9/16/2011

Don't You Love Her (alt) - Dwight Twilley
And I Moved - Pete Townshend
Love->Building On Fire - Talking Heads
I Do the Rock - Tim Curry
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Everything Is Broken - Bob Dylan
Imelda - Mark Knopfler
Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
Let It Roll - Brownsville Station
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Drive All Night - Elliott Murphy
Small Beginnings - Flash
Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through - Jim Steinman
Rotten Peaches - Elton John
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Marionette - Mott the Hoople
Sitting at the Wheel - Moody Blues
King Horse - Elvis Costello
Lonely at Night - Orphan
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Ride a White Swan - T. Rex
Enola Gay - Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark
So Long - Fischer Z
Art of Dying - George Harrison
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Do Ya - The Move
Love Runs Deeper - Lindey Buckingham
Must Of Got Lost - J. Geils Band
Trampoline - Bill Lloyd
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Everything Goes - Graham Parker
Loves Melody - Searchers
When I Look In Your Eyes - Romantics
Denis (alt) - Blondie

Change Reaction - Robert Hazard

9/9/2011

It's WVKR pledge drive week! Thanks for your generosity!

Chase (Midnight Express soundtrack) - Giorgio Moroder
Strobe Light - B-52s
Numbers with Wings - Bongos
Layla - John Fahey
Saved By the Music - Justin Hayward and John Lodge
Wild Places - Duncan Browne
Only Living Boy in NY - Simon and Garfunkel
Victoria - Kinks
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
Run Runaway - Slade
Reactionary Girl - Robin Zander
Be True - Bruce Springsteen
No matter What Shape Your Stomach's In - T-Bones
White Bird - Its A Beautiful Day
Sub Rosa Speedway - Klaatu
Stand or Fall - Fixx
Cheese and Onions - Rutles
Collide - Railway Children
Cynical Girl - Marshall Crenshaw
Hero and Heroine - Strawbs
Swingin' Safari - Bert Kaempfert

Pledge Drive 2011

What do you want to be when you grow up?

I don't think anybody ever answered that question with "Beggar." Yet here I am after 17 years on this non-commercial radio station making a request of my loyal listeners. Begging is one way to frame it, but definitely not the warmest, fuzziest way. I figure "making a request" might be a good radio-friendly term, albeit with a twist. Yes, here's where the DJ makes a request from his listeners rather than vice-versa.

Would it surprise you to learn that our little non-commercial station here in Poughkeepsie could use a little financial help these days? Yes, we have the luxury of being partially funded by Vassar College but we really rely on our audience to thrive and survive each year. Radio stations aren't cheap to run, even when the staff is made up of many unpaid volunteers.

While you've been investing your money in CD's (Certificates of Deposit), WVKR has been investing in CD's (Compact Discs and CD players, among other things).

While most non-commercial stations try to raise money daily, monthly or quarterly, WVKR asks you for a little help but once a year -- the week after Labor Day. We don't keep it going for a month... just a week.

So this week we make just one request of you, your pledge of support. The other 51 weeks a year, we open the request lines so that you can make your requests of us. Maybe you can spare 91.3 dollars. Divide by 52 weeks and it's a small (tall?) cup of coffee a week.

Believe me, we love what we do. Heck, we do it for free.

But the station still has bills to pay. We're hoping you can help out a little bit. Maybe you couldn't give last year or the year before. We get it. Money's tight. But if you can part with a few bucks you probably wouldn't even miss anyway, we certainly appreciate it.

And yes, there's a tax deduction involved. So you can send us a few bucks to support the music you love, or you can send it to the IRS. Now really, who do you love more?

So yes, we'll be beggars this week. It's not what we wanted to be when we grew up. But then, perhaps we never really grew up anyway. Beggars can't be choosers, but we hope you'll choose to donate. Whatever you choose, thanks for being there for us. We love being here for you.

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Call in during my show (845-437-7178), Friday 3pm to 5pm. If you can't call then, at least mention how much you like "The Orphanage of Rock and Roll" when you do call in with your pledge. Check www.wvkr.ORG for pledge drive info.

9/2/2010

September Gurls - Big Star
Back to Schooldays - Graham Parker & The Rumour
See You In September - Maryanne
High School - MC5
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Summer's Almost Gone - Doors
Summer's Gone - Kinks
Education - Kinks
$ Of An Education - Terry Anderson and the Olympic Ass Kicking Team
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Everyday I Write the Book - Elvis Costello
Wide World of Novel Writing - Monty Python
When I Write the Book - Nick Lowe
Three Complete American Novels - Elliott Murphy
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She Blinded Me With Science (12" version) - Thomas Dolby
The Periodic Table Song - Tom Lehrer
Statistician Blues - Todd Snider
New Math - Tom Lehrer
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Teacher Teacher - Rockpile
Teacher I Need You - Elton John
Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard (demo) - Paul Simon
Remember the Days of the Old Schoolyard - Cat Stevens
My Old School - Steely Dan
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School - Supertramp
High School Nights - Dave Edmunds
High School History - Cindy Bullens
The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun - Julie Brown
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The Typewriter - Leroy Anderson
Music - John Miles
Coney Island Baby - Lou Reed
Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime - Korgis
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Working Class Man - Jimmy Barnes

Now you can record the show every week automatically!

A quick peek at the top of the right side column of this playlist blog reveals something new... an easy way for you to record the Orphanage of Rock and Roll each week on your computer.

DAR.FM is a very cool site that lets you record radio shows digitally. Think of it as TIVO for your radio (or if you're over 21, maybe think of it as a VCR for your radio). DAR stands for Digital Audio Recorder and FM stands for... well, FM I guess. Frequency Modulation for the tech savvy among you.

If you're away on vacation far from the Hudson Valley, if you take a day trip, if you get called into an annoying meeting with your boss just as the show starts, or if you're having reception trouble from our flamethrower transmitter (hard to believe, I know) this is the solution you've always hoped for. Extra bonus points for the fact that DAR.FM does not record annoying weather service interruptions during storm season.

And yes, now you'll have a digital copy of every embarrassing flub I ever make that you can use against me if I ever decide to run for president.

Anyway, please do click that thingy over there, enter your email address and you'll be all set. Everybody who's tried it out (including me) thinks it's very cool and nobody's ended up on a spam list or anything. It's free, it's cool, and it's easy. What more could you want.

And if you play around with it a bit, you can also set it up to listen on your iPod, iPad, or through iTunes on your Mac or PC.

Happy listening and recording!

Pete

8/26/2011

Back of My Hand - Jags
Do The Boob - Real Kids
The Moon Upstairs - Mott the Hoople
Atomic - Blondie
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Slip Kid (demo) - Pete Townshend
Senses Working Overtime - XTC
Purple Shades - Troggs
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - The Silkie
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Til Victory - Patti Smith
You Cannot Win If You Do not Play - Steve Forbert
If You Wanna Get To Heaven - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Red Hot - Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs
Rite of Spring - Willie Nile
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Dreamland - Roger McGuinn
Darling - Stories
Sha La La La Lee - Small Faces
The Horrible Truth About Anne - Kevin Bowe & the Okema Prophets
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Living on A Thin Line - Kinks
At the Edge of Night - Tony Banks
Find Another Fool - Quarterflash
Only You Know and I Know - Delaney and Bonnie
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All the Children Sing - Todd Rundgren
Eve of Destruction Barry McGuire
When I'm Dead and Gone - McGuinness Flint
Driver's Seat - Sniff N' the Tears
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Stranded - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Subways - Urban Verbs
Way of the World - Cheap Trick
Further Reflections in the Room of Percussion - Kaleidoscope (UK)
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Action - Sweet