Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Around The Way Girl” by LL Cool J

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“Don’t Call It A Comeback, I been here for years…,” so begins the title cut from the 4th album called Mama Said Knock You Out by James Todd Smith…aka Ladies Love Cool J…aka LL Cool J. And back in the day in my hood, the strains of LL could be heard emanating from booming systems [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred

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I worked at Reader’s Digest in their recorded music division for five years compiling music collections for people who were much older than I was at the time. In effect, I was selling nostalgia to folks whose memories I did not share. The job proved research intensive and ultimately rewarding, and by creating these music [...]

St. Patrick’s Day MondeGREENs on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity

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This is Uncle Marty, stick around for an hour as we celebrate This Grand Irish Holiday in a different way…  This week on The 3D RadioActivity, we are playing songs that have misheard lyrics.  How does this tie in to Saint Patrick’s Day?  Because they are known as Mondegreens. A mondegreen is the mishearing or [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Café Regio” by Isaac Hayes

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This breezy instrumental comes from the movie Shaft, one of the most popular Blaxploitation films of all time. However, most people probably first discovered today’s Song Of The Day on the B-side to Isaac Hayes’ number one single “Theme From Shaft.” Hayes initially agreed to write the score for the film only if he was [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “A Lot Of Livin’ To Do” by Sammy Davis, Jr.

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It’s the wham of Sam, from the musical Bye Bye Birdie. Without Sammy Davis Jr., there wouldn’t have been a James Brown or Prince. He was clearly the most talented of the Rat Pack by a mile…could sing circles around Frank and Dino…and had the moves and comedic talents to make him the total entertainment [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Push Push” by Herbie Mann

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Herbie Mann was already ten years into a career that established him as a purveyor of Afro Cuban Jazz, Latin Jazz and Bossa Nova music by 1971 and the release of his album Push Push. Mann had released albums for Bethlehem, Prestige, Epic, Verve and Savoy, before signing with Atlantic Records in 1962 where he [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Picture This” by Blondie

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There was nothing new about punk and new wave. It came about as a reaction to the bloated excesses of progressive rock groups like Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis and Yes and their seemingly obligatory side-long multi-part suites of music.  (Not that there was anything wrong with that…) Groups like Ramones and Blondie brought back [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “While I’m Alive” by STRFKR & “Young Turks” by Sexton Blake

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Sure, you’d be hard-pressed to forgive them for a band name as over the top as STRFKR (which is short for Starfucker). But props are firmly in order because over the past few years they’ve released three solid albums; chock full of deliciously danceable and tuneful electro pop confections. STRFKR’s roots are in solo projects [...]

The Uncle Marty Gras Carnival on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity

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This is The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity, and it’s Uncle Marty Gras time again,  when we are playing songs about the grand-daddy of all parties held both in Rio de Janiero and the big easy.  It’s so big of a carnival, it is argued about whether the one in South America is larger than the [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Under Heavy Manners” by Robert Fripp with David Byrne

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After the demise of King Crimson in 1974, Robert Fripp spent several years laying low before entering a period of high activity from 1977-1980, resulting in some of his most interesting collaborations. Starting in 1977, Fripp joined Brian Eno in Germany to add guitar parts to David Bowie’s “Heroes.”  This was followed by Fripp’s production [...]