1963, The Beatles second album With The Beatles became the first million selling album by a group in the UK. 1968, Glen Campbell started a five-week run at number one on the album chart with “Wichita Lineman.” The song was written by Jimmy Webb, who’s inspiration for the lyrics came while driving through Washita County […]
3RILLD!!!
‘m Uncle Marty to all, with our 457th gathering of The 3D RadioActivity, as we will take enthusiasm up a notch by raising pulse rates, and possibly bringing a bead of perspiration to your brow, because this show will most assuredly leave you 3RILLD. Download here: https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20181118-3RILLD.mp3 In the states, we have a day of gratitude called Thanksgiving […]
RadioActive Touch
Welcome to our 456th get together of The 3D RadioActivity, as this time your old Uncle Marty is going to come to grips with the music, providing tunes that will really reach out to TOUCH you. Download here: https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20181111-RadioActiveTouch.mp3 We aren’t out of TOUCH, we have one more great one which we hope will THRILL […]
Song Of The Day – “Eyeoneye” by Andrew Bird
One of our favorite sons out here in Chicagoland, Andrew Bird just released his most ear-pleasing record yesterday called “Break It Yourself.” A master whistler and violinist, Bird has cruised the most non-traditional paths to stardom beginning with his instruments of choice and an amalgam of musical influences including swing, classical, jazz, zydeco and Irish […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Andrew In Drag” by Magnetic Fields
Stephin Merritt is one of today’s greatest songwriters. Whether solo or with Magnetic Fields, The Gothic Archies, The 6ths or Future Bible Heroes, Merritt has given us hundreds of great songs over the years with a Broadway sensibility, deadpan delivery and a droll sense of humor. He’s even released a soundtrack to the “A Series […]
RadioActive Burn 451°
I’m everybody’s Uncle Marty, this is The 3D RadioActivity, and since this is our 451st adventure, we are turning it into one that reflects on Ray Bradbury’s classic novel whose title is the Fahrenheit temperature at which books and other paper will catch on fire. There’s many items besides love that have a flashpoint, so […]
Song of the Day – “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 […]
“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 by Eric Berman – “Wings” by Tim Buckley
Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Wings” by Tim Buckley My sister is seven years my senior, and growing up she was my biggest musical influence introducing me to artists and albums I would have never otherwise discovered at such a young age. And so it was back in 1972 when she brought […]
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 […]
