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ROCKOLLECTIONS: BACK TO BACK TO SCHOOL 2010 PT.2 END

I am going to open up this last half of Back To Back To School with a question.
A question regarding Teachers who use propaganda to brainwash kids, and although the song is from 1964, the situation has never been worse than it is today.
Then it is on to how maybe the reason I hated school was because when you think about it, the whole day for a kid revolves around it. and being told what to do.
So quickly the Rebel comes into our show, not unlike myself, making the Teachers mad.
Got a few tunes about the opposite sex attraction, and a terrific but obscure song by Chuck Berry that demonstrates the awful situation of how, if you go to school with your girlfriend, after you break up you still have to see her everyday,
I wanted to play another interpretation of that song written by Graham Parker, so I did.
But by a group this time, and live.
Finally, if you are anything like me, there was only one song to end with.
And that’s the one I chose!
The cartoon above is a hint, lol!
Thankfully, for many of us, all this School stuff is from a distance.
If you are living it, I am sorry for you, lol!
My computer needs a tuneup or more, so I will be back when I am able.
Until then, enjoy the music and keep on rockin’!

Mike

Tags: Chuck Berry, Graham Parker, Teachers, the Rebel

Longtown Sound 1039 Pancake Wednesday!

This rainy day brings rain songs and each one is a classic indie tune and because it’s Pancake Wednesday all the flapjacks have an added spoonful of pure rainwater in the batch! Listen to the music and pass it along to someone in a dry region.
Now get out and get some on you!
-unc.

Today’s Featured Artists-
Richie Havens - Love Storm
Richard Frankz - Still Loving Me
Sarah Beth Keeley - When it Rains
The Electric Moonshine Band - Raining In Austin
Dan Sheehan Conspiracy - Patterns of the Rain
Frank Palangi - Rainy Day
Ionia - Gasoline Rainbow

ROCKOLLECTIONS: BACK TO BACK TO SCHOOL 2010 PT.1

This was the 3rd show I had planned before I was so rudely interrupted last September.
Well not exactly what I had planned, since I added songs in the course of the year, and a different time in free-form radio brings different results.
NO songs from last year will be repeated- all distinct selections for this 2010!
It is that most awful time of year again, resulting in going Back To Back To School, kicking and screaming!
I will open with a school that I might, just might, have had fun attending.
Continuing on with some good old Rock & Roll from the early days having to do with School.
Then another fond look back, this time at those wonderful School Days.
And I must emphasize that I mean the Time Period of our lives, NOT the actual tortuous hours physically spent IN School, lol!
Have fun if you can!
Another half coming.

Mike

Tags: 2010, Free-form Radio, Rock and Roll, School Days, Time Period

RockRoll360 #121 - Between The Lines (Part 1)

 

Again with another brand new compilation I put together here
in the month of September 2010. This one features great underground
Freeform Radio Icons,  Scott Muni of WNEW FM in New York and Jim Ladd
of KMET FM radio in Los Angeles.
Also features great cuts by Little Feat, with a rare live tune recorded at
Paul’s Mall in Boston, Mass back in 1973.  Also tunes by
Johnny Cash and Muddy Waters.
New tunes by Cage The Elephant & Billy Currinton. 

Please share, pass on, subscribe and or download.

Music includes …….

SOUL MAN / THE BLUES BROTHERS
PEOPLE ARE CRAZY / BILLY CURRINGTON
APOLITICAL WORLD ( Live from Paul’s Mall in Boston-1973 ) /  LITTLE FEAT
FREE RIDE      ( Intro from Scott Muni @ WNEW)  / EDGAR WINTER GROUP
PERSONAL JESUS / JOHNNY CASH
IN ONE EAR / CAGE THE ELEPHANT
WEED PARTY / BAND OF HORSES
FEEL LIKE A NUMBER      (Intro from KMET)  / BOB SEGER / Jim Ladd
YOU SHOOK ME / MUDDY WATERS

Sound Bites include

Scott Muni on WNEW  /  WNEW Sound bite
WBCN - Your favorite elevator music  /  Radio Station I.D.
Is everyone around here a little weird
          /  Sound bite from TV’s Max Headroom

Tags: aaa radio, band of horse, billy currington, blues brothers, bob seger, cage the elephant, Classic Rock, eclectic, edgar winter group, free mp3, freeform, jim ladd, Johnny Cash, kmet, Little Feat, max headroom, mp3, Muddy Waters, music, progressive, Rock, RockRoll360, wbcn, WLSO, wnew

Longtown Sound 1038 Monday Power Hour

 
It’s Monday! Great new indie music is found in the show today kicking off with an exclusive cut from Thomas Earl and his new CD titled, “It’s Never Too Late” The CD is dedicated to Gordon Parks. Thomas Earl brings his rich vocals and terrific guitar work from his previous CD, “Golddust Magic”. In the style of many of the folk singers of the past Thomas Earl continues the craft of storytelling and raises the bar. Enjoy his music as much as I do! Fourteen other Indie Stars complete the hour. So get on it doggone it and pass this on to another to share the aural pleasure. Have a great Monday!
-unc.

Today’s Featured Artists-
Thomas Earl - It’s Never Too Late
Joe Hash - Mess It Up
Dusty and the Love Notes - Not Necessarily
Unkle Bob - In My Head
For a Minor Reflection - Dansi Dans
Green River Ordinance - Whisper in You Ear
Tin Pan - Gambler’s Blues
Sylvia Bennett - Make Someone Happy
Shayfer James - Tombstone Road
Shy Blakeman - Quarter To Three
Casey Dilworth - Amanda
Todd Koal - No Reason to Hide
Annie Fitzgerald - Another Sad Love Song
Kerry Patrick Clark - Little Red Riding Hood.
DeLana Stevens - The Bed You Made

Tags: fun, indie, legal, Monday, mp3, music, safe

Longtown Sound 1037 Pancake Wednesday!

 
My favorite day of the week and I open the show with an oldie indie tune and the remainders are new to the Sound. Load up your platters and sit up straight so you can pack more in. Then turn the speakers up loud and enjoy!
-unc.

Today’s Featured Artists-
Super 8 - New Dawn
Shy Blakeman - Save A Little Room
Annie Fitzgerald - Watch the World Go By
Terio - Mi Corazon
Casey Dilworth - That’s The Way It Goes
Tin Pan Band - My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It
Shayfer James - Life Is Beautiful

Tags: fun, indie, legal, mp3, music, pancakes, safe

Longtown Sound 1036 Monday, Monday!

 
Monday arrives with a hint of Fall and a hot, hot, HOT sun that reminds us that Summer is not quite done with all of us! The indie artists in today’s offering will cool you down and adding a cold beverage to the mix won’t hurt a bit! Pass the link along to a friend and we can have a party. Carry on!
-unc.

Today’s featured Artists-
Marshall Lawrence - Dessert Table Blues
Peter Buzzelle - Silver Sky Blue Ocean
Tin Pan Band - Clarion
Annie Fitzgerald - How Long
Icky’s Ego - Histrionics
Shayfer James - Siren Song
Leslie DiNicola - Back To Me
Paul Thorn - Burnin’ Blue

Tags: fun, indie, legal, Monday, mp3, music, safe

RockRoll360 #120 - Goodbye to WBCN (Part.33)

Mark Hamilton above

Continuing with The Goodbye to WBCN final 4 days of Broadcast.
This show starts the very last day of 4 days of WBCN with
Mark Hamilton our morning host.
Don’t forget segments with this symbol  (*)
was not from the original 4 day broadcast.
 

Looking Back at 41 years  - Charles Laquidara
“Only”   by    Nine Inch Nails
WBCN I.D. - Stiff Shaft 1- 0 Fore !!!! 
WBCN Comedy - John Hinckley.
WBCN I.D. The Rock Of Boston
Looking Back at 41 years  - Matt Siegel Dangerous Lunch today
WBCN I.D. - Bono Past & Present - The Lengendary WBCN
“God Part II “    by     U2 *                          
104 WBCN I.D.
Looking Back at 41 years  - The Kids Are Alright
104.1 bcn - The World Is Quite Sick Today - Rock Of Boston
Looking Back at 41 years  - 3 Stooges Meet The Beatles
“In The Court Of The Crimson King”    by    King Crimson  *
WBCN I.D. - Bigger Than A Bread Box
“Around The Dial”   by The Kinks
Mark Hamilton on the final morning on WBCN
“Lunatic Fringe” by Red Rider
WBCN - Their really Rockin’ in Boston
“Don’t Run Wild” by Del Fuego’s (On Air WBCN’s Defects)
“Don’t Run Wild” by Del Fuego’s (On Air - Let’s start this again)
New Home for Sports to WBZ - The Sports Hub on 98.5
“It’s Over”   by    Roy Orbinson
“Farewell Ride” by  Beck
Broadcast about David Bowie at Sullivan Stadium   -  1983 
Listen D.J. and Fun
“Rebel Rebel”   by David Bowie
WBCN Radio I.D. - The Rock Revolution

Tags: aaa radio, beck, charles laquidara, Classic Rock, David Bowie, eclectic, free mp3, freeform, john hickley, king crimson, matt siegel, mp3, music, nine inch nails, progressive, Rock, RockRoll360, roy orbinson, sulllivan stadium, the 3 stooges, The Beatles, the kids are alright, the kinks, u2, wbcn, WLSO

ROCKOLLECTIONS: END OF SUMMER CRUISE PT.2 CONCLUSION

Alright- cruises, boats, etc.- you need Sailors.
That is where I am going in this one.
And when I say sailor, who is the first one you think of?
I have a real good set about Sailors, and since we had the wind, I lengthened it even more.
Then a change of pace to an entirely different kind of seagoing vessel, with a button-down mind, then the World’s Greatest Group!
This one has the usual surprises I hope you have come to expect. (Stick around for the ending!).
There was a time in the beginning of my 12 years when I had to fight to get things played- especially when I had a partner on the show (I could NEVER go back to that!).
And even more especially when I wandered far from Rock & Roll.
As I have mentioned before, this was a station that never played Rock & Roll, and I am still the only one who does!
There was this fear about what the higher-ups would think- even Engineer Ken many times wondered where I was going.
“You want to play WHAT?”
I would argue and tell them I will not embarrass you, this will work!
Most times they yielded and I got the recordings on the show.
But in the last 7 or 8 years, they have totally left me alone.
This show is now very much what I had always envisioned it to be.
And of course, there is that wonderful vindication of winning the Best Entertainment Show Of 2004 and again for 2007.
Enough of that, let’s enjoy the salty air against our faces and sail on.
One more thing…don’t awake with a tummy ache!
Mean anything to you?

Mike

Tags: Best Entertainment Show Of 2004, Best Entertainment Show Of 2007, Button-Down Mind, Engineer Ken, Rock and Roll, Sailors, World’s Greatest Group

Longtown Sound 1035 Pancake Wednesday

Supper or Dinner - pancakes are the way to go in the chilly fall months! We have them and the tops in new Indie music. The artists links below are begging to be hit! So pile that platter high with flapjacks and listen to the timely tuneage. You’ll be glad that you did!
-unc.

Today’s Featured Artists-
Johnny DeMarco - Can’t Hide You Love
Annie Fitzgerald - Hero
Icky’s Ego - Chimera
Marshall Lawrence - Shake It
Million Dollar Mouth - Snakes
Shy Blakeman - Cannon Ball
Leslie DiNicola - Chasing Nothing
Codie Prevost - Next Weekend

Tags: fun, indie, legal, mp3, music, pancakes, safe

ROCKOLLECTIONS: END OF SUMMER CRUISE PT.1

I thought I would try something different here, for this last official week of the season- an End Of Summer Cruise, using music as our proxy means of travel.
Whether the Cruise is on a lake, a river or the ocean- I got you covered.
Although if it is on an ocean, we might be lucky enough for some whale-watching!
Further, if you are tight for money and can’t afford a cruise, or if you don’t have a boat of your own, well, we can BUILD our own!
Which is just what we will do, again using songs as our tools.
Plus I will put a mythologically named group on the water, although their name is not my idea of a good time.
That river runs through hell!
This episode ends with a song that, if you listen to those illegal smile lyrics, I must remind you is ONLY a fantasy, lol!
There will be more to come, we will keep on cruisin’!
Oh yeah!

Mike

Tags: Boat, Fantasy, lake, Ocean, River, Whale-watching

RockRoll360 #119 - Cracking Up (Part 2)

 

Part 2 of this brand new compilation I put together here in the
month of September 2010. This one features a very deep track by
The Small Faces, a guilty pleasure by LCD Soundsystem and a great
track by Jeff Buckley. Please share, pass on, subscribe and or download.

Music includes 

LAZY SUNDAY / THE SMALL FACES
MR. ROCK AND ROLL / AMY MacDONALD
MAN OF THE HOUR / NORAH JONES
CATS IN THE CRADLE ( Live ) / HARRY CHAPIN
DANCE YRSELF CLEAN / LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
FOUR STICKS / LED ZEPPELIN
RAIN DANCE / THE GUESS WHO
CRACKING UP / NICK LOWE
LAST GOODBYE / JEFF BUCKLEY

Sound Bites Include :::

Now an underground blast from past / Sound Bite from classic WBCN radio
And God said / Comedy from The Bob & Tom Show
Patriots Football Bliss

Tags: aaa radio, amy mcdonald, Classic Rock, eclectic, free mp3, freeform, jeff buckley, lcd soundsystem, led zepplin, mp3, music, nick lowe, norah jones, patriots, progressive, Rock, RockRoll360, The Bob and Tom Show, The Guess Who, the small faces, wbcn, WLSO

ROCKOLLECTIONS: FOR 9/11- NEW YORK SONGS & MORE 2010 PT.2 END

Wow did it get cool here in New York City!
But there was an awful lot of heat coming from that picture.
My memory is that for months after, when I would pass the remains of the World Trade Center, it was still burning in certain areas.
Those rescue workers went through a lot- brave and uncomplaining.
This time out I will tell you how I feel about the proposed community center and mosque near Ground Zero.
Want to take a guess?
And there will be songs with that.
But first, another musical visit to another section of the city, heading way uptown this year- and taking a famous train on the subway to get us there.
We will conclude this year with a celebration of our Branches Of The Military from a Marine Corps base in Iraq by a legendary Hard Rock band, consistently voted among the Best Ever, that was ironically formed here in New York City.
Listen to their performance on a USO tour- and their rousing renditions of some very familiar songs that would hardly be called Rock & Roll, but in their hands…
That’s it- I did my best again this year to make sure you never forget what happened on Sept.11, 2001 with the music of my unconquerable city.
Terrorists take heed!

Mike
And again, for those curious or who want to hear what I played on the ONLY time my show has ever fallen on Sept.11th since it did in the fateful 2001, here are both halves of the Sept.11th 2007 broadcast.
By the way, that show back in 2001, the Beach Boys as I recall since Summer was ending, was never broadcast because the transmitter was atop one of the Twin Towers that came crashing down.
The links are here:

http://wlso.fm/wordpress/archives/786
http://wlso.fm/wordpress/archives/788

Tags: 2001, Branches Of The Military, Ground Zero, Iraq, Legendary Hard Rock Band, Marine Corps Base, Rock and Roll, Sept.11, USO, World Trade Center

RockRoll360 #118 - Cracking Up (Part 1)

 
Another brand new compilation I put together here in the
month of September 2010. This one features two, not too old
great songs place side by side
by Marc Cohn and Levon Helm.
Please share, pass on, subscribe and or download.

Music includes   :::

BRIGHT RED CHORD     /    LOOMIS AND THE LUST
CHICKEN FRIED   /    THE ZAC BROWN BAND
WIDOW WAKE MY MIND   /    THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
SIT DOWN, I THINK I LOVE YOU   /    BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD
LISTENING TO LEVON   /    MARC COHN
TENNESSEE JED   /    LEVON HELM
CHILDREN OF THE SUN    /    BILLY THORPE
GIRL WATCHER   /    THE O’KAYSIONS
TIGHTEN UP   /    THE BLACK KEYS

Sound Bites include  ::: 

Earache my eye into ( Waking Up )   /    Sound Bite from Cheech & Chong
Record start popping & scratching       /    Sound effect
KFML    /    Denver That was the Buffalo Springfield Radio I.D.
On the Caroline Fox Show      /    Sound bite from WHJY Flashback
WODS   /    Oldies 103 - Paula Street Radio Jingle
Liberty Marijuana   /    Comedy with Wilfred Brimley impersonality

Tags: aaa radio, billy thorpe, cheech and chong, Classic Rock, eclectic, free mp3, freeform, kfml, levon helm, loomis and the lust, marc cohn, mp3, music, paula street, progressive, Rock, RockRoll360, the black keys, the o'kaysions, the zac brown band, wilfred brimley, WLSO, wods

ROCKOLLECTIONS: FOR 9/11- NEW YORK SONGS & MORE 2010 PT.1

Been a while since we did one of these traditional remembrances.
Not that I forgot- 2 years ago I was doing the Salute To Radio for my 10th Anniversary that ran into Sept.11th, and last year we were getting kicked out of our radio station.
No selfishness here, New York Songs because I am a New Yorker, do a show for that station that is back and running in New York, we took the biggest hit from those nitwit islamic terrorists, and there are simply more songs about New York than any place in the world.
If that weren’t enough, there are no songs to my knowledge about the attack on the Pentagon, and the one I know of about Flight 93 in Pennsylvania, Let’s Roll by Neil Young, I have played a number of times.
Although I live in Brooklyn, I grew up in Manhattan- those are my roots, and I worked many years in the Wall Street area where the World Trade Center was.
No matter what borough I live in though- and for those that don’t know we have 5, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island- I’ll always have a Heart In New York, loving That Beautiful Noise.
There will probably be songs in this first half you will not know.
But give them a chance and a close listen, for they contain lyrics meaningful to me, and maybe can give you a feel for this city, warts and all.
The upcoming Part Two will be VERY different!

For those interested, I did TWO WEEKS of shows in 2007, Sept.4 & Sept.11- the ONLY time my show has ever fallen on Sept.11th since 2001.
Here are both halves of the Sept 4th 2007 broadcast.

http://wlso.fm/wordpress/archives/776
http://wlso.fm/wordpress/archives/780

The Sept.11th one I will include with this 2010 Part Two coming soon.

Mike

Tags: 10TH Anniversary, Beautiful Noise, Brooklyn, Flight 93, Heart In New York, Let's Roll, Manhattan, Neil Young, Pennsylvania, Pentagon, Queens, Salute To Radio, Sept.11th, Staten Island, The Bronx, Wall Street, World Trade Center

Longtown Sound 1034 Pancake Wednesday

Today is the last day of the past of your life. Plus, it’s Pancake Wednesday. Drown your sorrows and your flapjacks in glorious golden brown maple and Colombian coffee while you digest the silver tones of today’s featured artists. Please pass it on in your Tweets, Facebook or emails. It’s nice to share!
-unc.

In Today’s Show-
Leslie DiNicola - Now That You’re Mine
Johnny DeMarco - Need You Tonight
Icky’s Ego - Citadel
Terry Lee Hardesty - The First Time I Fell In Love
Marshall Lawrence - Mockingbird Blues
Tom Gary Blues Band - Nick of Time
Debra Romer - Stay With Me
Peter Buzzelle - The Devil Took Our Souls
Paul Turley - Escapism

Tags: fun, indie, legal, mp3, music, pancakes, safe

Longtown Sound 1033 Weekend Power Hour

 
The tunes are waiting on you and Uncleshag has packed this edition with new and classic indie music. Join the artists at the links provided below, say hello and share with your friends. Have a great and safe weekend everyone!

Matt Muldoon  - Talking ’bout Love
The Whiskey River Band - Dancing Around the Fire
Wes Tucker and the Skillets - Recovery
Chip Taylor - I Will Be Standing Again
Green River Ordinance -  Piece it Together
Marshall Lawrence - Going Down To Louisiana
Super 400 - Flashlight
Lynn Langham - Higher Ground
Phil Ayoub - Lying and Stealing
The John Henrys - Little One
Doug Gill - Stronger Back
Greg Kitchel - Closer To God, Farther From TV
Leslie DiNicola - Lay Me Down
Johnny DeMarco - Love You Like I Do - Everything Matters
Eli Reed and the True Loves - Walkin’ and Talkin’ (for My Baby)
Procol Harem - A Whiter Shade of Pale

Tags: download, fun, indie, legal, mp3, music, safe, Weekend

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE SOUNDS OF PETS PT.2 END

Did I mention Paul McCartney has said the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds was the driving force for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, lol?
He also has said God Only Knows is the best song ever written.
We continue with the other side of the album.
And in the interest of aural purity, I want you to know that I played the vinyl mono version of Pet Sounds for these two parts- the way Brian Wilson intended it to be heard.
Enjoy!

Mike

Tags: Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, God Only Knows, Paul McCartney, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Vinyl Mono Album

RockRoll360 #117 - Goodbye to WBCN (Part.32)

Charles Laquidara home in Hawaii in 2010
Photo use by permission

Continuing with The Goodbye to WBCN final 4 days of Broadcast.
This show features very old soundchecks from WBCN early days.
My guess it would be very early 1970’s. Check out the very laid back Charles Laquidara along with the radio spots of the day !

Don’t forget segments with an * was not from the original 4 day broadcast. Also excuse the fair quality of the old WBCN Airchecks. Too good to not to post.

WBCN I.D. - from James Hetfield from Metallica into song fade.
“Enter The Sandman” by Metallica *
Looking Back at 41 years - David Bowie
WBCN I.D. W…B…c….n…..
“Comedown” by Bush
WBCN I.D. - Fa Fa Ho Hi
“Use Somebody” by Kings Of Leon
Looking Back at 41 years - Welcome Back members of U2
Mattress Milestone - WBCN Sound bite *
Take me back to where I came from - Beatle Sound Bite
Old WBCN Radio airchecks
with Charles Laquidara (Fair Recording!) *
“Cold On The Shoulder” by Gordon Lightfoot * 
Looking Back at 41 years - Roger Daltrey of The Who
“Eminence Front” by The Who *
More old WBCN Radio airchecks
with Charles Laquidara (Fair Recording!) *
“Cowgirl In The Sand ” by Neil Young & Crazy Horse *
The last of old WBCN Radio airchecks
with Charles Laquidara (Fair Recording!) *
WBCN I.D. - from the Beastie Boys
“She’s Crafty” by The Beastie Boys
New Home for Sports to WBZ - The Sports Hub on 98.5

Longtown Sound 1032 Pancake Wednesday

September? Already?  C’mon! Time is running out so get your pancakes now - and extra butter for certain people! Listen to this collection of Dream Songs as you chow down - be sure to pass it along!
-unc.

Today’s Featured Artists-
Thomas Earl - Lost in Her Dreams
Jamey Johnson - Dreaming My Dreams
Jeff Kanzler - Dreams Of Days That Ain’t So Stormy
Jeff Ronay - Sweet Dreams
Josh Woodward - She Dreams In Blue
Klara McDonnell - Daydreams
Lynn Langham - Just A Little Pain
Hollow Horse - Moon

Tags: download, fun, indie, legal, mp3, music, pancakes, safe

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE SOUNDS OF PETS PT.1

Since I have been on vacation, a REAL traveling around vacation, not just one from radio like before, here’s an old show from 2006.
I did it for the 40th Anniversary of the Pet Sounds album, so add 4 years to everything I say, lol!
It was, and still is, a landmark album.
And it is commonly accepted as the challenge to the Beatles that resulted in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
That fact alone makes it worth a listen.
Plus, even before the Beatles, the Beach Boys (always underrated because of their Surf Music beginnings) had developed into a self-contained group- writing, producing, arranging, etc., their own music.
So, the first of two parts on a Classic Album.
An album you will hear me read about, comment on, and most importantly, play.
Frankly, I think I talked too much, lol!

Mike

Tags: Beatles, Classic Album, radio, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Surf Music