1964, The Beach Boys recorded their next single “I Get Around,” which became their first US number one in the summer of ’64. 1965, The Who made their first radio appearance on the UK BBC’s Joe Loss Pop Show. 1966, a charity concert at The Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California, took place featuring, Jan and Dean, […]
3D Breaks
I’m your Uncle Marty, this is episode 527 of The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity, as we look into shatterproof melodies that tap the metaphorical BREAKS in music. 😎 Download here:https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20200322-3DBreaks.mp3 or click to listen: We’ve been taking a musical BREAK this time, and we hope for a BREAKDOWN next time, if we’re not quarantined yet; if so, we have a great selection of STAY […]
Song Of The Day – “Born To Run” by Bruce Springsteen
Some of my favorite scenes from The Sopranos are when Tony Soprano is shown driving in his SUV rocking out and singing along to ‘70s tunes, usually by BTO or Journey. Today, I felt a little like Tony Soprano while driving to work, but instead of Journey or BTO, I was rocking out to one […]
Song Of The Day – “She Knows Me Too Well” by The Beach Boys
The 1966 release of The Beach Boys’ masterwork Pet Sounds ushered in a new mature era for the band. Gone were the simple, innocent paeans to girls, fun, sun and cars, and in their place was a new mature sound complete with lyrics reflecting feelings of ennui and uncertainty for the future, combined with complex […]
Today in Rock History – March 7
1965, during a Rolling Stones gig at The Palace Theatre in Manchester, England a female fan fell from the circle while the group were playing. The crowd below broke her fall and the girl escaped serious injury just breaking a few teeth. 1966, Mike Millward guitarist from The Fourmost died, aged 23. The Liverpool group […]
Song Of The Day – “State Trooper” by Bruce Springsteen
The guttural howls that he lets out at the end of this psychobilly classic, mixed with its pleading paranoid lyrics conjures the mood of pure dread…and with Bruce Springsteen’s sixth album, it was all about mood. Hot on the heels of “The River,” his biggest album and the tour to support it, Bruce Springsteen found […]
Song Of The Day – “Always” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeah’s last album It’s Blitz was the group’s most mainstream effort, garnering them a much wider audience than they previously had. In contrast, their latest album, Mosquito is much less dancefloor friendly and hearkens back to their earlier electro trash sound. Although, the dense, layered atmospheric production makes the record initially far less […]
Song Of The Day – “I Married Myself” by Sparks
American brothers Ron and Russell Mael formed the group Halfnelson in 1970. Their first two albums were recorded in Woodstock, New York, produced by Todd Rundgren and released on the Bearsville record label. Both records tanked on these shores, so the brothers broke up the band, changed their name to Sparks, moved to England, got […]
Today in Rock History – December 28
1968, The three day Miami Pop Festival took place, the first major rock festival held on the East Coast of the US, with Chuck Berry, The McCoys, Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye, The Turtles, The Box Tops, Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, Pacific Gas and Electric, Procol Harum, Canned Heat, Iron Butterfly and The Grateful […]
RadioActivity Makes Sense
Once again, it’s time for your Uncle Marty to bring you the 508th chapter in the saga of The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity. Sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch are the five traditionally recognized ones. The ability to detect other stimuli beyond those governed by these most broadly recognized impressions also exist, and these sensory modalities include […]
