal (and yours!) Jeanne Chu to the studio,...