Once again, it’s time for Uncle Marty Gras, as the 472nd happening of The 3D RadioActivity celebrates the yearly Fat Tuesday festival theme with songs and artists that are as tasty as a helping of An.doo.wee Sausage & Shrimp Jambalaya, Crawfish Étouffée, or a Po Boy sandwich, followed a cup of Chicory cafe au lait to wash […]
Boogi3D All Over
I’m your Uncle Marty as The 3D RadioActivity unleashes our 471st experience. We’ve been going crazy playing BOOGIE from the cradle to the crypt, because it’s a mighty short trip, when all of us crawled on our hands and knees, forward to present day because even if you’re old and grey, and hear a boogie, it melts your troubles away. Including […]
Today in Rock History – February 1
1964, The Beatles started a seven week run at number one on the US singles chart with “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” the first US chart topper by a UK act since The Tornadoes “Telstar” in 1962 and the first of three consecutive number ones from the group. 1964, Peter, Paul & Mary performed […]
RadioActive_UnderScore
On this adventure of The 3D RadioActivity we are getting down for the 466th time, as this feature could be classified as a musical UnderScore. Download herehttps://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20190120-RadioActive_UnderScore.mp3 Don’t be concerned if you didn’t hear your favorite featured tune, this playlist had well over 250 cuts, we will return to it later to gain more UNDERstanding, […]
Today in Rock History – January 18
1964, The Beatles made their US chart debut when “I Want To Hold Your Hand” entered the chart at number 45 just ten days after its release, making it the fastest-breaking and the fastest selling single in Capitol Records history. It went on to spend seven weeks at the number one position. 1965, The Rolling […]
Today in Rock History – January 17
1964, The Rolling Stones released their first EP, which included, “You Better Move On,” “Poison Ivy,” “Bye Bye Johnny,” and “Money.” It peaked at number 15 on the UK chart. 1966, NBC-TV bought The Monkees series, placing it on their 1966 autumn schedule. 1967, The Daily Mail ran the story about a local council survey […]
Today in Rock History – January 13
1965, The first day of recording sessions for Bob Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home album were held at Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios in New York City. Dylan recorded “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” and “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.” 1966, George Harrison and his girlfriend Patti Boyd met up with Mick Jagger and Chrissie […]
Today in Rock History – January 12
1964, The Beatles appeared on the ATV show Sunday Night At The London Palladium performing “I Wanna Hold Your Hand,” “This Boy,” “All My Loving,” “Money,” and “Twist And Shout.” The compare for the evening was Bruce Forsyth. When The Beatles appeared on this show on October 13, 1963, their fee had been £250 ($400.) […]
RadioActivity Has The Last Word
I’m your Uncle Marty, this is The 3D RadioActivity, number 463, as our final feature of 2018 will also close our tenth year of shows, however you can bet your bottom dollar that I’ll see you again, because tonight won’t be our LAST. Download here:https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20181230-RadioActivityGoesLast.mp3 These are some of the tracks that have made a […]
Song Of The Day – “Joy In Repetition” by Prince
Editor’s note: this originally ran on January 18, 2012 There are guitarist who can play from the head, but rarer are the guitarists who play from the heart….you know, the ones whose emotions are left out hangin’ to dry with each note. Jimi Hendrix did…so did Jerry Garcia and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Derek Trucks sure […]
