Author: Carl

There’s a certain formula in place when programming a weekly music show. It doesn’t have to be formal–it certainly isn’t formal in our square-peg case–but it’s a recognition that there are marks you want...

Last week’s show cast a spotlight on a Featured Performer. Next week’s show will cast a wider spotlight on TWO Featured Performers. And this week? This week we dim the lights and dance at...

Micky Dolenz is one of the greatest pop singers of the rock ‘n’ roll era, and one of the most underrated. I’m not pitting him against Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley–there’s a reason they were crowned as the...

Hey, hey–we got a FEATURED PERFORMER! With the recent release of the superb new album Dolenz Sings Nesmith, TIRnRR is proud to cast its spotlight on the music of MICKY DOLENZ! We’ve got solo Micky! We’ve got Micky with THE...

I was going through some material for a writing project, and a reference to the British metal group Girlschool brought me to the realization that we have hardly ever played Girlschool on TIRnRR. I figured we’d remedy...

We say again: any record you ain’t heard is a NEW record. And while this week’s extravaganza does indeed include fab ‘n’ minty-fresh tracks from LINNEA’S GARDEN, COLD EXPECTATIONS, JOE DILILLO, and the mighty NELSON BRAGG–all blended within...

From The Ramones through The Beatles, with an encore from The Kinks. Open big. Keep hitting. Throw in some Motown and some Buck Owens, a generous mix of old and new, establishing the hits as we define them. “Leave The Light...

Well, former rock journalist Pam (played by Shelley Duvall) would call this one “TRANSPLENDENT!” TAMAR BERK, OLD TOWN CRIER, and GITOGITO HUSTLER make their TIRnRR debuts, perched all pretty alongside new music from CADDY and our prerequisite blend of the recent and the...

Y’know, the fact that we bill this little mutant record hop as The Best Three Hours Of Radio On The Whole Friggin’ Planet offers some subtle clue that we tend to be pretty damned...

New music from THE CHELSEA CURVE! A new best-of set from JOHN HOWARD! New-to-TIRnRR selections from DARRELL BANKS, HOLLY GOLIGHTLY, THE BEACH BOYS, THE PINK FAIRIES, KOMEDA, THE MUFFS, THE EQUALS, SAM COOKE, MICHAEL NESMITH, and THE BAY CITY ROLLERS! A twin-spin of THE GREATEST RECORD YOU’VE NEVER HEARD,...