Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Kill Your Sons” by Lou Reed After the huge success of the Transformer album and its top-twenty single “Walk On The Wild Side,” Lou Reed delivered his most beautifully disturbing album as a follow up. The concept album, Berlin was considered at the time to be a […]
Because It’s 3D
The crack staff of The 3D RadioActivity, gathered for the 448th edition with a valiant attempt to respond to all of the questions that were asked last time which actually boils down to the age old call and response discussion of Why? It’s all Because! Download here: https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20180916-BecauseIts3D.mp3 With all the music we have to play, I […]
Today in Rock History – September 21
1968, Deep Purple reached the number four spot on the US singles chart with their debut single “Hush.”‘ 1968, Jeannie C Riley went to number one on the singles chart with “Harper Valley PTA.” Jeannie won a Grammy for the best female country singer of 1968. 1968, Madame Tussaud’s Waxworks in London gave The Beatles […]
“Birthday” by The Sugarcubes
Song of the Day – “Birthday” by The Sugarcubes Possessing an otherworldly approach to singing and an obtuse sense of fashion, Iceland’s greatest musical export is Bjork! Go ahead…name another! Bjork started out as a children’s recording artist making her first record at the age of 11. By the late ’80s, she joined The Sugarcubes […]
Song of the Day – “Nutted By Reality” by Nick Lowe
Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Nutted By Reality” by Nick Lowe The album title, Pure Pop for Now People is the American name of Nick Lowe’s 1978 debut solo record which across the pond carried the much cooler title Jesus Of Cool. The American and English editions of the record featured similar […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Kill Your Sons” by Lou Reed
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Kill Your Sons” by Lou Reed After the huge success of the Transformer album and its top-twenty single “Walk On The Wild Side,” Lou Reed delivered his most beautifully disturbing album as a follow up. The concept album, Berlin was considered at the time to be a […]
3D’s Third Out
I’m your Uncle Marty, this our Summertime Seconds wrapup of the 445th inning of The 3D RadioActivity. Since June, we revisited Ride, Road, Run, Better, Best, Deep, Close, Going, Gone, Away, and Over with half of our themes being delved into the three times, including this one. We’re going to boogie a bit and just […]
Today in Rock History – August 26
1965, The Byrds appeared at the Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, California. 1965, Sonny & Cher were at number one on the UK singles chart with “I Got You Babe,” the duo’s only British chart topper. Sonny Bono was inspired to write the song to capitalize on the popularity of the term “babe,” as heard in Bob […]
Rover & Over & Over’3D
I’m your Uncle Marty, this is The 3D RadioActivity. Since there are four letters in the word over, and because this is the third time we have gone over this feature, that sets the stage for our 444th adventure, perchance to ponder as we think it OVER. Download here: https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20180819-RoverOverOver3D.mp3 We’ve gone OVER three D times, so on our next […]
Today in Rock History – August 24
1966, The Doors started recording their self-titled first album at Sunset Sound Recording Studios, West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. The Sunset Sound Recorders complex was created by Walt Disney’s Director of Recording, Tutti Camarata, from a collection of old commercial and residential buildings, some built more than 80 years ago. At the encouragement of […]
