The Last Playlist? 2/24/17
Friday Night Rock coincided with the last moments of Radio CPR -- in its current location. Forced out of the place that has been its studio for many years, the…
Playlist 2-17-17
Started with some Miles Davis, then some Cuban sounds from Rhythms del Mundo. Turned the clock back 50 years to the day when the Beatles were creating "Being for the…
Playlist 2-10-17
After concluding the Firesign Theatre album begun last week, there was a substantial salute to Smokey Robinson, who was being honored on TV for winning the Gershwin Prize from the…
Playlist 2-3-17
After a healthy half of a Firesign Theatre album, it was all about the plane crash, 58 years ago today, that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper,…
Playlist 1-20-17
What's to say after the inauguration? Well, if I did have something to say, I couldn't, since I failed to get the microphones to work. So the music did the…
Playlist 12-30-16
The last Friday Night Rock show of the year had its usual onslaught of New Year's songs, heavy on the variations of "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" and…
Playlist 12-23-16
Of course the Christmas Eve Eve show was going to be holiday music top to bottom. But not only Christmas; there were a half dozen or so Hanukkah songs in…
Playlist 12-16-16
A lot of things to commemorate today: The 50th anniversary of "Hey Joe," the 51st for a double A-side Beatles single; the anniversary of Cream's first album and the night…
Playlist 12-9-16
Started by marking the birthdays of Neil Innes of the Bonzo Dog Band and Dan Hicks. Noted the passing of Greg Lake this week at 69. Then a bunch of…
Playlist, 12-2-16
Began with some Crystals and moved to its unsung occasional lead singer Darlene Love. Then to a couple of new albums from a couple of old rockers -- The Rolling…