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Rolling Stone Magazine Favorites on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity

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I’m Uncle Marty, this is your Award Winning 3D RadioActivity, and on this episode we are focusing on a group of recordings, specifically the top rated ones from The Rolling Stone Magazine, a recognized authority in the Rock & Roll Music Industry. You have heard me reference them on the show nearly every week. Well this time, the music is from their top 500 songs of all time list, and since this is awards month, we are going for the cream of the crop. 3dradio_20130414-RollingStoneFavorites

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…Uncle Marty

“It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.”

Flying along with The 3D RadioActivity

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I’m Uncle Marty, we are cruising at altitude on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity this week, as we feature a musical flying formation, so you can loosen your seatbelts and walk freely about the cabin, Miss Vickie will be your hostess. On this episode we are playing songs about Flight, the process by which an object moves, through an atmosphere (especially the air) or beyond it (as in the case of spaceflight), by generating aerodynamic lift, propulsive thrust, aerostatically using buoyancy, or by ballistic movement, without direct support from any surface. Many things fly, from natural aviators such as birds, bats and insects to human inventions such as missiles, aircraft such as airplanes, helicopters and balloons, to rockets such as spacecraft. We have music that will give you a lift, some extra thrust, and just a bit of pep in your step as we spread our wings at Miss Vickies’ request, with
Sean as out co-pilot to present a musical view of this process better known as Flying.

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If you have any ideas for a show, please be sure to let me know. It’s easy to send an email by clicking on my name below or message me on Facebook, where you will find links to all the previous podcasts along with the graphics in the “Photo“ section.

…Uncle Marty

“It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.”

— Marilyn Monroe

The Awkward Teen-Aged Years of The Millenium on The Award Winning 3DRadioActivity

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I’m Uncle Marty, and and on this episode of The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity, we are playing your favorite songs about the chronological transitional period between childhood and adulthood.   Some say that this period lasts too long…  Consider history.  Civilization as we recognize it came into a serious period of growth in 1300 with The High Middle ages.  We witnessed the beginning of the Ottoman Empire, The hundred years war, and the Italian rennasance just to start.  Continents were discovered, steam, electricity and atomic power were harnessed over the following timeframe.  Society and people evolved rapidly through it’s teen-aged years which concluded on December 31st of 1999.  That’s 699 years!  Tune in and we’ll closely delve into an examination of tunes now that the new millenium is at the point in time, as we observe the awkward growth spurt of this century with a tribute to the teen-age years, about the period of adolescence usually closely associated with raging hormones…  Only we will be featuring ballads, to power chords and everything in between, including several senses along with other matters of the heart.

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If you have any ideas for the next two programs focusing on Country and Western music, please be sure to let me know. It’s easy to send an email by clicking on my name below or message me on Facebook, where you will find links to all the previous podcasts along with the graphics in the “Photo“ section.

...Uncle Marty

“It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.”

— Marilyn Monroe

Getting The New Year Started on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity

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I’m Uncle Marty, and on this episode we are officially kicking off the new year with songs that feature the start of all sorts of things…  The day, the world, the heart, and love are a few, so let’s get this party started on your Award-Winning 3D RadioActivity. 

Starting over again is one of the toughest things a person can be asked to do. Most of us, at one point in our lives, are forced to do exactly that. Whether you’re reeling from the loss of a loved one, the estrangement of a partner, or the severance from a job, taking control of your new circumstances is an important part of turning around your life.

There are lots of traditions to start the new year.  Parades, and fireworks at the stroke of midnight are observed in some places.  An annual dip in ice-cold water by hearty individuals, most famously by members of the Polar Bear Club too.  Food is also a common denominator.   In Spain, it is customary to have 12 grapes at hand when the clock strikes midnight. One grape is eaten on each stroke. If all the grapes are consumed within the period of the strikes, it means good luck in the new year.  Another way to have those grapes is to drink champagne.  There’s a variety of foods to stuff yourself with.   One preference is pickled or creamed herring with onions, while in the Southern United States, chowing down on black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day is thought to bring prosperity in the new year.   We aren’t going to snack on those legumes on the air, however we can give you some tasty treats for the ear that will make you happy all the way down to the feet too.

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If you have any ideas for the next show about The Teen Aged Years of the Century, please be sure to let me know. It’s easy to send an email by clicking on my name below or message me on Facebook, where you will find links to all the previous podcasts along with the graphics in the
“Photo“ section.

…Uncle Marty

“It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.”
— Marilyn Monroe

Vinyl Schminyl Radio Cool Classic Cover 1-9-13

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We are playing cover tunes this week and the more I listen to this version the more I like it. It’s from Billy Corgan’s only solo album to date and a very interesting take on an old Bee Gees tune. Check it out. He is.Corgan-Future Embrace

TheFutureEmbrace’s instrumentation and programming were mainly performed by Corgan and Bon Harris of Nitzer Ebb. There is an absence of live drums, and guitar overdubs are kept to a minimum. Regarding the atypical sound of the album, Corgan remarked,

“ I chose to not use the conventional drums, bass, big-guitars sound both because I’m so identified with it and I felt that there’s sort of a corner there that I didn’t want to paint myself in, plus it reminds people of the Pumpkins, and I think for a solo record, having your solo work be reminiscent of your past work, particularly with the band you’re known for, gets into a trickiness because it makes people sentimental for the old band, and makes them hate you because you’re not in the band.[1] ”

The album also features a collaboration with The Cure lead singer Robert Smith on a cover of the Bee Gees‘ song “To Love Somebody“, while “DIA” features electronic drums played by Corgan’s longtime collaborator, Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, as well as the violin and backing voice of Emilie Autumn.

Also of note is the cover art and booklet photography, by P. R. Brown, which focuses on parts of Corgan’s body that he has traditionally and publicly been ashamed of, most notably the port-wine stain that covers his left hand and much of his left arm, and his poorly aligned teeth.

TheFutureEmbrace was Corgan’s second album to be largely recorded at his Pumpkinland studio, the first being the 1995 Smashing Pumpkins album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

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The 3D RadioActivity Takes you back to The Beginning

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With 2012 firmly in the rearview mirror, 2013 is all the way into the house, so just like every day as we wake up, it’s all new to us.  I’m Uncle Marty, this is The 3D RadioActivity, and on this episode we will spotlight cuts that focus on beginnings of all sorts.  Everything you hear this week is going back to the beginning as we tip our hat and headphones to the new year.

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Next time we will officially kick it off as we listen to songs about Starting anew, Starting over, anything with the trigger word start in it.  In two weeks the plan is to take a look at the milleniums’ coming of age…  the awkward period that the century is finally into, as we play teen-age music.

If you have any recommendations, please be sure to let me know, send an email by clicking on my name below or message me on Facebook, where you will find links to all the previous podcasts along with the graphics in the “Photo” section.

…Uncle Marty

“It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.”
— Marilyn Monroe

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – Top Albums 2012 by Eric Berman

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1. Deerhoof: Breakup Song (Polyvinyl)
Emanating from San Francisco (Greg Saunier & John Dieterich) by way of Japan (Satomi Matsuzaki), Deerhoof have released 12 albums of unpredictable music with a sound that would have made Yoko Ono proud and John Lennon jump for joy. It has finally come to pass that the ingredients of Yoko Ono’s recordings circa “Double Fantasy” that were championed by John Lennon have somewhat reached the mainstream with Deerhoof and their brand new release Breakup Song. Part electro-crunch, part sing-song melodies, part twee vocals and completely infectious in the dance rhythm department.

 

 

2. Divine Fits: A Thing Called Divine Fits (Merge)
When I first started playing Divine Fits’ debut album, I immediately gravitated to the songs that featured Britt Daniels on lead vocals. Daniels formed the band with Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade and Sam Brown of New Bomb Turks while on hiatus from his band Spoon. In fact, it was Britt Daniels and the Spoon connection that led me to this album in the first place. What I found was that this record is chock full of terrific glam-infused tunes written by each band member with a heaping helping of ‘80s synth-pop and punk rock thrown in for good measure.

 

 

 

3. Ian Hunter: When I’m President (Slimstyle)
Ian Hunter is making records today that stand ever so tall in a catalog that includes classics by Mott The Hoople and solo staples like his eponymously titled debut album from 1975 and 1979’s classic You’re Never Alone With A Schizophrenic. The 73-year old and his current Rant Band have been on a roll, releasing several killer albums in a row, culminating in this year’s When I’m President. Hunter is supplied with pliant backing by the Rant Band featuring James Mastro (of Bongos fame) on guitar, Steve Holley (Elton John, Paul McCartney) on drums, Paul Page on bass, Mark Bosch on guitar, Andy Burton (Tiny Lights) on piano, Mark Rivera on sax and Andy York (Jason & The Scorchers) on backing vocals. Together they make a MOTTly sound on this solid collection packed with full-on Mott rockers with the brand of Dylanesque wordplay we’ve come to expect from Ian Hunter.

 

 

4. Japandroids: Celebration Rock (Polyvinyl)
Two Guys! No, not the department store from the 1960s, and not The White Stripes or Black Keys either. I’m talkin’ about two Canadian guys, Brian King on guitar and vocals and David Prowse on drums, who brought a firestorm of fury onto these shores with their aptly titled second full-length record Celebration Rock. Having seen these guys in action, I’m here to tell you that once they leave the stage, they leave a cadre of spent bodies with bleeding ears in their wake. And that’s a good thing, if your thing is high-powered, adrenaline producing walls of sound (think Husker Du) with the kind of chant-along hooks that haven’t been heard since U2 last fired up stadiums around the world.

 

 

 

5. Alabama Shakes: Boys And Girls (ATO)
Not your garden variety genre exercise. The Alabama Shakes’ debut record is a fine old-school, STAX-inspired soul record with sturdy songs sung by newcomer powerhouse vocalist Brittany Howard. They’re not just emulating a sound here, it’s totally genuine.

 

 

 
 

 

6. Bettye LaVette: Thankful N’ Thoughtful (Anti)
After over 40 years of obscurity, Bettye LaVette has come back, and since 2005 she’s recorded four excellent albums for the Anti record label, mostly consisting of well-chosen covers by her and her producer Craig Street. Her latest, and greatest, features inventive takes of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy,” Bob Dylan’s “Everything Is Broken,” The Pogues’ Dirty Old Town” and Neil Young’s “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.” It takes a big set of pipes to take on a song like Gnarls’ “Crazy,” but like the other tracks on this record, LaVette makes them all her own.

 

 

 

7. Jimmy Cliff: Rebirth (UME)
It would be easy to report that Rebirth is a return to form for Jimmy Cliff, but A. Cliff never left for me to proclaim he’s returned, and B. since you could always count on Cliff for the kind of sturdy Reggae album he released this year, he remains in very fine form. That said, the state of Reggae is alive and well in the hands of Jimmy Cliff who released one for the ages this year.

 

 

 

 

 
8. Jack White: Blunderbuss (Third Man)
He may have changed his color schemes from red and white to blue for his first solo record, but this album isn’t a White of a different color musically…and that’s a good thing! Mr. White looks at love from all sides now on Blunderbuss and has come up with a collection featuring biting lyrics and songs that get under your skin and stay there. With a tune stack that includes the White Stripe-ean bluster of “Sixteen Saltines,” the Led Zep folk of “Love Interruption” and the loosey-goosey rockabilly of “I’m Shakin’,” a new color scheme and not one, but two backing bands (one female one male), White has proven that even though he likes to lean on visual themes and shticks, his music speaks the loudest.

 

 

 

9. Frank Ocean: channel Orange (Def Jam)
I saw OFWGKTA perform at the Pitchfork Music Festival several years ago and utterly disliked their set. So when I began hearing the pre-release hype surrounding the album channel Orange by one of the members of Odd Future, I pretty much dismissed it in turn. That, my friends, was a big mistake. Upon finally hearing this record, my ears weren’t prepared for the pure soulful sounds (think Talking Book era Stevie Wonder or the “Superfly” sound of Curtis Mayfield) packed into superb tracks like “Sweet Life,” “Thinkin’ ‘Bout You,” “Super Rich Kids,” and “Crack Rock” which is both ethereal and gritty at the same time. Like too many of the hip hop records that come out today, the songs are surrounded by brief skits that, if anything, take away from the blissful experience of Ocean’s performances throughout this essential record. There’s a reason why this album is on everyone’s top albums of the year list this year (including mine), and the proof surely is in the grooves!
 

10. Animal Collective: Centipede Hz (Domino)
In a musical world where little is truly ever new, Animal Collective consistently tap into the past to create a sound that’s wholly their own. Like a wigged out Yes or a Beach Boys on acid, the sound of Animal Collective is like nothing else you’ve ever heard. Coming in on the heels of their breakthrough record, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Animal Collective took a left turn away from the bright lights of fame and has offered up a far denser platter that gives it up in spades upon repeated listening.

 

 

 

Runners Up
11. Dr. John: Locked Down (Nonesuch)
12. Ravi Coltrane: Spirit Fiction (Blue Note)
13. dBs: Falling Off The Sky (Bar None)
14. G.O.O.D. Music: Cruel Summer (Kanye West) (Island/Def Jam)
15. Branford Marsalis: 4 MF’s Playin’ Tunes (Marsalis Music)
16. Bob Dylan: Tempest (Columbia)
17. Aimee Mann: Charmer (Superego)
18. Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Americana (Reprise)
19. Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas (Columbia)
20. Grimes: Visions (4AD)

Best Of The Rest
21. Bela Fleck/Marcus Roberts Trio: Across The Imaginary Divide (Rounder)
22. Green Day: Dos (Reprise)
23. Flaming Lips: Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends (Warner Bros.)
24. Redd Kross: Researching The Blues (Merge)
25. Dwight Yoakam: 3 Pears (Reprise)
26. Kelly Hogan: I Like To Keep Myself In Pain (Anti)
27. Rhianna: Unapologetic (Island/Def Jam)
28. M. Ward: A Wasteland Companion (Merge)
29. Various Artists: Chimes Of Freedom – The Songs Of Bob Dylan (Amnesty International)
30. Beach Boys: That’s Why God Made The Radio (Capitol)

Reissues
1. Merle Saunders/Jerry Garcia: Keystone Companions – Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings (Fantasy)
2. Johnny Cash: The Complete Albums Collection (Columbia)
3. Billy Bragg & Wilco: Mermaid Avenue – The Complete Sessions (Nonesuch)
4. Velvet Underground: Scepter Acetate LP (UME)/Velvet Underground: Verve/MGM Albums (Sundazed)
5. Captain Beefheart: Bat Chain Puller (Zappa Family Trust)
6. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Catalog Reissues (Hellcat)
7. Carole King: Legendary Demos (Hear Music)
8. The English Beat: Complete Beat (Shout Factory)
9. The Who: Live At Hull
10. Paul McCartney: RAM (Hear Music)