Playlist 6-26-15
Well, nobody else was scheduled to be on tonight, so I came in early to play a whole lot of Firesign Theatre, which never got a lot of airplay. Its…
Playlist 6-12-15
It may have been the most frustrating Friday Night Rock yet, as I spent an hour trying to get the thing to broadcast, but it never did. When I realized…
Playlist 6-6-15
A shortened (or regular) two hour show almost didn't begin at all, with the CDs completely inaudible at first. Eventually, though, it began with some Stax, continued with some Stones'…
Playlist 5-29-15
Started with some old cartoony music from Raymond Scott and then right into some Stax classics. Played a lot of Lou Reed (and a little of Bill Withers) due to…
Playlist 5-22-15
Started with some Joy Division, noting singer Ian Curtis' death 35 years ago this week. Then we moved to a death just yesterday -- the great bass player Louis Johnson…
Playlist 5-15-15
News of the death of B.B. King meant nearly three solid hours of his music -- so many great recordings he made over so many decades -- and plenty of…
Playlist 5-8-15
Got there a little late because of The Replacements show, still ringing in my ears, and so ringing in the start of the show. Then a bunch of songs to…
Playlist 5-1-15
Longer Friday night show than usual started with a tribute to Ben E. King, who died Thursday at 76, solo and with his work in The Drifters. And a nod,…
Playlist 4-24-15
Started with some Lead Belly, tying in with the big concert saluting his work Saturday at the Kennedy Center. Then came what might be the D.C. radio premiere of Mingering…
Playlist 4-17-15
After another 50th anniversary salute to John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme," it was a whole lot of Percy Sledge, starting with the one song the obits all mentioned when he…