Author: Carl

DANA takes charge! What will he play? “Looks like it’s going to be ’70/’80s power pop night,” he says, “with perhaps a special guest?” These contents under pressure. Radio works better that way. Sunday night, 9...

Tonight we share our broken hearts. I did not know Kim Shattuck. I’ve been a fan for decades, but we were, at best, casual friends on Facebook. I don’t think we ever had a conversation...

We begin with music from Kim Shattuck. 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/

Over the course of 993 shows, we’ve developed a reputation for making things up as we go. This rep is earned. It’s not necessarily true that we don’t ever plan anything; we’ve done theme shows...

TIRnRR # 994. We’re wingin’ it, man. I figure we’ve already made it through the previous 993 episodes of TIRnRR with barely enough cumulative planning to fill seven episodes; no need to start overkilling now. It’s The...

“RECORDS, Aunt Anna!” In 1964 and ’65, I often stayed with my Godparents, Aunt Connie and Uncle Nick, and Uncle Nick’s sister, Aunt Anna. When Aunt Anna returned home from work each day, I greeted her...

The road to the 1000th episode of This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio rolls on! Join us this very evening for TIRnRR # 993, celebrated with new music from Johnathan Pushkar, Jeremy, The Bookends, The Hangabouts, and It’s Karma It’s Cool. But you...

One of the purest enduring pleasures this life can offer us is the occasional chance to get together with some friends and listen to some music. On Tuesday night, our friends Lannie Flowers and Danny Wilkerson stopped by...

There’s always something out there. Something new. It might not be brand new to someone else, but any record you ain’t heard yet is a new record. Buddy Holly was new to me in 1973,...