I’m Uncle Marty, this is the 447th edition of The 3D RadioActivity, as we beg, implore, plead and ask musical questions, all the while wondering WHY? Or download here: https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20180909-3DWondersWhy.mp3 WHY is a pretty deep subject, so you can count on us asking it again somewhere down the path, and if you wonder why, one […]
Today in Rock History – September 9
1965, The Hollywood Reporter ran the following classified ad, “Madness folk & roll musicians, singers wanted for acting roles in new TV show. Parts for 4 insane boys.” The Monkees were born. 1965, The Rolling Stones were at number one with (“I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” 1967, Pink Floyd opened a four-date Scandanavian tour at […]
Today in Rock History – September 2
1965, The Doors recorded their first demo’s at World Pacific Jazz Studios in Los Angeles, California, where they cut six Jim Morrison songs. 1966, The Who played at Locarno Ballroom in Basildon, Essex, England. 1967, Pink Floyd, The Move, Soft Machine, Fairport Convention, The Nack, and Denny Lane performed at the UFO Festival held at […]
Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Don’t Let’s Start” by They Might Be Giants
Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Don’t Let’s Start” by They Might Be Giants You can’t bottle creativity, but in the case of They Might Be Giants, you certainly can buy it! They were two wild and crazy nerd-boys when they burst onto the scene in the 1980s, we just didn’t realize how […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Salt Peanuts” by Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Salt Peanuts” by Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra Like the Rock and Roll that sprang from its loins, a new form of off-the-chart mid-1940s Jazz called Be Bop captured the imagination of the youth of America and positively terrified its parents. Not only was the music primarily […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Bond Street” by Enoch Light
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Bond Street” by Enoch Light Shagadelic indeed! Literally hundreds of records were released during the 1950s and 1960s carrying the Enoch Light name. Light was born in Ohio and led The Light Brigade, which was a big band that primarily played on the radio and in theaters […]
Today in Rock History – July 23
1964, The Beatles were atop the UK singles chart with “A Hard Days Night,” the group’s fifth. They would be number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in August. 1964, The Beatles take part in the Night of a Hundred Stars at the London Palladium. 1965, The Kinks perform “You Really Got Me” on […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Ducks On The Wall” by The Kinks
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Ducks On The Wall” by The Kinks Today’s Song Of The Day by Eric Berman comes from The Kinks’ 1975 concept album Soap Opera. The album’s muddled tale focuses on the star-making machinery and the perils of stardom itself with the Starmaker character changing places with the […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Buckets Of Rain” by Bette Midler with Bob Dylan
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Buckets Of Rain” by Bette Midler with Bob Dylan Today’s Song Of The Day by Eric Berman is a great Bette Midler/Bob Dylan duet from Midler’s 1976 album Songs For The New Depression. The session came about because Dylan had hoped Midler would join him on the […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Harvey And Sheila” by Allan Sherman
Allan Sherman was the borscht-belt Bob Dylan for my parent’s generation. He was a brilliant writer and song satirist who pretty much brought the East Coast Jewish aesthetic to the top of the charts in the early 1960s. His first album, “My Son, The Folk Singer” was released in 1963 and was one of the […]
