A Fearful Radio Show

28/06/2023

"Work the plan; as best you can." Good advice from our content poobah Sean. So -- there will be a show when I can make manage to do it. This week, not so much.

"Getting better all the time" playing in the mental playlist, though it seem to be a bit more optimistic than reality. Stay tuned.

21/06/2023

Despite best efforts of a growing team of great doctors, alas, there will be no "Fearful Radio Show" this week again. We shall return! (Maybe next week? Stay Tuned)
Past shows archived on MixCloud if you need a fix.

14/06/2023

Sorry folks - no Fearful Radio Show tonight. The deejay is still down for the count. We can hope for next week.

07/06/2023

Due to ongoing illness (not to mention orange air and new issues with the technical gear -- maybe it's having trouble breathing), there will be no Fearful Radio Show tonight. Hopefully back next week)

31/05/2023

No radio show tonight. DJ down for the count (again, still, ongoing). See you next week.

25/05/2023

Music heard in the show aired on 05/24/2023 (archived on MixCloud; link at bottom of this post):

Mister Mister -- Kyrie
The Strawbs -- Benedictus
* Paul Simon -- Wait
Leonard Cohen -- You Want It Darker
Laura Nyro -- And When I Die
Morrissey -- Spent The Day In Bed
Vampire Weekend -- This Life
John Prine -- When I Get To Heaven
* The Gaslight Anthem -- Positive Charge
* Brian Dunne -- Loser On The Roles
* The Heavy Heavy -- All My Dreams
* Old Crow Medicine Show -- Louder Than The Guns
* Dave Mathews Band -- Madman’s Eyes
Elton John -- Madman Across The Water
* Blur -- The Narcissist
The Waterboys -- I Can See Elvis
* The Ho***rs -- Splice Up The Dance
* Joni Mitchell -- Both Sides Now
* Josh Ritter -- Any Way They Come
Slaid Cleaves -- Through The Dark
* Beach Fossils -- Seconds
* Graham Nash -- Buddy’s Back
The Rubinoos -- Heart For Sale
Blitzen Trapper -- Wild And Reckless
Richard Barone -- Learning The Game
* Allan Clarke -- I’ll Never Forget

* New Music
** Recurrent Music

A free-form progressive rock radio show heard on ALTROKRADIO, aired on 05/24/2023

24/05/2023

Sadly, the show tonight opens with some musical meditations on reaching the end of life (inspired by Paul Simon's new work). The news of the passing of Tina Turner arrived too late for inclusion (there goes the illusion of the show being "live"). Writer Anthony DeCurtis summed it up in one work: titantic. Safe journey, Tina.

More new stuff from THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM, Dave Matthews Band, The Ho***rs, Joni Mitchell (yes!), Graham Nash and Allan Clarke (including a collaboration after all this time), and a whole much more tunes. Around 9-ish EDT tonight. Come on by and bring you ears.

24/05/2023

“Tina Turner, the raspy-voiced fireball who overcame domestic abuse and industry ambivalence to emerge as one of rock and soul’s brassiest, most rousing and most inspirational performers, has died. She was 83. https://t.co/pL2JRPfYlV”

18/05/2023

Music heard in the show that aired on 05/17/2023 (archived on MixCloud; link at bottom of this post):

* The Ho***rs -- Why Won’t You Call Me Back
Blondie -- Hanging On The Telephone
Annie Golden -- Hang Up The Phone
The Supremes -- You Can’t Hurry Love
* GROUPLOVE -- All
* Josh Ritter -- Someday
Gordon Lightfoot -- Sundown
Willie Nile -- Way Of The Heart
* Daniel Cainer -- A Coronation Song
* Pacific Avenue -- Leaving For London
Pat Benatar -- Hit Me With Your Best Shot
** Brian Dunne -- Bad Luck
Joey Ramone -- What A Wonderful World
Amy Rigby -- Dancing With Joey Ramone
* Mark Johnson -- My Girlfriend Doesn’t Like The Ramones
The Ramones -- Journey To The Center Of The Mind
* Teleman -- Wonderful Times
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -- Walls (No. 3)
Beach Slang -- Under The Milky Way
* The Anderson Council -- Alone With You
* The National -- Grease In Your Hair
Glenn Yarborough -- Baby The Rain Must Fall
* Ben Folds -- Exhausting Love
ford & Simpson -- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
* The Salt Collective -- Asylum
The Heavy Heavy -- Miles and Miles
The Byrds -- I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better
* Billy Tibbals -- Best Day I Ever Had
Radio Days -- One By One
* Dolly Parton -- World On Fire
The Knickerbockers -- Lies
* PJ Harvey -- A Child’s Question, August
Renée Fleming -- Oxygen

* New Music
** Recurrent Music

A free-form progressive rock radio show heard on ALTROKRADIO, aired on 05/17/2023

17/05/2023

Hang up the phone, put on your toe-tapping shoes and get ready for a couple of hours of freeform radio tonight. Brand new from The Ho***rs, GROUPLOVE, The Anderson Council, The Salt Collective, and even Dolly Parton (rock and roll!). Those and whole lot more, hand-curated for your listening pleasure. Come on by around 9-ish Eastern time and bring a friend or two.

11/05/2023

Music heard in the show aired on 05/10/2023 (Archived on MixCloud; Link at bottom of this post):

Joni Mitchell -- Songs To Aging Children Come
Altered Images -- Happy Birthday
The Beatles -- Birthday
Old 97’s -- Longer Than You’ve Been Alive
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats -- I Need Never Get Old
Mary Martin & Kathy Nolan -- Never Never Land
Bruce Springsteen -- Growin’ Up
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band -- Rock and Roll Never Forgets
The Damnwells -- Too Old To Die Young
Ian Hunter -- Still Love Rock and Roll
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes -- It’s Been A Long Time
Joe Jackson Trio -- Still Alive
Greg Holden -- The Next Life
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit -- If We Were Vampires
Simon & Garfunkel -- Old Friends
John Martyn -- Over The Hill
* GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith -- Minor Setback
Tears For Fears -- Everybody Wants To Rule The World
* Brian Dunne -- Sometime After This
* Pacific Avenue -- Leaving For London
The Beatles -- You Mother Should Know
Odetta -- Mama Told Me Not To Come
Tom Chapin -- Mother’s Day
Paul Simon -- Mother and Child Reunion
The Intruders -- I’ll Always Love My Mama
The Roches -- I Love My Mom
Paul Foglino -- You Can’t Be Old To Get Drank
Julie Gold -- Discontinued
David Ippolito -- One More Time

* New Music
** Recurrent Music

A free-form progressive rock radio show heard on ALTROKRADIO, aired on 05/10/2023

10/05/2023

You say it's your birthday (Brian Dunne a few days ago), it's my birthday too (well, almost; not quite; a few days off still). A whole load of progressive freeform dj indulgencies, musically speaking, that hopefully will get your toes tapping as well. Oh, and it's Mother's Day, all you mothers of various types, so some of that included as well. One more time around the sun....and off we go around 9-ish EDT tonight. Come on by, why don't you?

04/05/2023

Music heard in the show aired on 05/03/2023 (archived on MixCloud; link at bottom of this post):

Steve Winwood -- Night Train
Talking Heads -- And She Was
* Bruce Cockburn -- Us All
Mary Gauthier -- Dark Enough To See The Stars
The Kennedys -- River Of Fallen Stars
* Brian Dunne -- Rockaway
* Royel Otis -- Going Kokomo
The Beach Boys -- Kokomo
Jackson Browne -- Jamaica Say You Will
Harry Belafonte -- Jamaica Farewell
** Samara Joy -- Linger Awhile
* Easy Star All-Stars /f The Expanders -- Suffragette City
** The Weeklings -- I Can See For Miles
Garbage -- Cities In Dust
Bruce Springsteen -- My City Of Ruins
Rogers & Butler -- Olde Storefronts
Ralph McTell /f Annie Lennox & The Crisis Choir -- Streets Of London
* Graham Nash -- A Better Life
Ian & Sylvia -- Early Morning Rain
Gordon Lightfoot -- Carefree Highway
Susan Cowsill -- If You Could Read My Mind
Peter, Paul & Mary -- For Lovin’ Me
* DMA’s -- Everybody’s Saying Thursday’s The Weekend
Dave Edmunds -- Here Comes The Weekend
* Lucinda Williams -- Stolen Moments
REM -- Nightswimming
* All Fires -- White Horses
Jesse Malin -- Tall Black Horses
* Little Big Town -- Wild Horses

* New Music
** Recurrent Music

A free-form progressive rock radio show heard on ALTROKRADIO, aired on 05/03/2023

03/05/2023

Heading out on the night train tonight for another couple of hours of free-wheeling, free-form radio on ALTROK. A diverse set of tunes, old and new, fromth elikes of Brian Dunne, Royel Otis, Harry Belafonte, Garbage, Rogers & Butler, new Graham Nash, Lucinda Williams and more. A musical tip of the hat to Gordon LIghtfoot, RIP. And a whole lot more eclectic . Come on by; bring a friend or two. Nine-ish EDT tonight.

27/04/2023

Music heard in the show aired on 04/26/2023 (archived on MixCloud; link at bottom of this post):

Procul Harum -- A Whiter Shade Of Pale
* The Zombies -- Different Game
The Moody Blues -- Voices In The Sky
The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams -- Look Around
* The New Pornographers -- Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies
The Kinks -- s(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman
* Drew Holcom & The Nighbors -- Find Your People
The Firesign Theater -- [Part of WC Fields Forever]
The Beatles -- The Word
* Josh Ritter -- For Your Soul
The Damnwells -- No One Listens To The Band Anymore
Loudon Wainwright IIIg -- I Remember S*x
* Everything But The Girl -- No One Knows We’re Dancing
* Lucinda Williams -- Stolen Moments
Toad the Wet Sproket -- Whatever I Fear
** Sean Walshe -- If I Could
Deni Bonet -- Last Girl On Earth
Harry Belafonte -- Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
Harry Belafonte -- Jump in The Line
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers -- Tomorrow People
Cornershop -- Brimful of Asha
Stan Freberg -- Banana Boat (Day-O)
* Caroline Rose -- Everywhere I Go
* Brian Dunne -- Loser On The Ropes
** Ben Folds -- Exhausting Lover
Murray McLauchlan -- You Need A New Lover Now
* Go-Jo -- Mrs. Hollywood
Garland Jeffreys -- I’m A Dreamer

* New Music
** Recurrent Music

A free-form progressive rock radio show heard on ALTROKRADIO, aired on 04/26/2023

26/04/2023

Just over the hump of hump day and we're about to take over ALTROK for our little weekly free-form romp through things music. Throwing in some newbies from The New Pornographers, Drew Holcom, The Zombies, Caroline Rose, Brian Dunne, Lucinda Williams and more. A tip of the musical hat remembering the great Harry Belafonte and Dame Edna. Starting around 9-ish EDT, so come on by for a spell.

25/04/2023

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20/04/2023

Music heard in the show aired on 04/19/2023 (show is archived on MixCloud; link at bottom of this post):

Sweet -- Fox On The Run
Jeffrey Dean Foster -- I’m Starting To Bleed
* Brian Dunne -- Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors
Lucinda Williams -- Metal Firecracker
John Ford -- Somewhere Down The Line
Jake Kulak & The Modern Vandals -- Caution Tape
* The Zombies -- Dropped Reeling & Stupid
The Brains -- Money Changes Everything
The Beatles -- Taxman
The Robert Cray Band -- 1040 Blues
Ray Charles -- Busted
Liza Minelli, Joel Grey and Cast -- Money, Money
* The Drums -- I Want It All
Pink Martini -- City Of Night
Al Stewart -- Time Passages
* Heather Wood Broderick -- Wherever I Go
* Andy White & Tim Finn -- Bundle Of Their Dreams
Fleetwood Mac -- Dreams
* Dropkick Murhpys /f Violent Femmes -- Gotta Get To Peeskill
Tom Robinson Band -- 2-4-6-8 Motorway
Kingsley Flood -- Never Been Home
* Angel Olsen -- Holding On
* Brian Dunne -- Rockaway
* Lucinda Williams -- New York Comeback
Dion and Paul Simon -- New York Is My Home
** Nick Waterhouse -- (No) Commitment
Bruce Springsteen -- Brilliant Disguise

* New Music
** Recurrent Music

A free-form progressive rock radio show heard on ALTROKRADIO, aired on 04/19/2023

19/04/2023

We promise we won't crash the radio station tonight (actually, WE didn't do it last week, but it did happen late in the show). No large payoffs for lies or stupidity, just a couple of hours of far-ranging . New stuff we got: Brian Dunne and Lucinda Williams, The Drums, Andy White and Tim Finn, Dropkick Murphys with some special guests and more. We'll pick your pockets a bit and mix some other stuff, too. Nine-ish Eastern Time (adjust to your timezone). Come on by (bring a friend or two).

13/04/2023

Music heard (mostly - station crashed during the show) in the show that aired 04/12/2023 (complete show available on MixCloud; link at bottom of this post):

Green Day -- 21 Guns
The Alarm -- 68 Guns
Patti Smith -- Ghost Dance
Jim & Jean -- Crucifixion
* Lies -- Resurrection
The Ho***rs -- Where Do The Children Go
Phil Ochs -- I’m Going To Say It Now
Richard Barone -- When I’m Gone
Joan Baez -- There But For Fortune
* Bully -- Days Move Slow
* The Zombies -- Got To Move On
* Jimmie Allen -- Miss You
Joe Jackson -- Pretty Boys
INXS -- The One Thing
The Inmates -- Dirty Water
* Nick Waterhouse -- (No) Commitment
Nancy Sinatra -- These Boots Are Made For Walkong
Loudon Wainwright III ;f Dame Edna -- I Remember S*x
Romeo Void -- A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)
The Pretenders -- Tatooed Love Boys
The Tubes -- Don’t Touch Me There
* Belle and Sebastian -- When You’re Not With Me
* Fontaines D.C. -- ‘Cello Song
Strawbs -- Strange Times
* Volores -- Nothing New In The Universe
* Drew Holcoln And The Neighbors -- Fly

* New Music
** Recurrent Music

A free-form progressive rock radio show heard on ALTROKRADIO, aired on 04/12/2023 (well, mostly heard - the radio station crashed about 1-1/2 hours in. Whole show is here for your listening pleasure.

12/04/2023

Put on those walking boots. You too, pretty boys and girls in trouble. It's time for another couple of hours of free-form wide-ranging radio on the ALTROK radio station (streaming variety). Jim & Jean, Richard Barone, countrified Rolling Stones, and Dame Edna all make an apperance. New music -- we always have some that -- from Bully, Nick Waterhouse, Lies, VOLORES, and more eclectic . Nine-ish or so tonight (EDT). Come on by and bring a friend of two.

06/04/2023

Music heard in the show aired 04/05/2023 (shows are archived on MixCloud; link at bottom of this post):

Julie Andrews, Richard Burton and Cast -- What Do The Simple Folk Do?
David Bromberg -- Send Me To The Electric Chair
The Buffalo Springfield -- Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing
The Rolling Stones -- Miss You
* Belle and Sebastian -- When You’re Not With Me
The English Beat -- Tears Of A Clown
Mary Guthier -- Fall Apart World
** Buddy Guy -- Backdoor Scratchin’
Garbage Man -- Champion Jack Dupree
The Doors -- Back Door Man
Judy Collins -- Pirate Jenny
* The Beths -- Watching the Credits
* Temples -- Cicada
John Cale -- Paris 1919
Depeche Mode -- Ghosts Again
Rock & Hyde -- Dirty Water
Aha -- Take On Me
* Georgia -- It’s Euphoric
Jonathan King -- Everyone’s Gone To The Moon
* The Empty Pockets -- Gotta Find The Moon
The Bonzo Dog Band -- I’m The Urban Spaceman
David Bowie -- Life On Mars
** Slaid Cleaves -- Through The Dark
* TREASVRE -- In My Arms
Cutting Crew -- I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight
Neil Finn -- Flying In the Face Of Love
Patti Smith -- Kimberly
U2 -- Pride (In The Name Of Love)
The Kennedys -- Is Anybody Listening?
Peter, Paul & Mary -- The Song Is Love

* New Music
** Recurrent Music

A free-form progressive rock radio show heard on ALTROKRADIO, aired on 04/05/2023

05/04/2023

Open up that backdoor and let the music in: the usual unusual (or unusual usual?) eclectic mix of music from all over time and space takes over the ALTROK streamwaves tonight for a couple of hours of free-form radio. Belle and Sebastian and The Beths; John Cale and Rock & Hyde; The Empty Pockets and TREASVRE, Patti Smith and The Kennedys. Come on by around 9-ish (Eastern time) and bring a friend or two. We'll be waiting.

30/03/2023

Music heard in the show that aired on 02/29.2023 (shows are archived on MixCloud; link at bottom of this post):

INXS -- What You Need
* Ian Hunter /f Eric Kretz, Dean DeLeo & Robert DeLeo -- Pavlov’s Dog
The Beatles -- Roll Over Beethoven
Rogers & Butler -- A Brand New Tomorrow
* Mary Lee Kortes /f Joe Jackson -- Green Sand
Joe Jackson -- Breaking Us In Two
* Cowboy Mouth -- The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)
** The Tisburys -- When Love Knocks You Down
Nils Logren -- Empty Heart
* The Immediate Family -- The Toughest Girl In Town
* Sparks -- The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
* REALE WOLF -- This Train
Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions -- People Get Ready
** The Kennedys -- Downtown Train
Billy Idol -- Dancing With Myself
* The Regrettes -- Dancing On My Own
Tommy James & The Shondells -- I Think We’re Alone Now
** Fantastic Cat -- Nobody’s Coming To Get You
** Belle & Sebastian -- I Don’t Know What You See In Me
* The Damned -- Beware Of The Clown
The English Beat -- Mirror In The Bathroom
Honey Island Swamp Band -- Medicated
** Willie Nile -- Off My Medication
* Waves Crashing -- Life On Display
Kingsley Flood -- Black Boots
* The National -- Tropic Morning News
** Gorillaz /f Stevie Nicks -- Oil
* The Empty Pockets -- Gotta Find The Moon
Paul Simon -- One Man’s Ceiling is Another Man’s Floor

* New Music
** Recurrent Music

A free-form progressive rock radio show heard on ALTROKRADIO, aired on 03/29/2023

29/03/2023

Medicated or not, there will be music on ALTROK tonight (Well, of course, there's music every night). We'll wander through the stacks of wax and the spinning electrons of digital. Something new from Mary Lee Kortes, something old(er) from the Fantastic Cat Band, The Tisburys and a few bands that have been dormant for a long time - The Damned and Sparks. Even if you're dancing with yourself, come on by and bring a friend or two. Around nine-ish Eastern time (whenever our computer overlords turn over the channel)

23/03/2023

Music heard in the show aired 03/22/2023 (archived on MixCloud; link at bottom of this post):

The Clash -- Straight to Hell
Jack Johnson -- Breakdown
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -- Breakdown
* The Tisburys -- When Love Knocks You Down
Aaron Lee Tasjan -- Not That Bad
* Ruston Kelly -- The Weakness
** Allison Russell & Brandi Carlile -- You’re Not Alone
The Beatles -- Here, There and Everywhere
Topol -- If I Were A Rich Man
* Unknown Mortal Orchestra -- Meshuggah
The Slambovian Circus of Dreams -- Pluto’s Plight
Christine Lavin introduced by Neil deGrasse Tyson -- Planet X
* The Empty Pockets -- Gotta Find The Moon
Rogers & Butler -- Brighter Day
* Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors -- Find Your People
* The Go! Team -- Stay And Ask Me In A Different Way
The Rolling Stones -- Dear Doctor
* The Bad Ends -- All Your Friends Are Dying
* Ian Hunter /f Eric Kretz, Dean DeLeo & Robert DeLeo -- Pavlov’s Dog
* Nation Of Language -- Sole Obsession
Pseudo Echo -- Living In A Dream (Oz Mix)
The Bongos -- Numbers With Wings
* Brian Dunne -- Bad Luck
* Sean Walshe -- The Vibe Song
Steve Forbert -- Romeo’s Tune
Michael Penn -- No Myth
** Beach Fossils -- Don’t Fade Away
Matt Nakoa -- Somewhere Else I Gotta Go

* New Music
** Recurrent Music

A free-form progressive rock radio show heard on ALTROKRADIO, aired on 03/22/2023

22/03/2023

Will there be an outbreak of freewheeling free-form radio on ALTROK tonight. Well, of course there will be. Just because we can (and do). Music ranging from Beach Fossils and The Bongos, Sean Walshe Music to The Clash, The Tisburys, Ruston Kelly to a couple of Pluto pontifications from Christine Lavin and The Slambovian Circus of Dreams. New music from The Empty Pockets, The Go! Team and whole lot more eclectic . I suspect there might even by a fiddler up there on the roof. Come on by; bring a friend of two. Nine-ish (come a little early) Eastern time.

16/03/2023

Music heard in the show aired on 03/15/2023 (shows are archived on MixCloud; link at bottom of this post):

The Ides Of March -- Vehicle
Cream -- Politician
Death Cab For Cutie -- Million Dollar Loan
* The The -- $1 One Vote
The Byrds -- I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician
* Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors -- Find Your People
* Sean Walshe -- Winds Of Change
Starry Eyed & Laughing -- Chimes Of Freedom
* Portugal The Man -- Dummy
David Bowie -- Lazarus
* Beck -- Thinking About You
Jeffrey Dean Foster -- Tell Somebody
* Fantastic Cat -- Keep Me in Your Heart For A While
* Gorillaz /f Stevie Nicks -- Oil
Stevie Nicks -- Stand Back
* The immediate Family -- The Toughest Girl In Town
Brian Dunne -- Walk Me Home
* Royel Otis -- Sofa King
David Lindley -- Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas and the Sinus Blues
* Arlo Parks -- Impurities
* The Bad Ends -- Little Black Cloud
* West Texas Exiles -- Exile
Little America -- Walk On Fire
* Beach Fossils -- Don’t Fade Away
The Flaming Lips -- Do You Realize
Simon & Garfunkel -- April Come She Will
The Kennedys -- Jubilee Time
** East Love -- Conversations Alone
Kenny White -- 4000 Reasons To Run

* New Music
** Recurrent Music

A free-form progressive rock radio show heard on ALTROKRADIO, aired on 03/15/2023 (back after a couple of weeks of being sick)

15/03/2023

We're back! Yes, indeed, there will be a radio show tonight. Promise. DJ David still recovering from the boogie-woogie flu and beyond, but well enough to dig out the records, spin up the turntables (etc.) on this Ides of March (beware!). A bunch of new stuff, including The The (haven't said that in decades!), Portugal the Man, Gorillaz featuring Stevie Nicks no less, and more. Plus throwing in some tunes from Little America (out of the wall of vinyl and my WHTG days), The Kennedys (coming to Morristown next week, East Love and the recently-departed David Lindley. Oh, yes - Fantastic Cat Band has finally released a cover-song single you'll want to hear. Heck, you'll want to hear the whole show. Come on by around 9-ish Eastern time and bring a friend or two, eh?

09/03/2023

The Fearful DJ is still down for the count with this horrid, wicked flu-thingy. Slowlsy getting better (2 steps forward; 1 step back.

No show tonight; hopefully back next week Stay tuned