Category: This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio

This coming Saturday, October 20th, two long-time TIRnRR Fave Raves will be joining forces for a good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll road show in Rochester. The Fave Raves in question are The Grip Weeds...

I AM SISYPHUS! Yeah, doesn’t have quite the same resonance as “I am Spartacus.” Nonetheless, we keep right on rolling that rock up the hill. Some call us stubborn. We call us determined. And...

As young fans, we listen to the music we hear on the radio. We listen to the records we play, the records our friends play, the sounds we absorb and adore. Sometimes, if we’re...

Well, we’re a work in progress, aren’t we? This week’s forward progress will include new music from Michael Oliver, new music from Paul Collins, and…yeah, the rest is the “in progress” bit. Follow us!...

Chapel Hill, NC’s native son Rick Miller, aka Rick Rock, is better known in pop circles as the one and only Parthenon Huxley–the name he used for his stunning 1988 album Sunny Nights–and as...

Hey, what’s in the water around here lately? Last week, TIRnRR served up new music from long-time Fave Raves The Grip Weeds, and marveled that their new album Trip Around The Sun may be...

New music from The Grip Weeds. If you need more motivation than that, then maybe we’re not the radio show for you. HOWEVER! If you like The Kinks, Sly & the Family Stone, The...

Awright, after proudly pullin’ off last week’s show with virtually no prior planning, I came up with two perfectly good gimmicks to choose between for this week’s shindig. I discarded one concept when I...

Long ago, this show established a simple two-step process for creating great rock ‘n’ roll radio. STEP ONE: Know which rock ‘n’ roll records are great. STEP TWO: Play those. Foolproof! And we’re just...

I have no idea what I’m going to play. Seriously. And that’s okay; the CD case is loaded with possibilities. I’ll pick a song to start the show. I may pick that song at...