Difficult listening doesn’t have to be difficult. It’s all about perception, and given the ability to just let it all wash over you with an open mind, difficult listening can be real easy. Case in point is bassist William Parker’s 2007 free jazz album Petit Oiseau. Parker has one of the best working bands in […]
MoreOver3’D
I’m your Uncle Marty, as The 3D RadioActivity gathers for our 495th get together as we’re Glad to be Rockin’ all OVER with you. A standard radio phrase from the detective’s handbook is OVER and OUT. Since we have managed to do the former this time for you, when we return we’ll see how many […]
Song Of The Day – “This Ain’t No Picnic” by Minutemen
I’ve been spinning tracks by San Pedro’s Minutemen all day, since it was 27 years ago today (12/22) that lead singer, D. Boon, died in a car wreck. Minutemen were such an important band to me and my cohort back in the early 1980s. They were a band that cut through the image-centered video-centric MTV […]
Song Of The Day – “Stay” by Rihanna (featuring Mikky Ekko)
Rihanna makes great records …her albums are wildly inconsistent, but recording hit singles is her strength, and over the span of seven years, Rihanna has established herself as one of the biggest pop stars ever. Her latest album is called “Unapologetic,” and it is her most ballad-heavy release. The album’s title references her decision to […]
The RadioActivity’s Gone 3rD
I’m your Uncle Marty, on section 493 of the continuing story of The 3D RadioActivity, where we find a common feature that can be predicted with certainty in a group of songs and put ’em all together for you. It may seem inevitable, we prefer to consider it to be taking more of an extended view […]
Today in Rock History – July 30
1966, The Beatles started a five week run at number one on the US album chart with “Yesterday…And Today,” the group’s 8th chart topping album. 1966, The Troggs started a two week run at number one on the singles chart with “Wild Thing.” 1967, The Who appeared at the Miami Beach Convention Hall, Miami, Florida. […]
Song Of The Day – “Spill The Wine” by Eric Burdon & War
THIS IS NOT THE SONG OF THE DAY! I REPEAT, THIS IS NOT TODAY’S SONG OF THE DAY! I couldn’t find the ACTUAL Song Of The Day out there in YouTube land, so I figured I’d make do with this classic since the lead vocalist on this record is the very same vocalist that you […]
Song Of The Day – “A Caddy For Daddy” by Hank Mobley
The title to this track really announces the hipness to be found within its grooves. With Lee Morgan on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, McCoy Tyner on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass and Billy Higgins on the drums, this soulful strut wears its sense of sublime grooviness on its sleeve. While Coltrane had the propensity […]
Run With 3D Again
I’m Uncle Marty, we are off and Running on the 491st chapter The 3D RadioActivity. Jim in Novato suggested that we make sure that we give equal time to the opposite direction, so we will be moving to and fro this time with hits from Motown, The Blues, Oldies and a Super Group or two with […]
