Author: Carl

The basic mechanics of programming a killer rockin’ pop radio show require the same nuts and bolts one would use to slap together an ultimate mix tape. You want proper flow. You want dynamics....

We open with a true classic from the 1960s. We close with another classic from the ’60s. In between, we trip some lights fantastically across a span of decades: new music from The Legal Matters, Ken...

Love can be a fragile thing. We hear of hearts breaking, lovers parting, paths diverging, bitterness, tears. Regrets. We’ve had a few. We’ve all had a few. Love can also be more resilient than...

It’s Valentine’s Day! Candy! Flowers! Yeah, we’ll have none of that here. Instead, we’ll mark the halls with new music from Harmonic Dirt, The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness, Cold Expectations, Justine and the Unclean, The Gold Needles, John Dunbar,...

Guitar. The late Hilton Valentine played guitar for The Animals. That means Valentine’s playing was the very first thing most of us heard when we were introduced to The Animals’ music: the distinctive, bluesy lick that opens...

Hey, we’re FUN sized! We didn’t set out to play 60 songs in three hours; we just started spinning records, and that’s how it worked out. The Animals! Dolph Chaney! Roxy Music! Leslie Odom, Jr.! Siouxsie and the Banshees! The...

One of This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio‘s oft-stated beliefs is that great records don’t care what year it is. We’re not the only ones who feel this way. There are many, many wonderful independent radio...

The now sound. The classic sound. The Motown Sound, the Tottenham Sound, the sound of music fans slappin’ together a radio show. Tonight’s exercise in that endeavor includes the latest sounds from Dolph Chaney, Emperor Penguin (featuring Lisa...

The late Phil Spector leaves behind a troubled (and troubling) legacy. If we can separate the artist from his art, Spector’s work should rightly be acclaimed. His Wall Of Sound production and his painstaking pop vision...

Whether it’s hubris or insight, we bill this weekly shindig as The Best Three Hours Of Radio On The Whole Friggin’ Planet. This week’s pursuit of that hyperbole embraces new music from Kelley Ryan, Dolph Chaney, Rich...