Rockcontinuum

Episode 8-14-23

This Rockcontinuum Episode serves up a summertime treat of new music (including Sparkle Division, the Clientele, bar italia, Elephant Stone, Holy Family & Peter Gabriel) commingled with tunes by Chemistry Set, Blur, Yardbirds, Jellyfish, Neon Neon, Eric Burdon, Triptides, the Band, 3 Clubman, Love, Olivia Tremor Control, Byrds, Richard Thompson and much more, including a set where groups imitate other groups. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm.

Episode 7-31-23

High summer on this Rockcontinuum Episode with new music from the Clientele, Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, Cornelius and Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, blended with tunes by Horse Lords, the Who, Wire, Triptides, Spirit, Divine Comedy, Doves, Neil Finn, Captain Beefheart, Fountains of Wayne, T-Bone Burnett, Sufjan and more, with seasonal themes and curiosities and some songs about tattoos . For your listening pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast  WOWD 94.3fm.

Episode 7-17-23

A summer bumper crop of new music on this week's Rockcontinuum, with new tunes from Ceramic Dog, Clientele, Vivian Stanshall, Paint, Mike Bass & Dave Newhouse, Cornelius, Black Arts Lab, Peter Gabriel, Tony Buck and more, commingled in with stalwarts like Beta Band, Beatles, Fenella, Roxy Music, Vanity Mirror, Super Furry Animals, Blur, Bee Gees, Silver Synthetic, Milk and Honey Band, Dylan, Fountains of Wayne and so much more for your listening pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on WOWD-FM on July 17, 2023

Episode 7-3-23

The pre-4th edition of the Rockcontinuum features new music from Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, Blur, the Smile, Green Pajamas, Grian Chatten and the 3 Clubmen mixed with music by artists such as (in anagrams); Icy Rum Sox (Roxy Music), Andrew Manny (Randy Newman), Avon Don (Donovan), CTX (you know), ABC by shoe (Beach Boys), Corporal Hum (Procol Harum), Fine Linn (Neil Finn) and much more, including a song about our hazy conditions and a weakened dictator. Originally broadcast on Monday, July 3rd WOWD 94.3fm, takomaradio.org. For your listening pleasure in our present state.

Episode 6-19-23

The Almost Solstice Edition of the Rockcontinuum celebrates the impending season with some songs about summer and strawberries and features new music from Ultramarine, Squid, Green Pajamas, the Clientele and Decisive Pink cavorting with tunes by the likes of the Fountains of Wayne, Zappa, Robert Wyatt, Monkees, Mystic Seers, Kinks, Robyn Hitchcock, Bill Orcutt, Paul Simon, Water From Your Eyes, John Martyn, Captain Beefheart, 3 Clubmen, Sufjan Stevens and others, with a birthday mini-tribute to Nick Drake. For your listening pleasure in our present state.

Episode 6-5-23

Charging headlong into (unofficial) summer, this episode of the Rockcontinuum serves up new music from Fridge, Teenage Fanclub, Peter Gabriel, Water From Your Eyes and Pere Ubu, blended with 'chunes from Rain Parade, Jack Bruce, Kikagaku Moyo, Crowded House,, David Bowie, Hatfield and the North, Nick Drake, Blur and others, sprinkled with songs by psychedelic luminaries like Syd Barrett, Spirit, Jefferson Airplane and the Doors, and a birthday tribute to Laurie Anderson. For your listening pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm.

Episode 5-22-23

Today's episode of the Rockcontinuum offers a mini-tribute to Pete Brown and Francis Monkman, and birthday salute to Jerry Dammers with a treasure trove of music including new tunes from Vanity Mirror, Pere Ubu, Blur and Michael Bass mingled with tracks by John Zorn, Love, H. Hawkline, Spirit, Stones, Damon Albarn, Sufjan, 801, Move, Kinks, Crowded House, Syd Barrett, Byrds, Tame Impala, Bowie, New Pornographers, Zombies and more. For your listening pleasure in our present state. 

Episode 5-8-23

Before the heat, celebrate Ocho de Mayo with the Rockcontinuum, this episode serving up new music from Squid, Rain Parade, the Clientele, Fred Again & Eno, the 3 Clubmen (w/Andy Partridge) & Peter Gabriel (w/Eno), blended with helpings of Mick Ronson, Bonzo Dog, Robyn Hitchcock, Radiohead, Neil Finn, Keith, Cornelius, Doves, Shana Cleveland, David Bowie, Camera, Left Banke and much more, and a doff of the hat to Ricky Nelson on his birthday. For your listening pleasure in our present state, Originally broadcast Monday, May 8, 4 - 6pm on WOWD .

Episode 4-24-23

This week's Spring Mix of the Rockcontinuum, starts with a song that sounds like it has springs built in it, and brings new music from Suss, Manzanera/Mackay, Michael Bass, Black Snake Moan and Spencer Cullum, blended with the likes of Future Clouds and Radar, Peter Gabriel, Tintern Abbey, John Cale, Gulp, the Turtles, Fripp/Sylvian, Jane Weaver, the Guess Who, Sam Phillips, Floating Points, Crowded House, Randy Newman, the Doors and much more. For your listening pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm on Monday, April 24th.

Episode 4-10-23

This Monday's Program celebrates three majorly talented musical contributors we lost recently; Keith Reid (lyricist for Procol Harum), Ryuichi Sakamoto (musician, actor, producer) & Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant), and features new music from Silver Synthetic, Black Snake Moan, New Pornographers, Shana Cleveland & Arooj Aftab/ Vijay Iyer/Shahzad Ismaily, folded in with tunes by the Kinks, Byrne/Eno, H. Hawkline, Debbie Harry, Kraftwerk, Byrds, Field Music, Genesis, Robert Wyatt, Komputer, Split Enz, the Who and much more. Plus a mini-set dedicated to the country's biggest prevaricator. For your listening pleasure in our present state, Originally broadcast Monday, April 10, 4 - 6pm on WOWD 94.3fm, takomaradio.org.