Playlist 9-5-14
A nod to the season start of "Boardwalk Empire." A tribute to one of this week's Kennedy Center Honorees, Al Green. A look back at shows this week by Spoon…
Playlist 8-29-14
As summer ebbs, perhaps the most comprehensive Labor Day set list to date, which ended with a saluted to what would have been Michael Jackson's 58th birthday. A set to…
Playlist 8-15-14
A whole lot of summer songs, of course, before it's all over, with two songs each from the Beach Boys and Belle & Sebastian. There was some Baseball (Project), too.…
Playlist 8-1-14
It's been nearly a month since the last show, so there was a lot to catch up on: The death of Charlie Haden, the birthday of Jerry Garcia. And in…
Playlist 7-4-14
Started with the traditional (though not factual) annual birthday salute to Louis Armstrong, before embarking on the whole big Fourth of July playlist. But there was also time to remember…
Playlist 6-20-14
A few deaths to mark, including jazz singer Jimmy Scott, DJ Casey Kasem and lyricist Gerry Goffin (represented by songs he co-wrote performed by the Beatles, Animals, Monkees, Byrds, Chiffons…
Playlist 6-6-14
It's not as easy to draw up a D-Day playlist as it looks but we took a stab at it, aided mightily by Nat King Cole's jaunty song "D-Day," presented…
Playlist 5-30-14
Another four hour show that skipped around, highlighting shows coming to town by Smokey Robinson, Jason Isbell and The Old 97's. Also, couple of previews of the Rock and Roll…
Playlist 5-16-14
Prevented from doing a show last week because the transmitter was down, and prevented from playing vinyl for more than a month because the turntables were on the fritz, I…
Playlist 4-18-14
There was a request to keep things down this Good Friday evening -- not that it takes a lot of noise to make a radio show. But I took the…