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 […]
Today in Rock History – November 19
1964, The Supremes became the first all girl group to have a UK chart topping single when “Baby Love” went to the top of the charts. 1965, David Bowie and the Lower 3rd appeared at The Marquee Club, London. 1965, The Kinks, The Who, Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, The Hollies, Wilson Pickett and […]
Today in Rock History – September 27
1964, The Beach Boys made their TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show on US TV where they performed “I Get Around” and “Wendy.” 1966, The Who’s managers Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp attend a Jimi Hendrix performance at the Scotch of St. James Club. Chandler has heard about their Track Records’ startup (Hendrix originally […]
Today in Rock History – August 28
1965, The Rolling Stones announced that Allen Klein, who they had met three days earlier, would co-manage the group along with Andrew Long Oldham. At the same time, The Stones signed a five-year recording deal with Decca Records. 1965, The Beach Boys “California Girls” was at No.3 on the singles chart,the single peaked at No.26 […]
Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Don’t Let’s Start” by They Might Be Giants
Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Don’t Let’s Start” by They Might Be Giants You can’t bottle creativity, but in the case of They Might Be Giants, you certainly can buy it! They were two wild and crazy nerd-boys when they burst onto the scene in the 1980s, we just didn’t realize how […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Answering Machine” by The Replacements
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Answering Machine” by The Replacements When they were good, they were really great. But when The Replacements were bad, they were truly awful. Seeing The Replacements in concert was always a crap shoot. Whether it was boredom from being on the road, or just youthful blowing off […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “‘Til I Die” by The Beach Boys
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “‘Til I Die” by The Beach Boys Today’s Song Of The Day is one one of Brian Wilson’s deepest creations from the 1971 album originally titled Landlocked but ultimately released as Surf’s Up. The lyrics really show where Brian’s head was at the time which was not […]
3D Radio Road Trip
I’m your Uncle Marty with The 3D RadioActivity interlude number 435. For the third time, we’re going to take you on our style of a Road Trip, as we have a fair number of them to meander down. Download here: https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20180617-3DRadioRoadTrip.mp3 We’ve taken a variety of rides down roads and we will get in more leashwork on our […]
3D Radio’s Third Ride
This is the start of our Summertime Seconds onThe 3D RadioActivity where we revisit an earlier theme for more great tunes we haven’t gotten around to playing for you yet. We took this idea out for a spin twice before on programs 351 in fall of 2016, and 392 a year ago, so it is time […]
3D Memorial Day 18 Pt II
I’m Uncle Marty on episode # 433 of The 3D RadioActivity, as we observe part two of our musical Memorial Day. Once again, we pay tribute to the memory of the artists who have recently left us by playing their music for you on the program this time. Download here: https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20180603-3DMemorialDay18PtII.mp3 It’s summer and time to […]
