Author: Carl

Once again, the time had come to make Sunday sweat. It was the right weather for it, for sure. The muggy air in Syracuse felt like a full metal straitjacket, two sizes too small,...

TIRnRR‘s gone funky; TIRnRR‘s got soul! Yes, it’s the sixth annual edition of DANA’S FUNKY SOUL PIT on This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio! Join us for The Best Three Hours Of Funky Soul...

Greetings yet again from This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio with Dana & Carl. Business, gents. Got to care of business. I wanna tell you about my new boys The Wonders…. Wait–sorry! I thought...

How does one build The Best Three Hours Of Radio On The Whole Friggin’ Planet? It’s best built track by track. Tonight’s building blocks include new singles from The Jangle Band and Sex Clark Five, and the...

Music is important. Pop music is important, an essential facet of our shared popular culture. Records, books, movies, plays, TV shows, magazines, comics, poetry, art, even sporting events, even food and drink–these are all...

I’m in the mood for some British Invasion. Some ’70s punk, too. Chuck Berry. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Wanda Jackson. Recent music from Screen Test and Gretchen’s Wheel. NEW music from The...

This week’s extravaganza was fortified with new music from Sex Clark Five, Lannie Flowers, Richard Turgeon, and Michael Slawter, and the world premiere of a track from the new Screen Test CD Through The...

How in the world can we possibly top last week’s show? Jeez, it’s a good thing we’re infallible. We’ve got new music from Sex Clark Five, Richard Turgeon, and Michael Slawter, some cool oldies,...

We came. We saw. We caved immediately. It’s been a long week, and we’re tired, man. Luckily, the music just about takes care of itself. From a new single by Nick Lowe through the...

I’d tell you what we’re gonna play, but that would require planning. Maybe Beatles. Maybe Nick Lowe. Maybe you’ll find out when we found out. It might sound strange, it might seem dumb, but...