35 Years ago on March 28th, a partial nuclear meltdown occurred in one of the two Three Mile Island nuclear reactors. Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh recommended that pregnant women and young children evacuate the area.   Listen Up! chats with Tom Quinn of the blog Tapewrecks . Tapewrecks  has compiled a collection of music relating to the incident and we will hear some of that music and talk about how and why this project came about. 

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Playlist (Artist -Title)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level

Background Music

De Fabriek  – Harrisburg

Elliot Sharp – TMI

Nash The Slash – Reactor No. 2

Metalhead Motion Pictures – Three Mile Island

Al Shade and Jean Romaine – Three Mile Island
Maxwell – Radiation Funk
The Turn Ups – Radioactive Baby
The Tyme- Aires – Three Mile Island

The Judys – Radiation Squirm
Russell Hoffman – The Beatles at Three Mile Island

Fred and the Jupiter Gypsies – Who Will Close Pandora’s
Box?
Joy Ryder & Avis Davis – No More Nukes!
The Fourth Wall – Your Money or Your Life

Reesa and The Rooters – TMI
Syn – Radioactive Nights
Wreck ‘n’ Crew – Radioactive Love
Transistors – R-Love (Is Approaching Critical Mass)

The Zips- Radioactivity
Hawkwind – Nuclear Toy
KSMB – Atomreggae Harrisburg

The Citizen Kafka Singers – It’s A Meltdown
The Reactors – Meltdown
The Chicago City Limits – Radiation Polka
The Rattlers – On The Beach

Tom Paxton – All Clear In Harrisburg

Kraftwerk – Radioactivity

Suicide – Radiation
Midnight Oil – Harrisburg
Root Boy Slim & The Sex Change Band – The Meltdown
Bruce Springsteen – Roulette

Gary & the Outriders – Goodbye TMI

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune

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This week,  Listen Up! is getting all ooey and gooey as it will be filled with nothing but those 60’s and 70’s “Bubblegum” sounds.,Lots of chewy chunks of supersweetened pop that is hard to resist.

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Playlist (Artist -Title -Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

Music Explosion – Sunshine Games -1967
Blowtorch – I Want Sugar All The Time -1971
Decemeber’s Children – Backwards and Forwards -1968
Two Dollar Question – Aunt Matilda’s Double Yummy Blow Your Mind Out Brownies – 1969
1910 Fruitgum Co. – 1,2, 3 Red Light –  1968
Boyce and Hart – I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonite – 1968

The Beagles – Sharing Wishes – 1966
Lancelot Link & The Evolution Revolution – Sha-La Love You – 1971
Josie & The Pussycats – Stop, Look and Listen – 1970
Groovy Gooolies – Spend Some Time Together – 1970
The Banana Splits – Doin’ The Banana Split – 1968

The Archies – Sugar, Sugar – 1969
The Osmonds – Crazy Horses – 1972
Ohio Ltd. – Wham Bam – 1973
Nimbus – Lollipop – 1973
Popcorn Rebellion – Sugar Lady – 1969

Shadows Of Knight – My Fire Department Needs A Fireman – 1969
Bo Gentry & Ritchie Cordell – Stone Go Getter -1969
Tommy James & The Shondells – Mirage – 1967
Paul Revere and The Raiders – Cinderella Sunshine  -1969
Crazy Elephant – Gimme Some More -1969
Astronaut Alan & The Planets – Cellophane Mary-Jane – 1969

I Ribelli – Yummy Yummy Yummy -1968
Guillano E I Notturni – Il Ballo Simone – 1968
Golden Earring – Dong Dong Di Ki Di Gi Dong -1968
Bohanna – Jamaica – 1970

The Tonics – Bubblegum Music -1969
Sunny Four – Goodie Good Ice Cream Man – 1969
The Countdown Five – Shaka Shaka Na Na  -1969
Sweet – Wig Wam Bam – 1972
Pawnee Drive – The Ride – 1969
Kasentz Katz Singing Orchestral Circus – Quick Joey Small – 1968

Lemon Pipers – Green Tambourine – 1968
Ganip Ganop – Toot Toot Toot -1969
The Tricks – Wham! Bam! Ala Cazam – 1968
1989 Musical Marching Zoo – Mother Goose -1968
Purple Avalanche – Oh Bah Um, Dee Dum -1969
World’s Fare – Sugar Shaker -1970

Tricycle – Yumberry Park -1969
World Of Oz – Muffin Man – 1969
Clique – Superman – 1969

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

This week, Listen Up! ventures down into the dark cellar and get all sludgy and heavy as those gloomy psych and hard rock sounds of some early 70’s LP’s are resurrected.

Taste the mold!

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

Black Sabbath – Evil Woman – Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath -1970
Pentagram – Forever My Queen – First Daze Here -1973
Flower Travelin’ Band – Satori Pt II – Satori – 1970

UFO – Timothy  – UFO 1 – 1970
Robert Calvert – The Widow Maker – Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters -1974
Hawkwind – Urban Guerilla – Doremi Fasol Latido -1973

November – Mount Everest -En ny tid är här … -1970
Sir Lord Baltimore – Helium Head (I Got A Love) – Kingdom Come -1970
Speed, Glue & Shinki – Sniffin’ and Snortin’ Pt 2 – Speed, Glue & Shinki -1972
Buffalo – Sunrise (Come My Way) – Volcanic Rock -1973

Leaf Hound – Freelance Hound – Growers of Mushroom -1971
Possessed – Climb The Wooden Hills – Exploration -1971
Rumpelstiltskin – Squadron Leader Johnson – Rumplestiltskin -1970

Blue Oyster Cult – Hot Rails To Hell – Tyranny and Mutation -1973
The Stooges – Dirt – Fun House – 1970

Captain Beyond – Dancing Me Backwards – Captain Beyond – 1972
Blackwater Park – For Noone – Dirt Box – 1972
Atomic Rooster – Sleeping For Years – Death Walks Behind You – 1970

Dust – Stone Woman – 1971
Budgie – Hot As A Docker’s Arm – Squawk -1972
Slade – My Life Is Natural – Slayed? – 1972

Patto – Hold Your Fire – Hold Your Fire – 1971

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

This week, Listen Up! returns with another journey into the labyrinth of sound with a dose of recordings to satisfy your afternoon escape.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

This week on Listen Up!: Part V of the 5 part series of radio shows that have been counting down the weeks before I turn 50. The Forties Years (2004-2014) will focus on music that came out during the last 10 years.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

Lifeguards – Paradise Is Not So Bad – Waving at the Astronauts -2010
Spoon – The Beast and Dragon, Adored – Gimme Fiction -2005
The War on Drugs – Taking The Farm – Wagonwheel Blues -2008

Asteroid #4 – My Love – These Flowers Of Ours: A Treasury Of Witchcraft and Devilry -2008
Temples – The Golden Throne – Sun Structures -2014

East River Pipe – Life Is A Landfill – What Are You On? -2006
Espers – Hearts & Daggers – Espers – 2004
Devendra Banhart – This Is The Way – Rejoicing In The Hands -2004

Dungen – Du e för fin för mig – Ta det lugnt – 2004
Yasmine Hamdan – Beirut – Ya Nass -2013

Loretta Lynn – Portland, Oregon – Van Lear Rose -2004
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Let It Ride – Cold Roses – 2005
Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey – My Friend The Sun  – Here and Now -2009

Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins – You Are What You Love – Rabbit Fur Coat -2006

The New Pornographers – Crash Years – Together -2010
Fleet Foxes – He Doesn’t Mind – Ragged Wood -2008
Neko Case – Star Witness – Fox Confessor Brings The Flood -2006

Chesterfield Kings – Up And Down – Psychedelic Sunrise – 2007
Foxygen – We Are The Ambassadors of Peace and Magic – We Are The Ambassadors of Peace and Magic – 2013

Santigold – L.E.S. Artistes – Santigold – 2008
Cat Power – Lived In Bars – The Greatest – 2006
Arcade Fire – Crown of Love – Funeral – 2005

Damian Youth – Keep Away – Test Tube Jesus -2011

This week on Listen Up!: Part IV of the five part series of radio shows as I count down the weeks before I turn 50. The Thirties Years (1994-2004) will focus on music that came out during that time frame.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow – No More Shall We Part -2001
Tom Waits – Come On Up To The House – Mule Variations -1999
Spiritualized – Electricity – Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space -1997

Brian Jonestown Massacre – If Love Is The Drug, Then I Want To O.D. – Zero – 2000
Mercury Rev – Tonite It Shows – Deserter’s Songs -1999
Super Furry Animals – Gathering Moss – Fuzzy Logic -1996

Teenage Fanclub – Planets – Songs From Northern Britain -1997
Velvet Crush – My Blank Pages – Teenage Symphonies To God -1994

Guided By Voices – Jane of The Waking Universe – Mag Earwhig! -1997
Photon Band – I Understand – Our Own ESP Driven Scene -199?
Yo La Tengo – Sugarcube – I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One – 1997
The Bellrays – Sister Disaster – Red, White & Black – 2003
Reigning Sound – Time Bomb High School – Time Bomb High School -2002
The White Stripes – Hello Operator – De Stijl -2000

Beck – Lost Cause – Sea Changes – 2002
The Handsome Family – So Much Wine – 2000
Lucinda Williams – Drunken Angel – Car Wheels on A Gravel Road -1998

Clinic – Walking With Thee – Walking With Thee – 2002
Elastica – Car Song – Elastica -1995
The Strokes – NY Cops – Is This It? – 2001

Wilco – Heavy Metal Drummer – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -2002
The Dirtbombs – Got To Give It Up – Ultraglide in Black -2001
The Dandy Warhols – Godless – Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia -2000

Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland, 1945 – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea – 1998
The Olivia Tremor Control – Jumping Fences – Dusk At Cubist Castle – 1996
Apples In Stereo – Seems So – Tone Soul Evolution -1996
Flaming Lips – A Spoonful Weighs A Ton – The Soft Bulletin – 1999

Low Road – Lullabye – The Devil’s Pocket -1994

This week on Listen Up!:  Part III of the five part series of radio shows that count down the weeks before your host turns 50. The Twenties Years (1984-1994) will focus on music that came out during that time frame. It will be the sounds discovered via hanging out in dingy music venues, reading fanzines, record company mail room clerks, strange record shops and the usual oddballs.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

Sebadoh – Gimme Indie Rock  – Gimme Indie Rock -1991
The Leaving Trains – Temporal Slut – FUCK – 1987
Meat Puppets – Plateau – Meat Puppets II – 1984
Butthole Surfers – Moving To Florida – Cream Corn From The Socket Of Davis -1986

Half Japanese – Firecracker Firecracker – Sing No Evil -1985
Beat Happening – Foggy Eyes – Beat Happening – 1985
Liz Phair – Stratford-on Guy – Exile in Guyville – 1993
Bongwater – David Bowie Wants Ideas – Double Bummer – 1988

The Fall – Cruisers Creek – This Nation’s Saving Grace –  1985
The Verlaines – Jesus What A Jerk – Some Disenchanted Evening -1989
The Clean – Getting Older – Compilation -1988

The Chameleons – Tears – Strange Times – 1986
R.E.M. – Time After Time (Annelise) – Reckoning – 1984
David Sylvian – When Poets Dreamed of Angels – Secrets Of The Beehive  -1987

Rain Parade – Sad Eyes Kill – Crashing Dream – 1985
Game Theory – Together Now, Very Minor – Lolita Nation – 1987
XTC – Earn Enough For Us – Skylarking – 1986
Camper Van Beethoven – Sometimes – II & III – 1986 

The A-Bones – Time Machine – The Life Of Riley -1991
The Chesterfield Kings – Stop! – Stop! – 1985
Lyres – Here’s A Heart – A promise is a promise – 1988
Redd Kross – Peach Kelli Pop – Neurotica – 1987

The Stone Roses – Going Down – The Stone Roses – 1989
Primal Scream – Higher Than The Sun – Screamadelica -1991

The Original Sins – Alice D. – Self Destruct – 1990

Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians – I’m The Man With the Lightbulb Head – Fegmania! – 1985
Husker Du – The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill – New Day Rising – 1985
The Replacements – Answering Machine – Let It Be – 1984

Billy Bragg – Levi Stubbs’ Tears – Talking With The Taxman About Poetry -1986

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

This week on Listen Up!: Part II of a five part series of radio shows that count down the weeks before your host turns 50. The Teen Years (1977-1984) will focus on music that came out during that time frame.  It will be the sounds inspired by reading Rock Scene Magazine, Trouser Press, listening to college radio, visiting independent record shops and hanging out with assorted weirdos.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

The Undertones – Teenage Kicks – The Best Of: The Undertones – Teenage Kicks ‎- 1978
The Cramps – New Kind of Kick  – Bad Music For Bad People – 1981
Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant – Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols – 1977
The Plugz – Achin’ – Better Luck -1981

Blondie – Accidents Never Happen – Eat To The Beat – 1979
Elvis Costello – Accidents Will Happen – Armed Forces – 1979
Wreckless Eric – Whole Wide World – Wreckless Eric- 1978

X-Ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents – Germ Free Adolescents – 1978
The Specials – Blank Expression – The Specials – 1979

Ultravox! – The Man Who Dies Every Day – Ha! Ha! Ha!-1977
Gary Numan – Are “Friends” Electric – Replicas -1979
The Church – Electric Lash – Seance – 1983

Kate Bush – The Man With The Child In His Eyes – The Kick Inside -1978
Peter Gabriel – D.I.Y. – Peter Gabriel – 1978
Joy Division – Isolation – Closer – 1980

The Residents – Godsong – Fingerprince -1977
Talking Heads – I Zimbra – Fear of Music – 1979
Toyah – I Want To Be Free – Anthem -1981
Lene Lovich – Say When – Stateless – 1978

The Ramones – Cretin Hop – Rocket To Russia – 1977
Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love ((You Shouldn’t’ve Fallen In Love With) – Singles Going Steady -1978
Kursaal Flyers – Television Generation – Various Artists:  DIY: Teenage Kicks – UK Pop I (1976-79) – 1977
Black Flag – TV Party – Wasted Again -1982

X – I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts – More Fun In The New World -1983
The Gun Club – She’s Like Heroin To Me – Fire Of Love  – 1981
Television – Friction – Marquee Moon – 1977
Echo & The Bunnymen – Villiers Terrace – Crocodiles – 1980
The Revillos – Where’s The Boy For Me? – Various Artists: DIY – Starry Eyes: UK Pop II (1978-79) – 1979

The Clash – Career Opportunities – The Clash – 1977
Eater – Thinking of The USA – The Album – 1977

Devo – Beautiful World – New Traditionalist -1981

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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This week on Listen Up!: Part I of a five part series of radio shows that count down the weeks before your host turns 50. The Pre-Teen Years (1964-1977) will focus on music that came out during that time frame. It will be the sounds that parents, crazy babysitters, radio, TV and  curiosity that fed a young music discovery diet.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

Captain Groovy & His Bubblegum Army – Captain Groovy & His Bubblegum Army  – Captain Groovy And His Bubblegum Army / Dark Part Of My Mind -1968
The Chambers Brothers – Time Has Come Today (single version) – The Chambers Brothers’ Greatest Hits -1968
Status Quo – Pictures of Matchstick Men – Various Artists: Nuggets II – Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond 1964-1969 – 1968
David Bowie – Starman – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars – 1972

Harry Nilsson – Think About Your Troubles – The Point -1970
Sly & The Family Stone – Runnin’ Away – There’s A Riot Goin’ On – 1970
The Banana Splits – The Tra La La Song – We’re The Banana Splits -1969
The Beatles – Hey Bulldog – Yellow Submarine – 1969

Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies – Billion Dollar Babies – 1973
Sweet – Fox On The Run – Desolation Boulevard – 1975
Ike and Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits – Nutbush City Limits -1973

Porter Wagoner – The Rubber Room – Porter Wagoner’s Greatest Hits – 1971
Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited – Highway 61 Revisited – Highway 61 Revisited -1975
The Monkees – Words – Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. -1967
Jimi Hendrix – Love or Confusion – Are You Experienced? -1967
Uriah Heep – The Wizard – Demons and Wizards – 1972

Yes – Yours Is No Disgrace – The Yes Album -1971
Blue Oyster Cult – This Ain’t The Summer of Love -Agents of Fortune -1976
Aerosmith – Toys In The Attic -Toys In The Attic – 1975

Badfinger – Day After Day – Straight Up – 1971 
Genesis – The Carpet Crawlers – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway – 1974
Edgar Winter Group – Sundown – Shock Treatment – 1974

Neil Young – Don’t Let It Bring You Down – After The Goldrush -1970
The Rolling Stones – Child of The Moon – More Hot Rocks -1968

T-Rex – Telegram Sam – The Slider – 1972
Mott The Hoople – Roll Away The Stone – The Hoople – 1974
Electric Light Orchestra – Do Ya – A New World Record -1976

Tommy James and The Shondells – Sweet Cherry Wine – Cellophane Symphony -1969

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

Today, Listen Up! returns with two hours of canine approved music selections to satisfy your afternoon cravings (and halt the aging process).

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

Syd Barrett – Two Of A Kind – The Peel Sessions – 1970
Kevin Ayers – All This Crazy Gift of Time – Joy Of A Toy -1969
Kevin Ayers – Whatevershebringswesing – Whatevershebringswesing – 1971
Syd Barrett – Love Song – Barrett -1970

Eno – I’ll Come Running – Another Green World – 1975
David Bowie – Win – Young Americans – 1975
Damien Youth – Venus Kisses Mars – THE UNDERGROUND “A Hobo’s Opera” – 2010
Split Enz – Message to My Girl –  Conflicting Emotions – 1983

Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey – The Child In You – Mavericks – 1991
Flamin’ Groovies – I Can’t Hide – Shake Some Action – 1976
Marshall Crenshaw – Cynical Girl – Marshall Crenshaw – 1982

13th Floor Elevators – Splash 1 (Now I’m Home) – The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators – 1966
The Velvet Underground – She’s My Best Friend – VU – 1969

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – Constipation Blues – Voodoo Jive: The Best of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – 1969
The Bonzo Dog Band – The Strain – Let’s Make Up And Be Friendly -1972
Touch Me Zoo – Drug Sniffin’ Dog – Moon Dog Will Die – 1994
John Cale – Walkin’ The Dog – Sabotage/Live – 1979

The Plimsouls – Everyday Things – The Plimsouls – 1981
Redd Kross – Blow You A Kiss In The Wind – Teen Babes From Monsanto – 1984
Teenage Fanclub – What you Do To Me – Bandwagonesque – 1987
T-Rex – Hot Love – Electric Warrior – 1971

Big Star – When My Baby’s Beside Me – #1 Record – 1974
The White Stripes – Apple Blossom – De Stijl – 2000
Jesus and Mary Chain – You Trip Me Up (acoustic) – The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities – 1986

Wesley Stace – We Will Always Have New York – Wesley Stace -2013
Bob Dylan – I’ll Keep It With Mine – Biograph – 1964

Yes – Sweetness – Yes – 1969

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997