Episodes

Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Episode 2-10-25
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
The bill of fare for this week's Rockcontinuum includes new music from Darkside, Ferry/Barrat, Das Coolies, Chills. Graham Lewis and others, mingled w/songs by Soundcarriers, Lothar & the Hand People, Divine Comedy, Kinks, Mogwai, XTC, Colorama, Devo, Soft Machine and much more. Plus 'chunes with Nicky Hopkins and a tribute to Mike Ratledge, Keyboardist Extraordinaire with the Soft Machine. For your listening pleasure in our new dark age. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm, takomaradio.org.

Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Episode 1-27-25
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Digging in for the year, this week’s Rockcontinuum (w/John Paige) offers invocations, anxiety, resistance and maybe even some wisdom with tunes by Rain Parade, Zappa, the Band, Fred Frith, Roxy Music, Rother, Dylan, Cate Le Bon, Devo, Olivia Tremor Control, Marc Ribot, Beck, David Lynch and more. For your listening pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on WOWD.

Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
Episode 1-13-25
Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
The first Rockcontinuum of this topsy-turvy year features new music from the Doves, Elroy, Darkside & Squid intermingled with tunes by Phil Manzanera, Soundcarriers, Donovan, Tom Penaguin, Kinks, Caravan, Deerhunter, Tom Penaguin, Thomas Dolby, Rascals and Peter, Paul & Mary and much more. Plus a mini-tribute to Daevid Allen (pictured) and Wayne Coyne, too, on their Birthdays. For your listening pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm, takomaradio.org.

Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Episode 12-30-24
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Just under the wire, comes the inevitable Rockcontinuum Top Ten Program with all music from 2024. Offerings include songs by Immersion, Squid, Crowded House, Janel and Anthony, Soundcarriers, Eno, Dave Newhouse, Beak>, John Cale, Fontaines DC and much more. For your (continued) pleasure in our present state. Program originally broadcast on WOWD on 12/30/24.
2024 Rockcontinuum Top Ten Albums (in no particular order);
Crowded House Gravity Stairs
The Smile Wall of Eyes
Gruff Rhys Sadness Sets Me Free
Robyn Hitchcock 1967: Vacations in the Past
Beak> >>>>
The Lemon Twigs A Dream Is All We Know
Janel and Anthony New Moon In The Evil Aga
Fontaines DC Romance
John Cale POPtical Illusion
Nanocluster/Immersion Vol.2/In The Far Away

Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Episode 12-16-24
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
While we look for a shining star in the sky, the penultimate episode of the Rockcontinuum (with John Paige) for this year offers new music from Nik Bartsch's Ronin, Olivia Tremor Control, Euros Childs, Fennesz, Graham Lewis, Basic and others intermingled with tracks from the Aliens, Rolling Stones, Soft Machine, Mutton Birds, Bowie, Lovin' Spoonful, Blur, Ruby Suns, Procol Harum and much more, with even some Seasonal Holiday Cheer thrown in for your pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on WOWD on 12/16/24.

Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Episode 12-2-24
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
This week's brisk pre-winter Rockcontinuum Episode features new music from Jeff Parker, Olivia Tremor Control, the Chills and Darkside intermingled w/'chunes from Syd, Brian, Bryan, Jimi, Bowie, the Move, Beak, Elliott Smith, Moon Duo, Sufjan, XTC and much more. Originally broadcast on WOWD Monday, 12/2. For your listening pleasure in our present state.

Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Episode 11/18/24
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Latest Rockcontinuum indirectly explores the dichotomy and liminal space between the Election and Thanksgiving, offering new music from Aquaserge, Paul Lake (Chemistry Set) and Squid blended with tunes from The Sunshine Fix, Deerhunter, T-Bone Burnett, 801, Nanocluster, Traffic, Martin Newell, The Nice, SOOL, Gong, Zombies and much more, with a mini-tribute to Pete Sinfield*. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3 FM, takomaradio.org, For your pleasure in our present state.
*Note; the Peter Sinfield mini-tribute notes were accidently omitted from this program (at around 27:50). Peter Sinfield was the lyricist for the first 4 King Crimson Albums, coined the name King Crimson, found the band a place to practice, sourced the Artists for the early album covers, and purportedly, influenced Crimson’s sartorial choices. After Crimson, Sinfield released solo material, worked with Greg Lake and ELP and went on to write songs for popular artists (such as Cher and Celine Dion). He also produced the first Roxy Music Album. Sinfield passed away last Thursday (11/14) at the age of 80.

Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Episode 10/21/24
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Latest Rockcontinuum features new music from Sam Wilkes, Cornelius, Robyn Hitchcock & the Necks blended with tracks from Harmonia, XTC, the Smile, Kinks, Matching Mole, Yardbirds, Lemon Twigs, Genesis, Tame Impala and much more, with a mini-tribute to Manfred Mann and a 'golden section'. For your pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm, takomaradio.org.

Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Episode 10-7-24
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Floating in, the latest Rockcontinuum features new music from Beak>, the Smile, Robyn Hitchcock, Swell Brothers, Mandrake Handshake, Asteroid No. 4 and others, mingled w/stalwarts like Soft Machine, XTC, Cowboys International, Pixies, Silver Apples and more. Plus 3 takes on the world and 3 takes on public places, as well as a birthday mini-tribute to Thom Yorke. For your listening pleasure in our present state. With John Paige, originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3 fm, takomaradio.org.

Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Episode 9-23-24
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Since we have now crossed the Fall Equinox line, this episode of the Rockcontinuum has an autumnal hue, and features new music by the Soundcarriers, Field Music, Robyn Hitchcock and Nanocluster, with a cornucopia of tunes by the likes of Patti Smith, the Move, Jacco Gardner, Devo, Moby Grape, Van Dyke Parks, Fontaines DC, Kinks, Crowded House and so much more, as well as an oblique tip ‘o’ the hat for the bossman’s birthday. For your listening pleasure in our present state. With John Paige, and originally broadcast on WOWD.
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