Rockcontinuum

Episode 1-1-24

The New Years Day Episode of the Rockcontinuum plays songs reflecting on the past and  envisioning the future. Featuring songs by Aksak Moboul, the Kinks, Pearls Before Swine, XTC, Mike Reed, Traffic, Genesis, Ultravox, the Five Americans, Neil Finn, Blur, the Move, Splitsville and a trove of others, including songs about heaven, morse code and a mini-tribute to Country Joe McDonald on his birthday. For your listening pleasure in our present state, with your host, John Paige. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3FM, takomaradio.org 

Episode 12-18-23

The last Rockcontinuum Program for the year features all 2023 Music, plus the Rockcontinuum Top Ten of the year. Tunes by Fontaines DC, Peter Gabriel, Jane Weaver, Fred Frith, Sufjan Stevens, Clientele, Necks, Blur, H. Hawkline, Grip Weeds, Brian Eno, The Smile, Anthony Pirog, Thomas Walsh and so much more. For your listening pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm

Episode 12-4-23

Comfort food edition of the Rockcontinuum features selections from Daevid Allen, Spinal Tap, Kinks, Deerhunter, Stones, Devo, Spirit, Ceramic Dog, Roxy Music, Procol Harum, the Orb, Love, Robyn Hitchcock, S&G and much more, also with three flavors of world. Edited for your listening pleasure in our present state. 

 

Episode 11-20-23

Pre-T Day Episode serves up a couple of Thanksgiving-ish songs, new music from Jane Weaver, the Smile, Thomas Walsh, Matmos, Sufjan, Gruff Rhys & Das Koolies with generous sides of John Cale, George Harrison, Aliens, the Nice, Bee Gees, Cate Le Bon, Cream, Melody's Echo Chamber, Zappa, Deerhunter, Jefferson Airplane, Roxy Music and Fairport, among others, with a recipe for happiness, thrown in for good measure. For your listening pleasure in our present state.

Episode 11-6-23

Today's Rockcontinuum bill of fare offers new music from Suss, Sparkle Division, Beatles, Thomas Walsh, Das Koolies, Sufjan, Peter Gabriel & others, intermingling with Robyn Hitchcock, Dave Clark Five, Procol Harum, Beaches,King Crimson, Simon & Garfunkel, The Move, the Clientele, Quarter After, Roxy Music and the like, with a short 'finger snappin' set. For your pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on  WOWD 94.3FM, takomaradio.org.

Episode 10-23-23

Today's Rockcontinuum offers a tribute to innovative composer and arranger, Carla Bley, with selections from my 1976 interview with her, plus new music from Phil Manzanera & Andy Mackay, Sufjan Stevens, Teenage Fanclub and others, mingled with songs by the Move, Kinks, FOW, Jack Bruce, Beta Band, Beck, Talking Heads, Nick Drake, Elf Power, Dylan and more, with a tune for the current state of the House of Representatives. For your listening pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm, takomaradio.org on Monday 10/23.

Episode 10-9-23

The Rockcontinuum celebrates Lennon’s birthday, plus new music from Modern Nature, Gruff Rhys, Sufjan Stevens, Oneohtrix Point Never, Teenage Fanclub, Das Koolies, Matmos, Peter Gabriel, Sparkle Division & others, folded in with music by Kinks, Splitsville, Elliot Smith, Andy Partridge, Sylvian/Fripp, Neil Finn, Kraftwerk, Bonzos et al, plus a couple of songs with tigers. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm.

Episode 9-25-23

For your autumnal aural entertainment, this edition of the Rockcontinuum offers new music from Sparklehorse, Sufjan Stevens, Anthony Pirog, Abstract Concrete (Charles Hayward), Fenella (Jane Weaver), plus a mix of 'chunes from King Crimson, Lennon, Grizzly Bear, United States of America, Robyn Hitchcock, Zombies, Dukes of Stratosphear, Love, Jack Bruce, Rupert Hine, Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks, Eno and others, a 'Sons of Syd' section and mini tributes to Bryan Maclean (on his birthday) and John Marshall. For your listening pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm.

Episode 9-11-23

The latest Rockcontinuum Program brings a summer bounty of new music from the likes of the Grip Weeds, Woods, Thomas Walsh, Smoking Trees, Cleaners from Venus, Swell Brothers (Newhouse/Bass), Manzanera/Mackay, Das Koolies, Peter Gabriel and others, commingled with stalwarts like Bowie, Creation, Zappa/Mothers, Wondermints, Soft Machine, Magazine, Kinks, Cate le Bon and much more, plus a mini-salute to John Martyn on his birthday. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm.

Episode 8-28-23

The latest Rockcontinuum features new music from Black Market Karma, Thomas Walsh (Pugwash), the Smoking Trees, Grip Weeds and Sufjan Stevens commingled with White Fence, Fat White Family, Ceramic Dog, the Who, Chills, Clientele, Robert Wyatt, Pretenders, Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere, Blur, Syd Barrett, Turtles, Triptides, Blind Faith and more, plus celebrates the Anniversary of the Beatles first meeting Dylan. For your listening pleasure in our present state.