Rock 'n' roll (especially power pop, melodic punk, British Invasion and garage), comic books, mystery novels, Syracuse University men's basketball
Music
My three favorites are always The Beatles, The Ramones and The Flashcubes...ALWAYS! After that, the list of fave raves goes on and on: The Monkees, The Four Tops, KISS, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Badfinger, The Kinks, Gene Pitney, The Dave Clark Five, The Raspberries, The Bay City Rollers, The Undertones, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, The Hollies, The Sex Pistols, Wilson Pickett, The Archies, The Jam, Big Star, The Searchers, The Beach Boys, NY Dolls, Johnny Thunders, The Yardbirds, Fools Face, The Lyres, The Barracudas, The Easybeats, The Go-Go's, The Poptarts, Screen Test, The Flamin' Groovies, The Byrds, The Bobby Fuller Four, The Knickerbockers, The dB's, The Remains, The Skeletons, The Beau Brummels, The Records, The Dead Boys, Otis Redding, Toots & the Maytals, Elvis (Presley and Costello), Eddie Cochran, Artful Dodger, The Plimsouls, Shoes, The Romantics, The Spongetones, Stiv Bators and hell YEAH I could keep goin' for quite a while...!
Movies
Fave remains A Hard Day's Night, which I saw in its original run at the local drive-in when I was four years old. Other perennials are It's A Wonderful Life, early Marx Brothers stuff (for Paramount), and I'm oddly addicted to That Thing You Do! Current fave is The Dark Knight.
Television
Classic: The Monkees, The Green Hornet, What's My Line?, first two seasons of The Adventures Of Superman, Batman, Shindig!, Gilmore Girls, St. Elsewhere
Current: Mad Men, FlashForward, V, Heroes, Smallville, Glee, American Idol, Jeopardy!, The Simpsons. Plus, EVERYTHING stops when Syracuse University men's basketball is on.
Books
Favorite writers include Harlan Ellison, Max Allan Collins, Sue Grafton, George Pelecanos and Sara Paretsky.
Heroes
Too many to list, both real and imaginary; inspiration's everywhere, kinda like Chickenman (HE'S EVERYWHERE! HE'S EVERYWHERE!)
CCDatsMe From 9 to Midnight Eastern tonight on THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO, we count down the Top Ten Best KISS tracks, plus lotsa other stuff, only at http://lnPosted 9 hours ago view more
About me: I'm one half of DANA & CARL, hosts of THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO, the self-described Best Three Hours Of Radio On The Whole Friggin' Planet, Sunday nights from 9 to midnight Eastern (with reruns during the day on Wednesday), all streaming at www.westcottradio.org outta Syracuse. We've put together two THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO compilation CDs for JAM Recordings, featuring lots of great tracks from The Flashcubes, The Cowsills, John Wicks & the Records, DM3, The Lolas, The Spongetones, The Rooks and many others; both CDs are still available from CD Baby.
As a freelance writer, I've contributed to Goldmine magazine, and written liner notes for various cool rockin' pop acts and for Rhino Records' power pop anthology Poptopia! Power Pop Classics Of The '90s. I've contributed to the books MusicHound Rock, Bubblegum Music Is The Naked Truth, Lost In The Grooves and the forthcoming power pop omnibus, Shake Some Action.
My family has shown a remarkable willingness to put up with my quirks, and I love 'em for it.
Good news! The brand new powerpopcompilation "Souvenirs" is being released this week! It contains 21 great North American powerpop tracks from 1975-95. You can hear three of the songs that just have been uploaded on our Myspage page. The CD also contains a previously unreleased song by the great Canadian band Pointed Sticks recorded in the late 70..s. It is availabe from Not Lame Records and Kool Kat Musik, and it will very soon be available from CD Baby.
Hey dude, just letting you know that we're currently in the studio working on our debut album and its looking to be released later in the year.
- L.U.S.T.
Mountains is Brendon Anderegg and Koen Holtkamp, friends since their middle school days. The duo were brought together by mutual artistic and musical interests, and both ended up at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. It was during this time that they began exchanging musical ideas and compositions which led to them founding the Apestaartje label in 1999. As their collaborations and individual projects blossomed, they decided to create Mountains as a vehicle for live performance.
A love of sculpting sound in front of an audience is at the heart of Mountains. The group has 3 albums: their first self-titled release and second album Sewn were both on Apestaartje; the third, Choral, on Thrill Jockey. Mountains is often compared to artists such as Brian Eno and Fennesz, citing their extended melodies and their unique broad guitar work. Mountains seamlessly blend pastoral electronic sounds with field recordings and a plethora of acoustic instruments. The resulting soundscapes are broad in scope and rich in detail. The effect is incredibly sublime and hypnotic as the sounds slowly wrap themselves around each other and alter themselves in the mind of the listener. Choral, their third album, is a uniquely soothing and addicting listening experience and an aural crazy quilt: warm and inviting with many details to discover and explore.
The Human is the electro-pop side project from Beauty Scene Outlaws fromtman Norm Wilson. Once a year The Human puts together a stellar band to back him for an evening of electro/synth pop bliss.
Words For Snow is the new ambient experimental project from Beauty Scene Outlaw guitarist Mike ((P)) and ORaa / Autumn In Halifax guitarist Scott Oliver. They will be debuting tracks (with special guest Chris Reeg) from their self titled debut CD (available the night of the show).
22 Mar. “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Radio Show-3PMEST(19:00GMT)
25th Anniversary Broadcast! Mike welcomes back former co-hosts Mick Alber & Del Rivers! We’ll blast out your favorite rock ‘n’ roll, and we’ll tell you all about our Anniversary concert on Saturday March 28th at the Village Gate Atrium featuring re-united garage rockers The Projectiles, Kit Nelson of the Quirks, Cousin Al, Rochester's Hi-Risers and local R&R legend Jerry 'Sputnik' Engler !
Listen live 3PM EST (19:00 GMT) on 89.7-FM or on the web at: http://witr.rit.edu
Hey Guys...I want to wish you and all you love a wonderful and peaceful Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year....Treat Yourself Well....Lotsa Loud!!!
Greetings again from THIS IS ROCK ’N’ ROLL RADIO with Dana & Carl, the self-proclaimed Best Three Hours Of Radio On The Whole Friggin’ Planet. This is our last regular show of the year, the last two shows will be super-duper specials, don’t miss them! Hope you can join us Sunday night live from 9 ’til midnight (est) at westcottradio. org. The weekend stops HERE!
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