Friday Morning Rock, 8-4-23: Obama’s List
It was the final pop-up fill-in for The Allison Transmission, which will be thankfully returning to its regular 10 a.m. slot on Monday. And we had a lot of birthdays…
Capital Radio, 7-31-23: Adieu Tony, Sinéad
A week’s absence means.a lot of memorials to note, including Tony Bennett, who died 10 days ago at 96; Sinéad O’Connor, who passed at 56; and Randy Meisner, who died…
Wednesday Morning Pop-Up: Dead, Etc.
Did a last minute pop-up fill-in for the Allison Transmission this morning, so started out with various songs with the Allison name, from E.C.’s classic to a tune we can…
Capital Radio, 7-17-23: Songs for Actors
Songs about actors and actors singing songs dominated Capital Radio this week, in support of the actors union joining the writers strike. That meant Montgomery Clift, Clint Eastwood, Robert De…
Friday Morning Rock, 7-14-23: Bastille Day
Bastille Day provides a reason to return for a pop-up show to fill the Allison Transmission slot— hardly enough time for all those French language pop songs — from the…
Capital Radio, 7-10-23: Birthdays & Beyond
Started with seven songs about the seventh month then a couple of long sets dedicated to the going out of business activity of a certain department store chain with a…
Friday Morning Rock, 7-7-23: Ringo’s Day
Had a blast filling in this morning for Rick Allison, out this month for medical upgrades. It gave an opportunity to revive my old Friday Morning Rock vibe from the…
Capital Radio 7-2-23: Arkin, Almost the 4th
Almost Independence Day, so we played many of the usual selections for the Fourth of July, as well as celebrating so many facets of the U.S.A. — Parties! Dancing! Surfing!…
Capital Radio 6-26-23: Summertime Rain
You don’t need 32 songs to tell you it’s summer — the near 90 degree weather has already left no doubt. Such extremes also lead to thunderstorms, so there was…
Capital Radio 6-19: Marvin on Juneteenth
Juneteenth is America’s newest federal holiday and we celebrated it for most of the show with songs of uplift struggle and empowerment, with a lot of contributions from the Staple…